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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 ...
1948 – The Ingo system is published and used by the West German Chess Federation. 1949 – The Harkness system is submitted to the USCF. The British Chess Federation adopts it later and uses it at least as late as 1967. [22] 1950 – The USCF starts using the Harkness system and publishes its first rating list in the November issue of Chess Life.
In 1939, the United States of America Chess Federation was created in Illinois through the merger of the American Chess Federation and National Chess Federation.The American Chess Federation, formerly the Western Chess Association, had held an annual open championship since 1900; that tournament, after the merger, became the U.S. Open. [5]
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 ...
Lev Alburt. Grace Alekhine. James Allan Anderson (chess player) Babakuli Annakov. Mikhail Antipov. Marc Tyler Arnold. Levon Aronian. Eva Aronson. Maurice Ashley.
The following people have all been grandmasters (GM) of chess.The title is awarded to players who have met the standards required by the sport's governing body, FIDE.Other than world champion, it is the highest title a chess player can attain and is awarded for life, although FIDE regulations allow for the revocation of titles for cheating or fraud.
United States: Hikaru Nakamura: 2816 2015-10 1987 Formerly highest-ranked American player (2011–2015) China: Ding Liren: 2816 2018-11 1992 Highest-ranked Chinese player (since 2015), current World Chess Champion (since 2023) 13 Russia: Alexander Grischuk: 2810 2014-12 1983 14 Iran France: Alireza Firouzja: 2804 2021-12 2003
The United States Chess Championship is an invitational classical chess tournament. Fabiano Caruana: 28 2800 2 Wesley So (defending champion) 26 2778 6 Samuel Sevian: 20 2654 91 Leinier Domínguez: 38 2760 14 Aleksandr Lenderman: 31 2607 >100 Ray Robson: 21 2669 62 Sam Shankland: 30 2714 28 John M. Burke: 19 2554 >100 Dariusz Świercz: 27 2647 ...