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By Beatriz Marinello
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May 8, 2012 |
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The U.N. Women Executive Director, Dr. Michelle Bachelet and FIDE Vice President, Beatriz Marinello met to discuss a partnership between both organizations.
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By Bill Hall
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May 2, 2012 |
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The USCF Executive Board passed a motion this morning, with a vote of 7-0, directing me to convey our concerns related to FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov's recent activities in Chicago, Illinois. The text of the motion is in the official PR.
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By Paul Ruiz
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April 22, 2012 |
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Two-time national collegiate chess champion Texas Tech University is looking to hire a Director for its nationally recognized chess program. See details in the news release.
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By CLO
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April 19, 2012 |
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IM Roman Yankovsky won clear first at the 18th Metropolitan Chess FIDE Invitational with a score of 7.5-1.5.
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By Ankit Gupta
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April 11, 2012 |
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Metropolitan Chess, Inc. is hosting an IM norm round robin tournament from April 11th-15th. Players include IM Zhanibek Amanov (KAZ), IM Roman Yankovsky (RUS), IM Larry Remlinger (USA).
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By Mike Wilmering
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April 9, 2012 |
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The Saint Louis Invitational, a GM norm tournament, is scheduled to begin Monday, April 9th. This marks the second norm tournament held at the CCSCSL (outside of U.S. Championship events) in as many years.
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By Salman Azhar
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April 9, 2012 |
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The Bay Area Spring Open attracted a record of 92 players. FM Ryan Porter dominated from beginning to the end to win the Open section and $400 cash.
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By Ankit Gupta
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April 5, 2012 |
 Metropolitan Chess, Inc. hosted an International Master norm round robin tournament from March 28th to April 1st 2012. IMs Roman Yankovsky & Andranik Matikozyan tied for first with 7.5/9.
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By Mike Wilmering
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April 4, 2012 |
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The 2012 U.S. Junior Closed Championship will be held at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis July 6-20 this year. Find details in the official PR.
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By Kali Holloway
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March 28, 2012 |
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Brooklyn Castle, a documentary that takes a look at a year in the lives of several members of the champion chessteam at I.S. 318, will screen at the Atlanta Film Festival 365 on Saturday, March 31, at 11:30 a.m.
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By Ankit Gupta
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March 28, 2012 |
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Metropolitan Chess, Inc. is hosting an International Master norm round robin tournament from March 28th to April 1st of 2012. Participants include IMs Zhanibek Amanov (KAZ), Andranik Matikozyan (ARM) & Roman Yankovsky.
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By Ted Castro
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March 16, 2012 |
 NorCal House of Chess will be conducting its first Invitational tournament, an IM norm round robin event, from March 17-25.
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By Mike Regan
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March 2, 2012 |
 A major international Swiss tournament will debut in Washington this
July from July 28 – August 1st. The 9-round tournament will award
$17,000 in guaranteed prizes and will provide an opportunity for players
to earn GM and IM norms. GMs slated to play include Alex Onischuk & Josh Friedel.
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By Amanda Cook
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February 29, 2012 |
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The World Chess Hall of Fame will open its doors on two new exhibits
starting March 9, 2012. Bobby Fischer: Icon Among Icons, Photographs by
Harry Benson CBE and Marcel Dzama: The End Game.
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By Lauren Nystrom
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February 28, 2012 |
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Lindenwood University in St. Charles, Missouri is putting out a call for some of the finest young chess players in America and abroad.
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By U.S. Chess Trust
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February 23, 2012 |
 If you are a high school junior or senior looking for scholarship money, be sure to consider applying for the National Scholar-Chessplayer Award. Act fast, as the deadline is March 1. Full details in the press release.
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By Ankit Gupta
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February 21, 2012 |
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Metropolitan Chess, Inc. is hosting an International Master norm round robin tournament from February 22nd to 26th of 2012. Participants include the young Kayden Troff and CLO contributor Kostya Kavutskiy.
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By Kevin Tedesco
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February 16, 2012 |
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Set your DVRs! Bob Simon profiles the 21-yr-old chess prodigy Magnus Carlsen on 60 MINUTES, Sunday, Feb. 19 (7:00-8:00 PM) on the CBS Television Network.
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By Douglas Stack
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February 6, 2012 |
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Saturday, January 28th at Middletown High School, chess candidate master Deepak Aaron took on all comers in Middletown’s third annual simultaneous chess exhibition.
