On This Hallowed Night… May your Knights be grandious, your Queens bewitching, your Kings ghostly and your Rooks creepy ! Have a Safe and Spooooky Halloween !

IN THE TOP 5 Humpy Koneru is a chess Grandmaster from India. Her October 2007 FIDE Elo rating is 2606, placing her at #2 in the world for women (behind Judit Polgar), breaking the record of 2577 set by Susan Polgar for t...

(FIDE) TOP 20 JUNIORS IN THE TOP 5 Teimour Radjabov is a leading chess player from Azerbaijan. Radjabov earned the title of International Grandmaster in March 2001 at the age of 14, making him the 2nd youngest grandmaste...

(FIDE) TOP 50 WOMEN CHESS PLAYERS Congratulations to all the women who made it to the Top 50 Women Chess Players list! There are some interesting statistics associated with the top two women players in the world. Player ...

THE ART OF WAR Although Sun Tzu’s Art of War was written more than 2,600 years ago and its not a chess book, this is one of the books that I would recommend to chess players. This work stands today as a prominent w...

CHESS IN EDUCATION – SERIES II – PART 5 – RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CHESS AND THINKING As we come to the conclusion of Chess in Education Series II, we provide you with Dr. Robert Ferguson’s “Sol...

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CHESS AND MEMORY Several have surmised that chess not only demands the attribute of memory but also develops it. John Artise in Chess and Education writes, Visual stimuli tend to improve memory more ...

CHESS IN EDUCATION – SERIES II – PART III Relationship between Chess and Academic Achievement by Dr. Robert Ferguson Since 1971, the school district of Philadelphia has enjoyed state and national prominence b...

WHEN SUPPORT MAKES A DIFFERENCE Thanks to all who have given an astounding amount of support to the U.S. Armed Forces Open Championship and helped make this event happen, and, to our U.S. Chess Trust Donors , your donati...

CHESS IN EDUCATION SERIES II (PART II) RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CHESS AND READING The former American Chess Foundation (now known as Chess-in-the-Schools) helped organize a program and research in the USA. Faneuil Adams, Jr....