The US Chess Center is an American non-profit organization that teaches at-risk youth in the Washington, D.C., area how to play chess.
The center runs chess tournaments and brings in high level chess players to speak to students. The Center is headquartered in Silver Spring, MD,[1] and its president is David Mehler, an attorney.[2]
Established in 1991,[3] the Center opened in July 1992. In 1993, the Center brought the U.S. Chess Hall of Fame and Museum to Washington, D.C., from New Windsor, NY. [4] In 1995 the Center published Macon Shibut's The U.S. Chess Hall of Fame.[5] In 2001, the hall of fame and museum moved from Washington, first to Florida and then to St. Louis, MO.
^Chess Life Magazine, Jan. 2019
^The Washington Post, March 3, 1998
^Articles of Incorporation, U.S. Chess Center Foundation (October 4, 1991) Government of the District of Columbia
^The Washington Post, July 3, 1992
^U.S. Chess Hall of Fame, by Macon Shibut, Library of Congress Number 95-62185
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