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By Alfred Ong
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February 6, 2012 |
 ChessPalace edged La Palma, San Diego, and Hemet Chess Club in this year's edition of the Club Match Championship.
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By Claire Flesch
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February 3, 2012 |
 On Sunday, January 29th, Rex Sinquefield was among 15 inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame. Dr. Jeanne Sinquefield was also recognized for her help in recognizing the Merit Badge for Chess.
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By Ankit Gupta
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February 1, 2012 |
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Metropolitan Chess, Inc. hosted an
International Master
norm round robin tournament on January 25th to 29th 2012. The tournament was won by IM Enrico Sevillano
in a convincing fashion with a score of 7.5-1.5.
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By Mike Wilmering
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February 1, 2012 |
Lindenwood University is putting out a call for some of the finest young
chess players in America and abroad. And the university is willing to
provide scholarship money to build the nation’s top collegiate chess
program.
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By Jerry Nash
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January 31, 2012 |
 The USCF announced the 50 team members selected for the 2012 All-America Team at the K-12 tournament in Dallas this past November. All of the team members are named in the press release.
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By Ankit Gupta
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January 26, 2012 |
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Metropolitan Chess, Inc. is hosting an International Master norm round robin tournament from January 25th to 29th of 2012. Find full details in the PR.
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By Baron Nimzowitsch
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January 25, 2012 |
 For the first time ever, four siblings Mick, Dante, Gia, and Jayani
Peterson won or tied for first place in four different grades at a state
championship.
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By Alice Mascarenhas
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January 24, 2012 |
 The Tradewise Gibraltar Chess festival opened on January 23rd. and features GM Peter Svidler as well as many American players, including GM Varuzhan Akobian and reigning US Women's Champion Anna Zatonskih.
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By Catherine Sevcenko
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January 23, 2012 |
 On January 22nd in Washington DC, ten students from the U.S. Chess Center played games against ten students from Podgorica, the capital of Montenegro in an international match.
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By Richard Krueger
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January 22, 2012 |
 Kasparov Chess Foundation today announced its
2012 Scholastic Championships Series, spanning across major metropolitan areas
of the nation.
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By Robby Adamson
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January 17, 2012 |
 The 2012 Arizona State Grade Championship was held Saturday, January 7,
2012, at the Holiday Inn Palo Verde in Tucson, Arizona. See the press release and photos of the top winners.
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By Gunnar Bjornsson
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January 16, 2012 |
 Organizers of the Reykjavik Open have arranged for special packages in
co-operation with Icelandair. Participating Grandmasters include Italian-American Fabiano Caruana and American GMs Maurice Ashley, Robert Hess, Yuri Shulman.
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By Attila Turzo
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January 6, 2012 |
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IM Attila Turzo will play 1000 chess games
simultaneously with chess players from all over the world. Find out how you can participate in the official PR.
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By Michael Regan
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December 19, 2011 |
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The Chesapeake Open returns to the Rockville Hilton in Rockville, MD on Jan. 6-
8. Pre-registered players include GMs Alexander Onischuk and Larry Kaufman.
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By Ankit Gupta
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December 14, 2011 |
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See the press release from USCF Organizer of the Year Ankit Gupta on the Metropolitan Chess GM and IM norm tournaments held from December 7-11.
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By IM Greg Shahade
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December 8, 2011 |
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Spots are still open for the 17th United States Chess School in Tucson, Arizona from December 26-30th. This particular edition is an all-girls camp. Players under 18 and over 1800 or under 21 and over 2000 should apply!
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By Ankit Gupta
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December 7, 2011 |
 Metropolitan Chess, Inc . is hosting an International Master norm and a International Grandmaster norm round robin tournament in tandem from December 7th to December 11th of 2011.
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By Mike Wilmering
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November 23, 2011 |
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Find details on the Thanksgiving Open in Saint Louis and a round-robin GM norm tournament scheduled directly thereafter. Other major holiday Opens this weekend include the National Chess Congress in Philadelphia and the American Open in Los Angeles.
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By Bill Hall
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November 22, 2011 |
 17-year-old Quinton Smith, died at the K-12 Nationals held last weekend in Dallas. On behalf of the USCF, Bill Hall express his sadness and links to a site where you can find out more about Quinton and the upcoming funeral.
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By Jamaal Abdul-Alim
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November 21, 2011 |
 Newly crowned 12th Grade Champ Matthew Dahl earned a scholarship to the University of Texas at Dallas last weekend. Full story includes details on Dahl and other winners, including K-6 blitz champ Kiana Arab (pictured.)
