October 2015

130 players from across the United States have arrived in Halkidiki, Greece, for the 2015 World Youth Chess Championships, October 24 - November 6...
The largest World Youth delegation in US Chess history is arriving in Greece this weekend for ten days of intense competition.
In round 10 of the FIDE Women's Grand Prix in Monaco, the favorite and tournament leader, Yifan Hou, faced off against one of her top competitors...
GM Cristian Chrila ruminates on the second edition of Millionaire Chess in Las Vegas, illustrated with beautiful portraits from David Llada and key...
In the October Check is in the Mail, Alex Dunne analyzes a game from the third World Correspondence Champion, Alberic O' Kelly (1911-1980), with a...
Tate accepting his 2nd Armed Forces Championship title Brilliant tactician, International Master and 5-time Armed Forces Champion Emory Tate died on...
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Jamaal Abdul-Alim reports on the Washington Chess Congress, which coincided with National Chess Day. He profiles Vernon McNeil, who tied for first in...
GM Ian Rogers reports on the 2015 World Blitz and Rapid Chess Championships in Berlin. Carlsen retained his Rapid title while Grischuk claimed the...
Petty Officer First Class (retired) Larry R. Larkins won the 56th Armed Forces Championship held at Fort Belvoir, Virginia USO Center, which coincided...
From a simultaneous under a space rocket in Alabama to blindfold simuls in California, National Chess Day celebrations abounded on October 10, 2015.
The top two rapid chess players in the World, Hikaru Nakamura and Magnus Carlsen, won big in rapid this week. Nakamura took 100K for his win in...