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Author’s Note:This article was written after I achieved the title of National Master (see my other article, Journey to National…

The elusive National Master (NM) title had been my dream since I first picked up a chessboard. I started playing…

We are thrilled to officially announce that ICEA has been designated as the host of the 2025 Southern California SuperStates…

Last year, I co-won the National Open U2100 in June with a score of 6.5/7, increasing my rating from 2063…

(from left to right) Julian Colville, Felix Guo, Esther Jou(Co-Captian), Alex Wang(Captian), Angela Liu(Co-Captian), Elena Zhang The 2024 SuperStates, hosted…

ICEA Chess is proud to partner with Coach Jay to organize the 2024 SoCal SuperStates Scholastic State Chess Championship. March…

Angela Liu, Julian Colville, and Felix Guo from ICEA Chess proudly represented Team USA in this year's tournament. Congratulations to…

Gambits. Gambits aren’t horrible types of openings to play, but problems can occur if you aren’t careful. Gambits such as…

Ever since I started playing chess, I would watch the tournament directors amble past each board as they attentively watched…