By Dewain Barber The 2012 Denker Tournament of High School Champions will field the highest average top five since it was first played in 1985. The average rating of this group of players is 2406. The Barber Tournament o...

The Maryland Chess Association hosted the 2012 US Cadet Championship from July 21-23 at the Rockville Hilton. The Cadet is an invitational round robin tournament for the top USA players under 16. The tournament ended wit...

This year the U.S. Senior Open and the U.S. Junior Open were part of the Summer Chess Festival which was held in Houston, Texas. The Summer Chess Festival also included the Not-A-Senior-Not-A-Junior Open as well as a sim...

By Mike Wilmering July 16, 2012 SAINT LOUIS (July 16, 2012) – In the closing ceremony last night, the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis (CCSCSL) crowned International Master Marc Arnold, 19, of New Yo...

2012 World Chess Olympiad in Istanbul, Turkey will take place from August 27th – Sept. 10 2012. The World Chess Olympiad is a biennial event organized by FIDE, the World Chess Federation, that pits countries from a...

GM Ivan Sokolov becomes the 2012 World Open Champion 40th Annual World Open / July 2-8, 2012, Philadelphia, PA QUOTE FROM OFFICIAL SITE:  http://chesstournamentservices.com/cca/world-open/ “GMs Ivan Sokolov and Ale...

By Dewain Barber On August 4, 2012 in Vancouver, Washington the Denker Tournament of High School Champions and the Dewain Barber Tournament of K-8 Champions will get underway. Each state is permitted to have one represen...