We all know you’re going to play the Master Trek on Saturday, so why wait for Late Fees to kick in? Register NOW before Thursday and save yourself the $3 !!! Mark your calendars and make your plans for the “Spring Chess Schedule”: Unity Open, March 19th! Master Trek, March 26th! Arizona State Championships, April [...]

Metropolitan Chess in Los Angeles will be hosting what will likely go down as the chess event of the year from August 17th-21st. Among other Super-GMs, England’s own Michael Adams will be competing against a slew of “Norm Challengers”. More information can be found here, and a list of the pre-registered participants can be seen [...]

IM Dionisio Aldama AND FM Pedram Atoufi will be competing in 2000 and Up Section at the Master Trek this Saturday! Remember, the tournament will be held in the Ventana Ballroom at the Memorial Union Building. Please see the AmericanChess.net Complete Schedule page for a number of changes and tournament additions, including “plan ahead” dates [...]

For a number of reasons there will be no Copper State International in 2011. Though we hope to once again make this tournament a success at some point down the road, not knowing what the future holds, we can not predict a possible return date or time of the event. American Chess Events LLC would [...]

Dear Trekkers – The first Master Trek of the new year will take place this Saturday at ASU. Register NOW… The Berkeley International took place from January 2nd-8th and hosted some of the world’s strongest chess players. Click here for full results and a summary of tournament. CHESS WORLD UPDATE: Tata Steel Wijk aan Zee [...]

Happy New Year everyone! We hope that your 2011 will be filled with as much “ACE” chess as your 2010 was… Click here for ACE Chess’s schedule of upcoming events IM Daniel Rensch’s Game of the Week vs FM Abrahamyan is nominated for Game of the Year! See other candidates and articles here… Arizona players [...]

ACE Chess would like to congratulate all the Arizona chess players who competed, especially those who fared well at the K-12 Grade Nationals last weekend in Orlando, Florida. A special congratulations must go out to ACE Chess All Star and Grand Prix Cup sponsored player, Bryan Hu, for capturing 1st place in the 8th Grade [...]

Dear Arizona, The last Master Trek tournament of the year 2010 will take place this weekend, December 4th, at ASU! After officially reaching the half way mark of the Grand Prix Cup season, expect full updated standings immediately following the event… Best wishes to all those headed to the National K-12 Grade Championships in Orlando [...]

Dear Arizona, Your Arizona Scorpions managed a to hold a “drawn match” against the Seattle Sluggers in the first round of the US Chess League Playoffs! With Draw Odds belonging to the top seed, the Scorpions will move onto face the Miami Sharks in Round Two. The match will take place in Mesa, Arizona at [...]

Register for the Master Trek Grand Prix Cup tournament at ASU on November 6th before LATE FEES kick in. Click here! The Arizona Scorpions are set to take on the Seattle Sluggers tomorrow night in the first round of the 2010 US Chess League Playoffs. In only their third year of existence, the Scorpions won [...]