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Chess News Wire -- January 2026

• On January 17, 2026, the CSCA held the Connecticut Girls Championship for the fourth consecutive year at Greenwich Academy. Thirty players from four states participated in three sections. Parents and siblings also took part in a separate New England-rated section, to bring the event total to 35. FM Jasmine Su, grade 10, won the Open Section and the 2026 Connecticut Haring Nomination. Two-time champion WCM Lilianna Gao, grade 8, finished in second and is the 2026 Haring Alternate. [See full story with standings and rating reports on the CSCA Facebook Page] (1/18)
  
  
  FM Jasmine Su (right) and WCM Lilianna Gao (left) playing their
  Round 2 match at the 2026 Connecticut Girls Championship.
  
  
• On January 11, 2026, the Connecticut Scholastic Championships returned to Sacred Heart University for the third time. 107 players from five states participated in six sections. CM Jamison Kao, grade 9, won the High School Section and the 2026 Connecticut Denker Nomination. FM Jasmine Su, grade 10, finished in second and is the 2026 Denker Alternate. Krystian Tkaczewski, grade 6, won the Middle School Section and the 2026 Connecticut Barber Nomination. Eric Ren, grade 8, finished second and is the 2026 Barber Alternate. Brian Dai, grade 3, won the Elementary School Section and the 2026 Connecticut Rockefeller Nomination after a Rapid tie break match with Robert Cybart. Cybart finished second and is the 2026 Rockefeller Alternate. Ethan Ing, grade 2, won the Primary School title and Connecticut's Inaugural Ashley Nomination after finishing third in the Primary Section. Rishaan Negi, grade 1, finished fourth and is the 2026 Ashley Alternate. Negi is also the 2026 pK-1 Champion. [See full story with standings and rating reports on the CSCA Facebook Page] (1/13)
  
  
  Another full house at Bowman Hall's Thea's Abbey, as Sacred
  Heart University hosts 2026 Scholastic Championships.
  
  
• US Chess hires Fred Abousleman as its new Executive Director. See formal release for the hire on the USCF website. (1/9)
  
  
• IM Kapil Chandran won 2025 New England and Connecticut Chess960 Titles at the CSCA All-American Chess960 Championship, held online in the CSCA team on Lichess.org on December 21 with Fair Play review completed by January 4. California's FM Teddie Wen won the Open section. Louisiana's Mounish Tadepalli won the U1500. And Texas' Agastya Srikanth won the U800 section. 40 players from 19 states took part. [See full story with standings and full results on the CSCA Facebook Page] (1/8)
  
  

Chess News Wire -- December 2025

• GM Alexander Ivanov won the 2025 Hartford County & City Championships, held for the first time at the East Hartford Library on December 27. CM Kwabena Adu-Poku finished in second. Eric Ren won the U2000 section. 45 players from five states took part in the event. [See full story with standings and rating reports on the CSCA Facebook Page] (12/29)
  
  
  Forty-five take to the boards at East Hartford Library, as
  CSCA holds the 2025 Hartford County & City Championships.
  
  
• CSCA finalizes its FIDE-rated Connecticut Classical for February 6-8, as the largest event in CSCA history, featuring a $12,000 prize fund. (12/11)
  
  

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