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Nelson Bond organized and helped form the Roanoke Valley Chess Club from several informal chess clubs and groups in Roanoke, Virginia, in 1947. Tracy G. Callis, Jr. (1968–2009) was a well liked member, and after his death his family supported an annual chess tournament by the Roanoke Valley Chess Club in his memory.
The Champions Chess Tour (CCT) 2024 is a fast chess tournament circuit organized in 2024 by Chess.com.The tour started on 26 January 2024 and will end on 21 December 2024. It involves four online chess tournaments and an over-the-board final round, featuring some of the world's top players who played for a prize money pool of US$1,700,00
The 2024 FIDE Circuit is a system comprising the top chess tournaments in 2024, which serves as a qualification path for the Candidates Tournament 2026.Players receive points based on their performance and the strength of the tournament.
The US Chess Championship is an invitational tournament organized by the United States Chess Federation to determine the country's chess champion. [1] It is the oldest national chess tournament. [2] The event originated as a challenge match in 1845, but the champion has been decided by tournament play under the auspices of the USCF since 1936. [2]
Tournament participation grew through the 1950s and 1960s. Milwaukee 1953 had 181 entrants, setting a new record for the tournament. Cleveland 1957 had 184 players, and San Francisco 1961 set another attendance record with 198 players. The 1963 Open at Chicago had 266 entries, making it the largest chess tournament held in the United States to ...
The main events in the 2023 chess calendar are the World Chess Championship 2023 [1] [2] and Women's World Chess Championship 2023. [3] The top three finishers from the Chess World Cup 2023, the winner and runner-up of the FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2023 and the winner of the FIDE Circuit 2023 will qualify for the Candidates Tournament 2024.
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The 2024 edition of the United States Chess Championship took place at the Saint Louis Chess Club in St. Louis, Missouri from 10 October to 24 October 2024. As with every United States Chess Championship tournament since 2014, it will be a round-robin tournament. [1] Twelve players were invited to compete.