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The United States Chess Federation (also known as US Chess or USCF [1]) is the governing body for chess competition in the United States and represents the U.S. in The World Chess Federation (FIDE). USCF administers the official national rating system , awards national titles, sanctions over twenty national championships annually, and publishes ...
where R new and R old are the player's new and old ratings respectively, D i is the opponent's rating minus the player's rating, W is the number of wins, L is the number of losses, C = 200 and K = 32. The term (W-L) / 2 is the score above or below 0. ΣD / 4C is the expected score according to: 4C rating points equals 100%. [15]
The USCF Grand Prix is a set of chess tournaments for prize money rated by the United States Chess Federation. In general, a tournament must have at least $300 in guaranteed prizes to award "Grand Prix" points. [1] USCF chess grand prix tournament. At the end of the year, prizes are awarded to players with the most points.
Eric Rosen (born September 3, 1993 [2]) is an American chess player. He was awarded the FIDE Master title in 2011 and the International Master title in 2015. [3] Rosen began playing chess as a child with his father and brother and became the United States Chess Federation (USCF) K12 national champion in 2011.
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]
It is held annually by the United States Chess Federation (USCF), and is open to all members of the USCF residing in the United States or who have an APO or FPO address. It was first held in 1943 under the name Victory Tournament , the next year it was called the Postal Chess Championship and in 1945 it was finally renamed as the Golden Knights ...
In 2022, Naroditsky wrote a series of 19 columns featuring chess puzzles based on historical games for The New York Times. [22] [23] Since 2020, he has been the Grandmaster-in-Residence of the Charlotte Chess Center, [24] where he trains the area's top junior players and was the 2023 Club Champion. [25] [26] [27]
At junior high school IS 318 in New York City, he was a member of the team that won the K-8 junior high school national championship in 2010 and the first middle school team to win the K-12 high school national championship in 2012. Williams was featured as the star player of his junior high school chess team in the 2012 documentary Brooklyn ...