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By Ankit Gupta
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November 12, 2011 |
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Metropolitan Chess, Inc. is hosting an International Master norm round robin tournament from November 9th to 13th of 2011 featuring IMs Zhanibek Amanov, Andranik Matikozyan, WGM Tatev Abrahamyan and more.
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By Eric van Reem
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November 9, 2011 |
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On 26 November it will be thirty years, since former Dutch Chess World Champion Dr. Max Euwe died. To honor his memory two groups of four will play a double round robin tournament from 14 to 20 November in the “Openbare Bibliotheek” (public library) in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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By Jon Haskel
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November 2, 2011 |
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Registration
for the Duncan Oxley Online Collegiate Tournament takes place on
November 6th on the Internet Chess Club. Find out more details in
official PR.
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By Holger Lieske
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October 26, 2011 |
 PlayChess is hosting an online qualifier for the SportAccord MindSport Games in Beijing, China on October 29, 2011. Holger Lieske of playchess says, "We would be pleased to welcome American players and especially many IM/GM."
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By Jorge Amador
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October 18, 2011 |
 The Executive Board of the United States Chess Federation
designated Chess Camp (Mongoose Press) the official beginner's puzzle book series of the
USCF at its 2011 annual meeting in Orlando, Florida.
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By Richard Krueger
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October 18, 2011 |
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Kasparov Chess Foundation announced the Ninth Annual National All-Girls
Chess Championships, to be held in downtown Chicago, IL, at the
Swissotel, April 20 - 22, 2012.
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By Francisco Guadalupe
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October 16, 2011 |
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Zonal president Francisco Guadalupe updates us from the 82nd FIDE Congress in Krakow, Poland. The large USCF delegation in attendance includes Tony Rich, who arrived after small travel hiccups.
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By Bill Hall
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October 15, 2011 |
 USCF Executive director Bill Hall writes about arriving in Krakow, Poland for the FIDE Congress. USCF President Ruth Haring, Michael Khodarkovsky, Francisco Guadalupe are also part of the US delegation.
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By Utah Chess Association
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September 26, 2011 |
 Eliza McIntosh, a high school USCF chess player (1547), plans to make history on Oct. 8th by breaking the world record for the longest "arm-powered" wheelie in a wheelchair. Find out how you can help!
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By MonRoi
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August 11, 2011 |
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The Canadian Centre for Ecumenism will launch Youth Chess Tournaments for Peace, in Montreal, on Sept. 7, 2011 in collaboration with MonRoi Inc. and the Canadian Chess’n Math Association.
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By Michael A. Propper
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July 28, 2011 |
 Find details on a series of August New York City Chess Camps headlined by three-time US Women's Champion IM Irina Krush. The sessions will be hosted at the Marshall Chess Club.
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By Bill Hall
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July 22, 2011 |
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Results are in for the 2011 United States Chess Federation Executive Board election. Gary Walters, Mike Nietman (incumbents) and Allan Priest will join the board.
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By Jerry Nash
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June 29, 2011 |
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The deadline for qualifying players to confirm their participation in the 2011 World Youth is approaching! Please contact Jerry Nash (jnash@uschess.org) for details if you have not already done so.
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By Allen Kaufman
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June 23, 2011 |
 On July 1, 2011 International Master John Donaldson will become the new
secretary of the Samford Fellowship Committee, replacing Allen Kaufman
who has held the position since 1987.
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By Arun Sharma
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June 22, 2011 |
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A strong International with
GM and IM norm possibilities in the San Francisco area is planned for The Northern California International, presented by NorCal House of
Chess, will have two sections, a GM-norm Round Robin and a Swiss, both with GM
and IM norm possibilities.
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By David Pruess
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June 22, 2011 |
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GM Alex Onischuk, the #3 rated U.S. player
(FIDE 2675, USCF 2743), will take on the world in a vote chess match organized
and sponsored by chess.com,
starting on July 9th.
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By Megan Hike
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June 16, 2011 |
Fifteen Master chess players competed in a first of
its kind online chess tournament yesterday, the Shindig Masters Invitational. GMs Hess, Jobava, Kacheishvili, Lenderman & Socko tied for first.
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By Stephen Dick
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June 14, 2011 |
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The 2nd Annual Rentschler Foundation High School Chess Championship to be held at the Holiday Inn in Cherry Hill, NJ on June 25 - 26 offers more than $21,000 in prizes.
