Captain’s Report: US Wins 2016 Chess Olympiad
The United States made history with its victory in the 2016 Chess Olympiad held in Baku, Azerbaijan from September 2-13. This result marked the first…
The United States made history with its victory in the 2016 Chess Olympiad held in Baku, Azerbaijan from September 2-13. This result marked the first…
On Friday, September 23rd, at 7:30 p.m., the Dallas Chess Club will host Wayne Xiong, father of the 2016 World Junior Chess Champion Jeffery Xiong….
For the first time in 40 years, the US has won gold at the Olympiad. How did they do it? Here’s a look at some…
Abhimanyu Mishra from New Jersey became the youngest ever expert at the age of seven years, six months and 22 days, beating Awonder Liang’s record…
Our final round pairing against our northern neighbors seemed fortuitous on paper, but USA wasn’t able to wipe out the floor with the Canadians, despite a…
There is now less than a month before the third (and possibly final) edition of the Millionaire Chess Open as it is set to kick…
The penultimate round in Baku was a blazing affair on most boards for the American Open team. The games were fast and furious. First to…
Razvan Azamfirei takes 16W07 Razvan Azamfirei is a 19-year-old student at Yale University majoring in molecular, cellular, and Developmental Biology. He also is a chess…
Even with World #1 Magnus Carlsen heading the team, the Norwegian squad had absolutely no chance against Team USA. The first board game was very…
Our coverage of Labor Day’s intense schedule of tourneys includes GM Stripunsky winning the NJ Open,with annotations from GMs Benjamin and Fishbein. Also: NY State Champs, won by Ostrovskiy and the SoCal Champs, won by GM Gareev and IM Bryant.