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By Randy Hough
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July 29, 2011 |
Find out about some Denker tourney of High School Champs and the new Barber K-8 odds on favorites. Both events kick off in Orlando later today along with the US Junior Girls Open.
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By Tony Rich
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July 28, 2011 |
 Tony Rich of the Saint Louis Chess Club wraps up the World Team Championship, noting that GMs Yasser Seirawan (board four) and Robert Hess (bourd five) captured an individual silvers, while Kamsky earned bronze for his board one performance.
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By CLO
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July 27, 2011 |
 The 1st World Chess Games for the Disabled will take place from October
24-30 in Dresden Germany. The seven-round Swiss tournament will feature
medals, category prizes and a 3000€ prize fund.
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By Franc Guadalupe
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July 27, 2011 |
 GM Sergey Kudrin won the Senior Open while Matthew Michaelides won the US Junior Open. See the recap for details & key games.
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By CLO
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July 26, 2011 |
 Anticipation builds for the US Open in
Orlando (Jul 30-Aug 7) and it's not to late for you to join the fun. Preregistered GMs include defending champ Alejandro Ramirez, Loek Van Wely and Aleks Lenderman.
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By Al Lawrence
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July 26, 2011 |
 GM Georgi Kachieshvili won clear first at the Bradley Open, held last weekend in Bradley, CT. Al Lawrence's report includes photos and key annotated games from the event.
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By Mike Wilmering
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July 26, 2011 |
 K v Q: A Battle of the Sexes will coincide with the Sept. 9 World Chess Hall of Fame opening. Headliners include the strongest female chessplayer ever Judit Polgar & the STL Chess Club's own Hikaru Nakamura.
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By CLO
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July 26, 2011 |
 The US team tied for 4th at the World Team Championship in Ningbo,
China. Despite a penultimate loss to Ukraine, the Americans finished
strong with a win over Israel.
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By Tony Rich
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July 24, 2011 |
 The World Team recap covers US wins over India and Azerbaijain and a draw vs.Hungary. Yasser Seirawan has been on a roll defeating world class GMs Polgar and Mamedyarov in the last two rounds.
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By IM Greg Shahade
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July 22, 2011 |
 US Chess League founder IM Greg Shahade follows up on his anti-round robin piece with a concrete suggestion: adding a Swiss twist to the classical all play all format.
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By Bill Hall
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July 21, 2011 |
 Results are in for the 2011 United States Chess Federation
Executive Board election. Gary Walters, Mike Nietman (incumbents) and Allen Priest will join the board.
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By CLO
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July 21, 2011 |
 The U.S. squad rebounded from a loss to China with a 3-1 round five win against India at the World Team Championship in Ningbo, China.
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By CLO
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July 21, 2011 |
 GM Hikaru Nakamura drew his first game against GM Anish Giri in a six-player double round robin in Dortmund. Kramnik leads with a win over GM Ruslan Ponomariov.
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By Franc Guadalupe
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July 20, 2011 |
 The U.S. Senior Open is underway in Houston, Texas with 51 entrants. Competitors include GM Sergey Kudrin and IMs Walter Shipman and Joseph Bradford.
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By GM Ben Finegold & Tony Rich
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July 20, 2011 |
 In round four of the World Team Championship, the US squad lost to China, the home team. See an update for thoughts on the event so far and annotations by GM Finegold, including Kamsky's win over Aronian.
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By Randy Hough
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July 19, 2011 |
 The Open Section at the Pacific Coast Open finished in a 4-way tie with Sevillano, Khachiyan, Matikozyan and Howard Chen each winning $1,120.
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