1st World Mind Sports Games in China

Posted by United States Chess Federation - July 24, 2008 on 10:44 am | In USCF | No Comments The 1st World Mind Sports Games (October 3-18, Beijing) includes a strong U.S. team with GMs Shabalov, Akobian and IM Krush. Topalov tops the participant list but chessdom reports that Topalov has not signed a contract for China or the Kamsky Lvov match.

 


Four Tie for First in Pacific Coast

Posted by United States Chess Federation - July 24, 2008 on 8:48 am | In USCF | No Comments Jerry Hanken's final report on the Pacific Coast Open includes details on all four co-champs, Sevillano, Khachiyan, Shankland and Aghasaryan. Michael Aigner f-pawn also annotates games from Bay Area stars Shankland and Zierk, who just broke master.

 


Onischuk Draws Carlsen in Biel

Posted by United States Chess Federation - July 24, 2008 on 7:25 am | In USCF | No Comments At the Biel Chess Festival, GM Alexander Onischuk drew his fourth round game with Magnus Carlsen. Carlsen, who is inching toward 2800, is now tied for first with Alekseev of Russia, with Onischuk half a point behind.

 


Daniel Fernandez Wins U.S. Class

Posted by United States Chess Federation - July 23, 2008 on 4:40 am | In USCF | No Comments IM Daniel Fernandez won the 2008 U.S. Class Championships (July 18-20, Houston) with 4.5/5. His closest rival, reigning Denker Champ Warren Harper came in clear second with 4/5.

 


Onischuk Scores in Biel

Posted by United States Chess Federation - July 22, 2008 on 7:34 am | In USCF | No Comments American GM Alexander Onischuk scored against GM Yannick Pelletier in round three of the Biel Chess Festival (July 20-August 1.) Onischuk, who tied for first last year in the same event with Magnus Carlsen, is currently tied for second.

 


Continental Champs Comes to Florida

Posted by United States Chess Federation - July 22, 2008 on 4:26 am | In USCF | No Comments The 2008 Pan-American/Continental Championship will take place November 1-7 in Boca Raton, Florida. If you're over 2100 USCF or 2000 FIDE, this is your chance to earn a spot in the 2009 World Cup!

 


Hanken Blogs from the Pacific Coast

Posted by United States Chess Federation - July 21, 2008 on 6:18 am | In USCF | No Comments Jerry Hanken blogs from the Pacific Coast Open (July 17-20, Agoura Hills), which saw a four-way tie for first between Melikset Khachiyan, Enrico Sevillano, Robert Ashasaryan and Sam Shankland.

 


St.Louis Chess Club Opens

Posted by United States Chess Federation - July 21, 2008 on 4:02 am | In USCF | No Comments In St.Louis, Missouri a spectacular new chess club has opened. Check out Steve Goldberg's report, including a photo gallery that might make you wish you lived in St.Louis.

 


Chess Beach Reading

Posted by United States Chess Federation - July 18, 2008 on 6:47 am | In USCF | No Comments Elizabeth Vicary reviews her favorite chess books for summer beach reading and gives thoughts on how to get the most value from your tactical training.

 


Hilton Talks Wojo on the Radio

Posted by United States Chess Federation - July 16, 2008 on 1:24 pm | In USCF | No Comments CLO writer Jonathan Hilton will be the guest on chess.fm this Thursday. Tune in to hear him talk about blogging, his How Wojo Won series and his editing work.

 


World Open Reflections

Posted by United States Chess Federation - July 15, 2008 on 10:27 am | In USCF | No Comments GM Michael Rohde's personal account of the World Open (July 1-6, Philadelphia) includes six annotated games along with tips on eating like a GM and he and his son Danny's run for big money.

 


GM Joel on Checkmate Etiquette

Posted by United States Chess Federation - July 15, 2008 on 9:14 am | In USCF | No Comments A reader wavers from yelling Checkmate, you lose! and saying nice game. GM Joel explains when declaring checkmate is rude, and when it is the right thing to do. (content/view/8563/341/)Ask Joel a question at askgmjoel@uschess.org.

 


Adventures at the U.S. Blind

Posted by United States Chess Federation - July 14, 2008 on 11:28 am | In USCF | No Comments Jessica Lauser writes about the 2008 U.S. Blind Championship (June 20-21), where she placed third despite suffering a number of misadventures.

 


Excitement Builds for the U.S. Open

Posted by United States Chess Federation - July 14, 2008 on 10:24 am | In USCF | No Comments The U.S. Open (Dallas, August 2-11) room rate is available until Friday, so make your reservation fast. Also read news on the College Tournament of Champions, sponsored by World Chess Live.

 


U.S. Class Begins on Friday

Posted by United States Chess Federation - July 14, 2008 on 9:45 am | In USCF | No Comments IM Daniel Fernandez and Denker Champion Warren Harper head the pre-registered list for the 2008 U.S. Class Championship (Houston, July 18-20.) Read more on how you can join the fun in Texas.