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By Ankit Gupta
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June 6, 2011 |
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By Jerry Nash
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June 3, 2011 |
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By Alan Kantor
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June 1, 2011 |
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Inspired by Al Lawrence's report on the US Amateur East? It's not too late to play in the US Amateur South, set for Memphis, June 4-5. Check out details in the press release. |
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By Alan Kantor
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May 16, 2011 |
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The U.S. Cadets (Under 16) Champs keeps getting stronger. The 2011 version, to be held in Crossvile for the third year in a row is led by Ostrovskiy and Bodek from New York, Shetty from Michigan and more!
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By Chuck Lovingood
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May 13, 2011 |
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The North American Youth Championship will take place from June 25-29, 2011 in Tarrytown, New York. Per each category, the official rep will be the highest rated to register by Monday May 23rd at 5:00 PM CST.
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By US Chess Trust
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May 2, 2011 |
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The 2011 Scholar-Chessplayer Award Recipients are: Chaz Daly, FL, Andrew Ng, NJ, Eigen Wang, NY, Kevin Zhang, AZ (pictured) and Andrew Shvartsman, NJ. Congrats!
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By Irwin Fisk
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May 2, 2011 |
The Anatoly Karpov International School of Chess in Lindsborg, Kansas
has appointed David Blair as the school's new executive director.
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By Robert Rizzo
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April 29, 2011 |
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The US Chess Federation is pleased to announce that the Correspondence Chess Senior International Master (SIM) title has been awarded to David R. Myers. His certificate and medal will be issued at the 2011 International Correspondence Chess Federation (ICCF) Congress in Järvenpää, Finland. |
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By Irwin Fisk
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April 11, 2011 |
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Last weekend, a team of young chess players from St. Petersburg, Russia came to Lindsborg and McPherson to compete with scholastic chess teams from throughout Kansas and Nebraska.
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By Ankit Gupta
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April 11, 2011 |
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The 4th Metropolitan FIDE Invitational concluded this weekend on April 10th in Los Angeles. FM Joel Banawa and FM Pedram Atoufi both achieved IM norms.
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By Ankit Gupta
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April 5, 2011 |
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See details on the 4th Metropolitan FIDE Chess Invitational, to be held from April 6-10th in Los Angeles, California. This edition will feature three IMs, including the pictured Timothy Taylor. |
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By Chuck Lovingood and Beatriz Marinello
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March 24, 2011 |
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The 2011 North
American Youth Championships will be held at the Doubletree Hotel in Tarrytown,
New York from June 25-29, 2011.
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By Irwin Fisk
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March 23, 2011 |
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Young players from St. Petersburg, Russia and teams from Illinois, Nebraska, Missouri, Kansas and more
will compete in the 2nd Intercontinental Scholastic and Club Team
Champs in Lindsborg, April 1-3.
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By Ankit Gupta
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March 15, 2011 |
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For one of the first times ever, super-Grandmaster Michael Adams (ENG) -- World #24, is coming to the West Coast of the United States to play in the 1st Metropolitan International.
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By Dr. Alexey Root, WIM
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March 14, 2011 |
 Author, WIM and Dr. Alexey Root will be appear at a chess in education event at Barnes & Noble in Denton, Texas on March 19th.
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By Robert Rizzo
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March 11, 2011 |
The Correspondence
Chess IM title has been awarded to Dr. Carl L. Siefring. His certificate
and medal will be issued at the 2011 ICCF Congress in Järvenpää, Finland.
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By Ankit Gupta
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February 23, 2011 |
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Metropolitan Chess will host a International Master norm round robin tournament on February 23rd to 27th of 2011. Participants include IM Zhanibek Amanov (KAZ), IM Timothy Taylor (USA) and IM Jacek Stopa (POL).
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By Franc Guadalupe
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February 23, 2011 |
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The Confederation of Chess for Americas and the Mexican
Chess Federation have announced the 2011 Continental Chess Championship, set for Toluca, Mexico from April
19th to April 24th.
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By Sevan Muradian
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February 19, 2011 |
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The North Shore Chess Center World Women's Champion runner-up and Carnegie Mellon doctoral candidate WGM Lufei Ruan for a lecture series. Also read about "TV Tune Out Week."
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By Bill Hall
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February 14, 2011 |
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Four candidates have been certified for the upcoming USCF executive board election: Sevan Muradian, Mike Nietman, Allen Priest and Gary Walters. Don't forget to register to vote by March 31. |
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By Luis Garcia
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January 27, 2011 |
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By Beatriz Marinello
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January 27, 2011 |
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See details on the North American Youth Championship, set for June 25-29 in New York.
