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Wesley So Wins 2021 U.S. Chess Championship
This week saw the dramatic conclusion of the 2021 U.S. Chess Championship. After an eleven-round round robin, Wesley So was tied for first place with 6.5 points, along with top-rated Fabiano Caruana and the
Carissa Yip Wins 2021 U.S. Women’s World Championship
With an extraordinary performance, eighteen-year-old IM Carissa Yip has won the U.S. Women’s World Championship with a round to spare. The U.S. Chess Championship tournaments are eleven-round round robins featuring the top twelve players
Magnus Carlsen Wins Champions Chess Tour!
The Finals of the Champions Chess Tour ended just yesterday, but Magnus Carlsen’s dominant performance meant that he was the mathematical winner several days before the Finals ended. Wesley So’s crushing round-seven loss to
Canadians Impress on the World Stage in Chess
Canada has been very busy on the world stage of chess lately. From mid-August to mid-September, Team Canada participated in the FIDE Online Olympiad. Not known as a global chess powerhouse, the Canadian team
Sony teams up with US GM and helps CIC
GM Elshan Moradi Abadi was the second Iranian-born chess grandmaster to join the highest echelons of competitive chess by hitting a rating of 2600 FIDE. He now lives in North Carolina, USA, with his
Return To National Chess Camp!
When COVID-19 struck many of our favourite activities came to a stop. CIC’s founder Ted Winick, has created many chess events and initiatives over the years, including National Chess Camp, founded fourteen years ago
