“The popularity of the game has never been as high as it is right now,” said David Mehler, the president and founder of the U.S. Chess Center, a D.C.-area chess school.

There, chess fans, sometimes as many as 30, watched computer illustrations of each game (in real time, of course) and a play-by-play commentary from grandmaster Emil Sutovsky and former U.S. women ...

Relive the excitement of the 2024 U.S. Chess Championships and Chess 9LX.

August 7, 2025 / Young chess minds competed and collaborated at the 2025 FIDE World Schools Team Championship and Smart Moves Summit in the U.S. from August 2 to 7, 2025. The event was held at the ...