U.S. Chess Championship

Twenty-four of America's strongest chess players compete in St. Louis to win a national title.

The pandemic changed how this year's U.S. Chess Championships were played. But that didn't stop Wesley So from walking away a winner with a score nearly as high as chess legend Bobby Fisher.

The pandemic's impact on chess continues. In a historic first, the 2020 U.S. Chess Championships will be held online this year.

Being the tournament favorite is never easy. You have a target on your back, and every other participant is gunning for you. There are times that the top…

The U.S. Chess Championship and U.S. Women’s Championship are the marquee events of American chess and for the last 11 years, the St. Louis Chess Club has…

It is that time of year again at the St. Louis Chess Club. The most coveted event in American chess is upon us: the 2019 U.S. Chess Championship and U.S.…

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This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, May 8, 2013 - Marcel Duchamp is best known as an artist, and he is revered at the World Chess Hall of…

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