Pittsburgh Pawngrabbers Fan Club

Hey Pawngrabbers fans! Because we got third place in our group, we need your help to qualify for the Pro Chess League Summer Series finals. You can help by voting for us, tomorrow August 17, from around 3pm EST to 7pm EST. Voting will take place on twitch.tv/prochessleague. 

Hello Pawngrabbers fans! We just wanted to make a quick announcement that due to feedback we have received, our fan arenas will now take place on Saturdays at 4PM EST. This means that our next fan arena will be tomorrow, Saturday August 3rd at 4PM EST. USCF CM Nathan Holzmueller will be playing in the event, along with streaming it on Twitch at twitch.tv/pghpawngrabbers. Lastly, in light of some questions we have received from fans, we just want to remind everybody to follow us on Twitter (...

First, thanks to all the fans who supported us during the PRO Chess League Summer Series. It was an incredibly tight division. We ended up in 3rd place in the division, which means we don't automatically qualify for the Summer playoffs but we will be in a Twitter poll of all 3rd place teams. The top 2 teams will still get to qualify and with your support that is very possible so keep an eye out for more news about that! Next, to the main point of this post. In the run-up to the PRO Chess Le...

Photo By: Beilin Li The Pittsburgh Pawngrabbers have hired National Master Grant Xu as General Manager for the 2020 PRO Chess League season. Xu scored the Pawngrabbers' first-ever point against the San Francisco Mechanics in 2017 and is now back to bring the Pawngrabbers a Championship! This season, Grant score 10.5 out of 22 for the New York Marshalls as a board 4. He was a big part of the reason that the Marshalls made the playoffs this season. He could consistently score 50% as a b...

Previewing the Second Round of the PRO Chess League Playoffs By: James Ravenscroft And then there were 8! After an exciting first round of the playoffs, we are down to just eight teams (2 in each conference) vying for a spot in the semis. As the season grows closer to its end, tension grows and each team needs to play better and better chess to advance. This week, I’ll break down each matchup in depth and predict which four teams will be moving on to San Francisco. Saint Louis Arch Bish...

2019 PRO Chess League Playoff Predictor The 2019 PRO Chess League regular season is over, and after 10 weeks of exciting chess, we finally get to see the top teams going head-to-head for the PRO Chess League title. Some teams had to fight up until the last Battle Royale to get here, whereas other teams seemed like shoo-ins at the beginning of the season. Regardless of their path here, every team has a chance to be the 2019 Champion. Winning the PRO Chess Lague takes everything a team has, ...