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By Richard Krueger
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January 24, 2011 |
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See details on the Kasparov Chess Foundation's 2011 series of tournaments, including the Greater New York Scholastic Chess Championships from January 29-30, at which former World Champ and KCF chairman Garry Kasparov will be making an appearance.
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By Chuck Lovingood
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January 24, 2011 |
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See details for the 2011 Chess Player Scholar Award including the press release and the application.
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By Renée M. Yarzig
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January 10, 2011 |
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The JCC in Manhattan, Pegasus Media Productions, Inc. and Friends of Chess announce the next FREE Cross-Generation Chess Match with Special Guests, Grandmaster Robert Hess and Peter Hess. The chess tournament will be held on Sunday, January 16th at the JCC in Manhattan.
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By Eric Citron
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January 10, 2011 |
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Read details on IM Dean Ippolito's attempt to break the Guinness Book of World Record for simultaneous chess games. The new attempt in scheduled for April 9, 2011 in Flemington, NJ. |
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By Glenn Panner
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November 29, 2010 |
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December 16-19, 2010
Marks the dates for the historic first Atlantic City International chess
tournament. Reigning US
Champion GM Gata Kamsky will be giving a simultaneous exhibition Thursday
December 16 and he will play in the main event.
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By Robert Rizzo
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November 29, 2010 |
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Stephen E. Ham has earned the title of Correspondence Grand Master. Read details and play through one of Stephen's games in the press release.
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By Mike Wilmering
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November 23, 2010 |
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Former World Champion Garry Kasparov will be at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis on Monday, Nov. 29, just after the Thanksgiving Open featuring renowned GM Short and an $11,000 prize fund.
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By Sevan Muradian
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November 23, 2010 |
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The 1st North American Amateur Closed is set to take place during the
Thanksgiving weekend in Skokie, Illinois.
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By Dr,Alexey Root
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November 11, 2010 |
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Former chess champion Dr.
Alexey Root will discuss how chess can help students succeed academically at a Coppell
Gifted Association (CGA) public lecture and demonstration on Sunday, November 14, 2010, 2-4 p.m. at New Tech
High School.
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By Ankit Gupta
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November 5, 2010 |
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See details on the Metropolitan FIDE Invitational, to be held in downtown Los Angeles Nov 12-21. The
tournament is being sponsored by www.chess.com, www.LawyerFy.com, and
Fashion Business, Inc.
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By CLO
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November 4, 2010 |
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Drexel University in Philadelphia has started a $1000 per year renewable chess scholarship for undergrad applicants rated over 2000 USCF. See details in the press release.
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By Mike Wilmering
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November 2, 2010 |
Join legendary GM Nigel Short, former U.S. Champion GM Yury Shulman,
Resident GM Ben Finegold and many more in Saint Louis for the
Thanksgiving Open November 26-29.
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By Robert Rizzo
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October 6, 2010 |
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Jon Ostriker has earned the title of Correspondence Grand Master (GM), as confirmed via email from the ICCF. Jon joins a select group as he is only one of ten USA Federation Members to achieve this lofty goal.
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By Joan DuBois
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September 29, 2010 |
The United States Chess Federation (USCF) is
pleased to announce that their 2010 U.S. Blind Chess Championship will be held at the Holiday Inn Express Hotel in Pittsburgh, PA from Oct. 11-12, 2010.
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By Eric Citron
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September 27, 2010 |
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International
Master and New Jersey native Dean Ippolito is attempting to break the record of
500 simultaneous chess games on Saturday, November 27, 2010.
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By Chris Macowski
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August 16, 2010 |
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The Art of Attack, a play about two estranged sons of a chess master, premieres at the New York Fringe Festival on August 18 and runs through the 27th. GM Lenderman will conduct a fundraiser simul for the play on August 22 at Washington Square Park.
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By Stephen Dick
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August 4, 2010 |
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The 3rd Annual Greater Pitman Chess Championship, organized by All the King's Men Chess Center will take place on August 14. Previous participants include GM Aleks Lenderman and IM Bryan Smith.
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By Rishi Sethi and Margo Bradley
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July 25, 2010 |
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Read a chess without borders press release on a chess & therapy exchange in Elgin, Illinois.
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By Jean Hoffman
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July 15, 2010 |
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By Greg Shahade
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July 14, 2010 |
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The US Chess School is looking for one more applicant for its second summer session slated for August 10-14th in Seattle, Washington. |
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