WHEN the 53rd US Championship tour nament ends today in St. Louis, it will be remembered for its remarkable series of upsets of grandmasters by up-and-coming players. The surprises began in the first ...

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Grandmaster Boris Gulko, the only man to earn the chess champion’s titles of both the Soviet Union and the United States, just captured the American title again at the Interplay U.S. Championship ...

Teen conquers champ: In a youth vs. age match-up at the recent U.S. Championship held in St. Louis, Ray Robson, Key Largo’s 14-year-old superstar, faced-off against former Russian and U.S. Champion ...