130 players from across the United States have arrived in Halkidiki, Greece, for the 2015 World Youth Chess Championships, October 24 - November 6...
October 2015
![IMG_1233](/sites/default/files/styles/350x200_scale_and_smart_crop/public/wp-thumbnails/IMG_1233.jpg.webp?itok=8X3tm_O5)
The largest World Youth delegation in US Chess history is arriving in Greece this weekend for ten days of intense competition.
![HouYifan](/sites/default/files/styles/350x200_scale_and_smart_crop/public/wp-thumbnails/HouYifan.jpg.webp?itok=B08mMYfA)
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...
![best chess photo](/sites/default/files/styles/350x200_scale_and_smart_crop/public/wp-thumbnails/best-chess-photo.jpg.webp?itok=d5PTmE2Y)
GM Cristian Chrila ruminates on the second edition of Millionaire Chess in Las Vegas, illustrated with beautiful portraits from David Llada and key...
![Okelly](/sites/default/files/styles/350x200_scale_and_smart_crop/public/wp-thumbnails/Okelly.png.webp?itok=WHm_CGun)
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...
![EmoryLiz](/sites/default/files/styles/350x200_scale_and_smart_crop/public/wp-thumbnails/EmoryLiz.jpg.webp?itok=dtQX4_Su)
Tate accepting his 2nd Armed Forces Championship title Brilliant tactician, International Master and 5-time Armed Forces Champion Emory Tate died on...
![Chess Life Online logo](/sites/default/files/styles/350x200_scale_and_smart_crop/public/media/images/CLO-Color-700x400.jpg.webp?itok=XKSdfwaD)
This is a page that has a carousel on it, and it was SUPER easy to set up! One thing we need to remember is to use very large images for the slider...
![VERNON 1](/sites/default/files/styles/350x200_scale_and_smart_crop/public/wp-thumbnails/VERNON-1.jpg.webp?itok=sOF0XJo0)
Jamaal Abdul-Alim reports on the Washington Chess Congress, which coincided with National Chess Day. He profiles Vernon McNeil, who tied for first in...
![CarlsenGrischuklead](/sites/default/files/styles/350x200_scale_and_smart_crop/public/wp-thumbnails/CarlsenGrischuklead.gif.webp?itok=l50T-wEJ)
GM Ian Rogers reports on the 2015 World Blitz and Rapid Chess Championships in Berlin. Carlsen retained his Rapid title while Grischuk claimed the...
![larkinsbarriaslead](/sites/default/files/styles/350x200_scale_and_smart_crop/public/wp-thumbnails/larkinsbarriaslead.gif.webp?itok=C4XmSdzk)
Petty Officer First Class (retired) Larry R. Larkins won the 56th Armed Forces Championship held at Fort Belvoir, Virginia USO Center, which coincided...
![Simul 4](/sites/default/files/styles/350x200_scale_and_smart_crop/public/wp-thumbnails/Simul-4.jpg.webp?itok=FgqAcyR6)
From a simultaneous under a space rocket in Alabama to blindfold simuls in California, National Chess Day celebrations abounded on October 10, 2015.
![NakamuraKamskyPhotoDavidLlada](/sites/default/files/styles/350x200_scale_and_smart_crop/public/wp-thumbnails/NakamuraKamskyPhotoDavidLlada.jpg.webp?itok=cjGVeKSJ)
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...