 


Erenburg Wins NJ Futurity Again

Posted by United States Chess Federation - July 12, 2008 on 9:29 am | In USCF | No Comments GM Sergey Erenburg succesfully defended his title in the New Jersey Futurity (July 7-11), earning 7.5/9, a full point ahead of GM Yudasin in second place. Unfortunately, no norms were scored this time.

 


Ehlvest and Erenburg Lead Futurity

Posted by United States Chess Federation - July 10, 2008 on 3:17 am | In USCF | No Comments GMs Jaan Ehlvest and Sergey Erenburg lead the New Jersey Futurity (Branchburg, NJ, July 7-11) with 4/5. Mackenzie Molner needs 2/4 for his second IM norm.

 


Maurice Ashley on CNN

Posted by United States Chess Federation - July 9, 2008 on 5:49 pm | In USCF | No Comments Watch Grandmaster Maurice Ashley on CNN.com talk about chess, passion and his competitive family. The segment supplements CNN's series on Black in America.

 


U.S. Chess School Comes to San Diego

Posted by United States Chess Federation - July 8, 2008 on 9:32 am | In USCF | No Comments Elizabeth Vicary reports on the most recent session of the U.S. Chess School, led by GM Gregory Kaidanov and organized by IM Greg Shahade. Read about the players and test yourself on some key exercises from Kaidanov's lectures.

 


Endgame Joy in Philly

Posted by United States Chess Federation - July 8, 2008 on 8:23 am | In USCF | No Comments FM Todd Andrews came in the money in the World Open Under 2400 section. He gives CLO readers some endgame lessons, fresh from Philadelphia.

 


New Jersey Futurity Starts

Posted by United States Chess Federation - July 8, 2008 on 3:46 am | In USCF | No Comments The New Jersey Futurity organized by the NJSCF and hosted by Dean of Chess Academy began immediately after the World Open. The round robin features defending champ GM Erenburg and young talents Ju and Molner.

 


Najer Wins Title; 4 Split Grand Prize

Posted by United States Chess Federation - July 7, 2008 on 3:53 am | In USCF | No Comments Check out CLO's World Open story for a photo gallery and news on norms and the Armageddon match that gave Evgeny Najer the official title over Negi, Moiseenko and Ftacnik.

 


A Bang at the World Open

Posted by United States Chess Federation - July 6, 2008 on 12:01 pm | In USCF | No Comments Chess Life Online World Open reporter Jonathan Hilton explains why you haven't seen any more Philly dispatches from him.

 


Ftacnik and Negi Lead

Posted by United States Chess Federation - July 6, 2008 on 8:17 am | In USCF | No Comments GMs Lubomir Ftacnik and Parmijaran Negi lead the World Open (July 1-6, Philadelphia) with 6.5/8 with one round to go. They will face off in the final round for a chance at clear first.

 


Getz Takes Gold; 7 Medals Overall

Posted by United States Chess Federation - July 6, 2008 on 6:20 am | In USCF | No Comments Alec Getz rebounded with four wins in a row to earn gold at the Pan-American Youth Champs. Vincent Huang, Simone Liao, Evan Xiang, Sylvia Yang, Courtney Jamison and Alena Kats also took home medals for the U.S. Team!

 


World Open Heating Up

Posted by United States Chess Federation - July 4, 2008 on 11:15 am | In USCF | No Comments The theme of upsets continued at the World Open (Philadelphia, July 1-6), including a win over GM-elect Josh Friedel by 11-year-old Darwin Yang. Stay tuned for the next two days to find out who will take home the biggest chunks of the 320K guaranteed prize fund.

 


Update From Argentina

Posted by United States Chess Federation - July 4, 2008 on 4:43 am | In USCF | No Comments The 22-player U.S. delegation at the Pan-American Youth is excelling with mostly plus scores. At the top are Sylvia Yang (Girls Under 12), Simone Liao (Girls Under 10) and Huashi Huang (Boys Under 14) all with 5/6.

 


Upsets Kick Off World Open

Posted by United States Chess Federation - July 3, 2008 on 3:09 am | In USCF | No Comments The first round of the five-day schedule of the World Open featured many upsets, including Arnold's win over Milov and Shankland's victory against Shabalov. For more, check out Jonathan Hilton's on-scene blog.

 


Adventures of a Samford: Finally a GM!

Posted by United States Chess Federation - July 2, 2008 on 10:10 am | In USCF | No Comments In a very special installment of Adventures of a Samford , Josh Friedel gives us a round by round account of his fantastic result in the U.S. Championship, where he earned his final GM norm.

 


Negi Wins Philadelphia International

Posted by United States Chess Federation - July 2, 2008 on 5:40 am | In USCF | No Comments The 15-year-old Indian GM, Parimarjan Negi cruised into clear first at the Philadelphia International (June 26-30) after winning his first five games. Arun Prasad earned the rating points for his title, while Battaglini of France earned an IM norm.

 


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