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The US Chess Center is an American non-profit organization that teaches at-risk youth in the Washington, D.C., area how to play chess. The center runs chess tournaments and brings in high level chess players to speak to students. The Center is headquartered in Silver Spring, MD, [1] and its president is David Mehler, an attorney. [2]
He has taken part in two (2) editions of the PRO Chess League: 2018 edition where he played for the Dallas Destiny where he scored 16.5 points in 24 games with 14 wins, 5 draws and 5 losses (68.8% winning rate). Among his notable wins in the tournament is a victory against GM Anton Smirnov of Australia who played for the Australia Kangaroos ...
This chess tournament is by invitation only. Each United States Chess Federation sanctioned state affiliate, including Northern California, Southern California, and Washington, D.C., is allowed to send one player. If there is an odd number of players, the host state is allowed to send a second player to compete and win prizes.
John Washington Baird (February 22, 1852 – 1923) [1] was a minor American chess master, who played in a number of American and international chess tournaments between 1880 and 1906. He was the brother of David Graham Baird , who was also an American chess master.
The 1963 Open at Chicago had 266 entries, making it the largest chess tournament held in the United States to that time. The tourney was slightly smaller at Boston in 1964, with a field of 229. The 1983 Open at Pasadena was the largest ever, at 836 official entries; it also featured the participation of Viktor Korchnoi , who had played in the ...
America's Foundation for Chess (AF4C) is a nonprofit chess foundation based in Bellevue, Washington, United States, a suburb of Seattle. [1] It was founded in June 2000 by Scott Oki and Laurie Oki as the Seattle Chess Foundation. [2] [3] Entrepreneur Erik Anderson and grandmaster Yasser Seirawan are also credited as founders of America's ...
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]
In November 2024, he scored a GM norm at the U.S. Masters Chess Championship. He finished the event in joint-6th place. [6] The following week, at the Saint Louis Masters tournament, he earned his final grandmaster norm and crossed 2500 in live rating, achieving the Grandmaster title. [7] It will be formally awarded to him in 2025.