The U.S. Chess Center Championship is held annually in April. The titles of Center Champion and Center Junior Champion are conferred each year at this event.

Winners to date:   1993: Ed Nash     Junior: Josh Greenberg   1994: David Slack     Junior: Jeffrey Liu   1995: Gregory Acholonu     Junior: Andrew Nelson   1996: Salvador Rosario     Junior: Peter Schadler   1997: Takeya Maeda     Junior: John Rouleau   1998: David Slack     Junior: Justin Dynda   1999: Krishnan Sudharsan     Junior: Justin Dynda   2000: Justin Dynda     Junior: none   2001: Oliver Koo     Junior: Johnny Sadoff   2002: Andrew Samuelson     Junior: Tyler Cook   2003: John Farrell     Junior: Patrick Ray   2004: Hayes Bowling III     Junior: Daniel Clancy   2005: Kebadu Belachew     Junior: Serena Ahmad   2006: Daniel Clancy     Junior: Kevin Wang   2007: Gregory Acholonu     Junior: Kevin Wang   2008: Gregory Acholonu     Junior: James Pinkerton   2009: David Slack     Junior: Kartik Gupta   2010: Daniel Maxwell     Junior: Daniel Fontenot

Daniel Maxwell (right) and Daniel Fontenot (left) outside the U.S. Chess Center.