GM Timur Gareev provides a stunning photo gallery of his recent trip to Iceland, one of the stops on his blindfold chess tour, set to culminate in a...
January 2016
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The Scholar-Chessplayer Awards target high school juniors and seniors who excel in academics, chess, and leadership. The five winners receive equal...
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The 2016 U.S. Chess Championships, boasting one of the strongest fields of American men and women ever assembled, will be held simultaneously at the...
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Continental Chess’s 25th Annual North American Open attracted a near-record 741 players to Bally’s in Las Vegas beginning the day after Christmas. The...
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There are several rules and dues changes effective January 1, 2016. For the updated list of rules changes since the publication of the 6th edition of...
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World Champion Magnus Carlsen, Photo David Llada The final round of Qatar Masters started rather uneventfully: Vladimir Kramnik, who needed a win...
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We are all familiar with the famous "Swiss gambit" - taking an early round half point to get easier pairings. In the 2015 Empire City Open, GM Robert...
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Have a happy New Year and solve these 16 mates composed by GM Pal Benko in honor of 2016.
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Texas Tech Knight Raiders Win Pan-Ams (Cleveland, Ohio, Dec 27-30) on tiebreak over, UT-RGV “A,” Webster “B,” and Columbia “A" All four teams qualify...