#United States

Saint Louis's marquee Grand Chess Tour classical event — the strongest annual non-championship tournament in the world for over a decade.

The inaugural memorial event for Daniel Naroditsky — held at Charlotte Chess Center, the institution he most closely identified with as a teacher and streamer.

The Charlotte Chess Center's flagship Swiss — the strongest US classical open after the US Championship itself, drawing 200+ rated entries each autumn.

The women's super-tournament of the Saint Louis Chess Club — ten players, round-robin, founded in 2019 as the women's counterpart to the Sinquefield Cup.

Late-February Swiss at the Saint Louis Chess Club — the city's annual proving ground for second-tier US grandmasters, won in 2026 by Mikhail Antipov.

Saint Louis's annual round-robin to determine the national champions of the United States — open and women's sections, 12 players each.

The American grandmaster who became one of the most-watched chess content creators of his generation — endgame virtuoso, speed-chess specialist, and the public face of the post-pandemic chess boom. He died on 19 October 2025 at age 29.

Cuban-born grandmaster, US national team member — the strongest player Cuba produced in the post-Capablanca era and a long-time presence in the world top twenty.

The Armenian-American grandmaster who held world top-five status for fifteen years — twice World Cup winner, twice the closest non-champion to the crown.

The Filipino-born American grandmaster — multiple US champion, three-time Fischer Random world champion, and the player who briefly displaced Carlsen at the top of the rapid lists.

The first world chess champion and the father of positional play — the player who turned chess from a tactical free-for-all into a theory of structural decisions.

The first American world champion — a singular force who took the title in 1972 and never defended it. His shadow over the modern game has not lifted.

America's strongest player — twice runner-up at the World Championship, and the most deeply prepared opening theoretician of the engine era.

Five-time US champion and the most prolific online chess broadcaster ever — the player who showed that streaming and grandmaster chess could coexist.

The national governing body of chess in the United States — operating since 1939, headquartered in Crossville, Tennessee, and the FIDE member federation for American chess.