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Team USA Qualifies for FIDE World Women's Team Championship Quarterfinals

With its third-place finish in Group A, Team USA qualified for the quarterfinals of the FIDE World Women’s Team Championship, held from Nov. 17...

No Chalk, Three New Candidates Guaranteed as World Cup Heads to Semifinals

The upsets kept coming in the quarterfinals of the 2025 FIDE World Cup. With Chinese GM Wei Yi’s elimination of second-seeded Indian GM Arjun Erigaisi...

GM Daniel Naroditsky (1995-2025)

Update, Oct. 24, 2025: Naroditsky was a Chess Life columnist from June 2014 through March 2020. All of his columns can be downloaded here in a single...

2025 U.S. Senior Women’s Championship: Tsodikova Wins Playoff for Title

The 2025 U.S. Senior Women’s Championship made history. In both previous years of this event, there was a clear champion from the classical games. But...

Wednesday Workout: U.S. Senior Women's Championship

This week's exercises come from the just-concluded 2025 U.S. Senior Women's Championship, where WFM Natalya Tsodikova defended her title with an...

Tactics Tuesday: U.S. Senior Women's Championship

This week's exercises come from the just-concluded 2025 U.S. Senior Women's Championship, where WFM Natalya Tsodikova defended her title with an...

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Team USA Qualifies for FIDE World Women's Team Championship Quarterfinals With its third-place finish in Group A, Team USA qualified for the quarterfinals of the FIDE World Women’s Team Championship, held from Nov. 17...
No Chalk, Three New Candidates Guaranteed as World Cup Heads to Semifinals The upsets kept coming in the quarterfinals of the 2025 FIDE World Cup. With Chinese GM Wei Yi’s elimination of second-seeded Indian GM Arjun Erigaisi...
GM Daniel Naroditsky (1995-2025) Update, Oct. 24, 2025: Naroditsky was a Chess Life columnist from June 2014 through March 2020. All of his columns can be downloaded here in a single...
2025 U.S. Senior Women’s Championship: Tsodikova Wins Playoff for Title The 2025 U.S. Senior Women’s Championship made history. In both previous years of this event, there was a clear champion from the classical games. But...
Wednesday Workout: U.S. Senior Women's Championship This week's exercises come from the just-concluded 2025 U.S. Senior Women's Championship, where WFM Natalya Tsodikova defended her title with an...
Tactics Tuesday: U.S. Senior Women's Championship This week's exercises come from the just-concluded 2025 U.S. Senior Women's Championship, where WFM Natalya Tsodikova defended her title with an...