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The U.S. Chess Trust congratulates Grandmaster Jeffery Xiong for winning the 2017 Samford Fellowship! By John Donaldson The FRANK P. SAMFORD, JR. CHESS FELLOWSHIP, marking its thirty-first annual award, has selected Grandmaster Jeffery Xiong of Plano, Texas, as its 2017 Fellow. ...

US Chess Trust President Jim Eade Interviewed by ChessBase A chat with the author of Chess for Dummies by Alexey Root 9/24/2016 – Fide Master James (Jim) Eade has been a chess player, chess organizer, chess politician, and chess publisher. ...

Kamsky, Ashley, Newest Hall of Fame Members By Harold J. Winston, Chess Trust Chairman On April 13, 2016, I had the honor of inducting GMs Gata Kamsky and Maurice Ashley into the U.S. Chess Hall of Fame at the opening ...

Eade Named University of Texas-Dallas Educator of the Year Jim Eade, U.S. Chess Trust president and author of one of the best-selling chess books in history, Chess for Dummies, was honored as Chess Educator of the Year by the University ...

Photo:  Second ever Samford winner GM Max Dlugy, Lotis Key, 30th Samford fellow Wesley So, Renato Kabigting, and US Chess Trust Managing Director Al Lawrence, Photo Eric Rosen 2016 Samford Fellowship Awarded to Grandmaster Wesley So By John Donaldson The ...