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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 ...
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 North American Youth Chess Championship (NAYCC) is an annual chess tournament for participants under 18, first held in 2004 in Boca Raton, Florida. [1] This event is open to players from Canada, Mexico, and the United States. The tournament has 6 age brackets, in two-year increments, from U8 (under 8) to U18.
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 October 2022, he became a champion of the Canadian International Open held at Contrecoeur near Montreal. [15] Liang scored 7/9 at the 2022 North American Open and tied for second by beating the 2022 World Open Champion GM Antipov in the final round. [16] In April 2023 it was announced that he won the US Chess 2022 Grand Prix with 222.68 ...
The Pan American Intercollegiate Team Chess Championship is the foremost intercollegiate team chess championship in the Americas.Hosted in part by the United States Chess Federation, the Pan-Am Intercollegiate is open to any team comprising four players and up to two alternates from the same post-secondary school (university, college, community college) in North America, Central America, South ...
The 2019 U.S. Masters was organized by the Carolinas Chess Initiative and Chief Organizer Dr. Walter High. It had the same location and eligibility requirements as the 2018 event, and was held alongside the North Carolina Open. 88 players played in the 9-round, 5-day super Swiss norm event, which was held in Greensboro for the final time.
American Chess Association; American Chess Congress; American Cup (chess) Anglo-American cable chess matches; B. Brooklyn Castle; C. ... World Open chess tournament