I love playing chess, but like Lightning McQueen in Cars 3, I smile more when watching students take a risk and succeed. This was a lot of fun to organize.

Man I wanted that for Pato.

The Indy 500 summed up in an 8-second clip!

Three experts and a 1900 attend Tuesday Weekly last night, but it's Madison Brown who ties for 1st and jumps from 1652 to 1779 with 2.5/3.0 points! USCF-rated results: uschess.org/msa/XtblMain.p…

Tuesday Weekly returns tomorrow, and it's looking like a strong turnout! Pre-reg at indychess.org/events, and see the May-June point standings to win the $300+ Staunton board+pieces at tinyurl.com/competitionsta…

Wasn't gonna do another 60+10 before August, but players on Tuesday nights complained the delay was too long :) (They better sign up now!)

No better holiday to refute the London! We got 30 already pre-registered and climbing every day! 'Merica Melee 4ss 60+10 on Sat, July 6 in Indianapolis. indychess.org/events-1/meric… (Pre-reg players: tinyurl.com/indychess)

Our 'Merica Melee tournament Sat. had 53 players competing for the $1,080 prize pool! Congrats to Josh Smith on passing 2000 again and winning the 1800+ section. See all winners: uschess.org/msa/XtblMain.p…

Thank you Veteran Strategies! This is going to be great for kids!

Pretty excited to do this...Using a standard Elo formula, assigning initial ratings of 1800, 1400, or 1000 based on USCF Aug 1 regular rating, and using a K factor of 40 for the first year for the wild rating swings in either direction as we experiment!

Four upcoming Indiana tournaments by other organizers. Let's support them!

Very excited about this. Unlike many Masters, FM Lester VanMeter actually spent years studying coaching, not just chess. You should hear how he presents things.

Really excited for this event again!

WE HAVE A WINNER: JACOB MAYNARD! With 15.0 points in Aug-Sep, he wins the $600+ board/piece combo donated by Mike Dugdale. Rated results: uschess.org/msa/XtblMain.p… Point standings: tinyurl.com/pointstandings

When you use your cornhole boards as a photo backdrop 😙🤌

When you go the US Chess homepage and catch someone making bunny ears on her buddy.

Night King looks a lot like the TD Xavier...

Sixty-three players have already registered for the Indiana State Championship! This is on pace to be even bigger than last year! Pre-registered players: docs.google.com/.../1Be5q8pwDA…... Info/Registration: indianachess.org

Announcing our inaugural Crossroads of America Open on May 29-31 at the Indiana Convention Center! There are already a GM, FM, and the current Indiana state champion registered, plus 20+ more. Info: indychess.org | Players: tinyurl.com/indychess

We're taking the next step forward as a chess club. Hope to see many of you there! Indianapolis is amazing, and the week after the Indy 500, there will still be chess boards decorating all the lampposts...