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Americans Win 14 Medals at Pan-American Youth
The USA delegation boasted 14 podium finishes — including five gold medals — across 12 sections at the XXXV Pan-American Youth Chess Festival. Led by...
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Wednesday Workout: FIDE Women's World Cup, Pt. 2
This week's puzzles continue a series on the 2025 FIDE Women's World Cup ( coverage here), with WGM Sabina Foisor bringing us some tactical highlights...
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Tactics Tuesday: Women's World Cup, Pt. 2
This week's puzzles continue our series on the 2025 FIDE Women's World Cup ( coverage here), with WGM Sabina Foisor bringing us some tactical...
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Check is in the Mail, August 2025: Caro-Kann Defense (Advance Variation)
The Caro-Kann Defense (Advance Variation) is, by far, the most popular opening over the last year, from June 2024 to May 2025, for players...
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Just the Rules: No Good Deed?
TD Help or Interference? At the end of a long tourament game, it was clock-banging time. Both contestants were aiming to win via a flag fall, or a...
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Swiercz Wins 125th Annual U.S. Open, Qualifies For U.S. Championship
Normally, it would be cruel to describe anybody’s tournament as “heartbreaking” or even disappointing because they “only” tied for second place...

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