US Chess League News

The United States Chess League is pleased to announce the two expansion teams for 2008. Both of these teams come from areas of large chess a...

Now that the process for announcing the Wildcards is over, the time to debate which game should win is upon us. Even though I’m not a judge...

Wildcard #7: IM Bryan Smith (PHI) vs GM Eugene Perelshteyn (BOS) 1-0 The selection of this game as the final Wildcard didn't come easi...

Wildcard #6: NM Mackenzie Molner (NJ) vs FM Marc Arnold (NY) 1-0 Arun Sharma : For the second time Greg Shahade managed to choose the gam...

Wildcard #5: IM Eric Tangborn (SEA) vs IM Davorin Kuljasevic (DAL) 0-1 Greg Shahade : I made a mistake in Week 8 when I didn't rank thi...

Wildcard #4: IM Jay Bonin (NY) vs NM Denys Shmelov (BOS) 1-0 Jonathan Hilton : I thought pretty hard about this selection, and I realize i...

Wildcard #3: IM Josh Friedel (SF) vs GM Gregory Serper (SEA) 1-0 Arun Sharma : I personally felt this season the league contained a fairl...

Wildcard #2: GM Julio Becerra (MIA) vs GM Alex Stripunsky (QNS) 1-0 Greg Shahade : A fantastic win by Becerra against a very tough opponen...

Wildcard #1: IM Dmitry Zilberstein (SF) vs IM John Bartholomew (DAL) 1-0 Jonathan Hilton : This game has many of the key features I would ...

I already outlined in a previous post what will be involved in the Game of the Year Contest, but now that the season is officially over, an...

We have instituted two new honors in the USCL this season: The Rookie of the Year Award and the Most Improved Player Award. The Rookie of th...

If you are wondering what criteria was used to determine these All Stars, please refer to the first post on the subject. 1st Team: WFM Iry...

If you are wondering what criteria was used to determine these All Stars, please refer to the first post on the subject. 1st Team: IM Jace...

If you are wondering what criteria was used to determine these All Stars, please refer to the first post on the subject. 1st Team: SM Jorg...

Greg Shahade and myself were the two judges who determined the players on the All Star Teams, with this season there being three All Star te...

So Ron Young wins this year’s prediction contest, congrats to him. I suppose I can’t be too disappointed with a close second, but both Josh...

This year for game of the week we have three judges, all ranking their top five games. For the postseason the judges will be ranking fewer g...