Timothy Weil of Denver, Colorado, has won the closely contested Walter Muir 15W10. By wining one and drawing one against each opponent, Tim made...
July 2016
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Jeffery Xiong playing against Nicolas Checa at the US Junior Closed. Photo: Austin Fuller Congrats to GM Jeffery Xiong, the 2016 US Junior Champion...
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Jeffery Xiong playing against Nicolas Checa at the US Junior Closed. Photo: Austin Fuller As we enter the finale of the US Junior Closed, Jeffery...
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Nakamura in Bilbao, with Anish Giri in the background Hikaru Nakamura, currently #5 in the World rankings, has famously had a difficult time against...
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It is not often that you see three 2700+ GMs and a 7 time U.S. Women’s Champion tie for first in a weekend Swiss that offers less than $15,000 in...
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The maintenance window initially scheduled for Wednesday, July 13th has been postponed. Update 7/26/16: The website migration is now scheduled to...
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The 5th Continental Class Championship returned to Virginia after a two-year absence. Buoyed by a $20,000 prize fund, the tournament attracted three...
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International Master Aleksandr Ostrovskiy. Photo: Austin Fuller In an exciting turn of events in round 4, International Master Aleksandr Ostrovskiy...
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The 2016 U.S. Junior Closed Championship begins on Friday, July 8th. With so many American youth chess players reaching new heights and breaking...
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Josh Colas, Photo Tim Hanks Philadelphia — One of the things that 17-year-old Joshua Colas wanted to achieve shortly after he graduated from high...
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Happy Independence Day! Solve the following problems from Grandmaster Pal Benko, which are inspired by the American Revolutionary War. Start off with...
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Organizer Janelle Losoff, Ruifeng Li, and Daniel Fridman. Photo: Tim Hanks. While the prestigious National Open is usually dominated by experienced...