The U.S. Chess Trust is proud supporter of the 2012 World Youth Chess Championship. Your donations make that possible. The event is taking place in Maribor, Slovenia, from November 7th (arrival) through November 19th 201...

As Hurricane Sandy headed to the North East (USA), the monster storm did not stop young chess players from participating in the 2012 New York City Rapid Chess Challenge, which was held at the United Nations International...

Open to all Active Duty, Reservists, Military Retirees, Cadets, Midshipmen, and ROTC who have a USCF Membership. October 6-8, 2012 A 6 Round Swiss System Chess Tournament. Free! No Entry fee. The U.S. Navy & the USCF...

The following American chess players received FIDE titles at the Sept. 7-9, 2012 FIDE General Assembly. Congratulations to the following chess players for their Grandmaster titles! Mark Arnold Conrad Holt Enrico Sevillan...

The closing ceremony of the 40-th Chess Olympiad which took part in Istanbul, took place on September 9 in the hall of the WOW Hotel, the place that became a warm and friendly house for many participants. It is true that...

FIDE.com In the last round of the 40th World Chess Olympiad Armenia was matched against Hungary. Levon Aronian secured a perpetual against Peter Leko, and the other games continued. After the time control Gabriel Sargiss...

From Chess Olympiad Official Website: http://www.chessolympiadistanbul.com The Open Section will see an exciting finish as three teams are entering the final round with equal points – China, Armenia and Russia (sor...

FIDE.com FIDE General Assembly is being held from 7th to 9th September at the Istanbul Polat Renaissance Hotel. On the first day the Assembly approved the new FIDE Statutes with a vast voting majority. Andrew Paulson, th...

FIDE.com Russia’s big advantage in the Open section melted in one day as they went down against USA, allowing three other teams to catch up on the shared first place. Alex Onischuk and Sergey Karjakin made a relati...

FIDE.com Russia made a huge step in their quest for the first gold medal since 2002 as they beat the defending champion and one of the main rivals – the team of Ukraine. Sergey Karjakin woke up in the perfect momen...