Two items that may be of interest.
Red Bull has begun to sponsor an American chess player Hikaru Nakamura.
http://www.redbull.c...ess-grandmaster
https://www.youtube....h?v=zLRGMUsNyUc
http://www.uschess.o...nt/view/134/203
The USA now has 3 of the top 7 players in the World. I hope the other two get sponsors like Red Bull.
https://ratings.fide....phtml?list=men
The other item is that for the first time in 40 years, the USA won the Chess Olympiads (think Olympics) defeating 149 teams.
http://bakuchessolym...com/news/11/356
http://chess-results...&flag=30&wi=821
Like the 1990 USA Women's soccer team, there was no fanfare.
There is a petition online to get the USA Olympiad Chess team invited to the White House.
https://petitions.wh...-chess-olympiad