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World School Chess Championships 2013

April 3 News, Scholastic Chess no comments

Wednesday, 03 April 2013 21:51 The FIDE Chess Academy of Thessaloniki, World Chess Federation (FIDE), International School Chess Union (ISCU) and the Greek Chess Federation have the honour of inviting all National chess ...

Carlsen wins FIDE World Chess Candidates’ Tournament

April 2 News, Tournaments/Events no comments

FIDE.com Magnus Carlsen won the FIDE Candidates’ Tournament in London on Monday after a bizarre finish of what has become a historic event for chess. Both the Norwegian and the other leader, Vladimir Kramnik of Rus...

Seminars at the SuperNationals

March 23 News, Scholastic Chess, Tournaments/Events no comments

Spectators, parents and friends who aren’t participating will still have plenty to do at SuperNationals V. See the full schedule of seminars and special guest appearances at SuperNationals V (April 5-7, Nashville),...

2013 Samford Fellowship Awarded to GM Sam Shankland

March 19 News no comments

By IM John Donaldson March 19, 2013 The FRANK P. SAMFORD, JR. CHESS FELLOWSHIP, marking its twenty-seventh annual award, has selected Grandmaster Sam Shankland of Orinda, California, as its 2013 Fellow. The Samford is th...

Bobby Fischer (March 9, 1943 – January 17, 2008)

March 9 News no comments

Today, Bobby Fischer, an American chess legend, would have turned 70. March 9, 2013 – Robert James “Bobby” Fischer was an American grandmaster and the 11th World Chess Champion. He was one of the greate...

Barber on Chess & Travel: Guatemala

March 6 News no comments

By Dewain Barber March 6, 2013 Dewain Barber, founder of the K-8 Barber Championships, held each year in conjunction with the Denker tournament of High School champions and US Open, writes about finding chess on his rece...

The 2013 U.S. Senior Open comes to New York

February 2 News, Tournaments/Events no comments

This Spring, the 2013 U.S. Senior Open comes to Tarrytown, New York! May 28 – June 2, 2013 The U.S. Chess Federation and Chess Educators are pleased to invite you to participate in the 2013 U.S. Senior Open. Where:...

Get Ready! 2013 U.S. Junior Open Comes to New York.

February 1 News, Tournaments/Events no comments

This Spring, the 2013 U.S. Junior Open comes to Tarrytown, New York! May 31 – June 2, 2013 The U.S. Chess Federation and Chess Educators are pleased to invite you to participate in the 2013 U.S. Junior Open. Where:...

The U.S. Chess Trust helps young chessplayers.

January 31 Community, News no comments

Published in Jan. 2013 “It was also a success for the US Chess Trust, which provided sets where they would not otherwise be.” Kingston, NY – “A chess team from Putnam Valley built on last year’s success...

2013 Tata Steel, Day 10 Featured Games

January 24 News no comments

2013 Tata Steel, Day 10, Replay Select Games Carlsen, Magnus vs. L’Ami, Erwin Anand, Viswanathan vs. Karjakin, Sergey Caruana, Fabiano vs. Nakamura, Hikaru Aronian, Levon vs. Wang, Hao Sokolov, Ivan vs. Leko, Peter...