On the weekend of August 12th-14th, Continental Chess Association held two different weekend swisses, one on each coast. On the West Coast, the...
August 2016
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GM Elshan Moradiabadi Going into the last round of the 5th Annual Washington International, four players were tied with 6/8 (GM Gata Kamsky, GM Conrad...
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Fabiano Caruana at the U.S. Championships. Photo: Spectrum Studios Two powerful American teams will soon be heading to Baku, Azerbaijan, for the 42nd...
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Jeffery Xiong at the 2016 U.S. Championships. Photo: Austin Fuller Days ago, Jeffery Xiong, the current U.S. Junior Champion, added World Junior...
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There were three recent Continental Chess Association tournaments held on three consecutive weekends in three different states and three enterprising...
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Jeffery with his dad GM Jeffery Xiong became the first US player to win the World Junior Championship in almost two decades. This year's edition was...
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Photo of Jeffery Xiong by Austin Fuller at STL Chess Club Reigning US Junior Champion Grandmaster Jeffery Xiong is a point ahead of the field at the...
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Photo Anne Buskirk Takeaway 1: Material Matters Sometimes, in chess, greed is punished mightily. Other times, however, avarice can be richly rewarded...
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Robert Irons Gary Boye of Buffalo, New York and Robert Irons of Elmira, New York, shared first place in the 2015 Swift Quad 15SQ14. GAME OF THE MONTH...
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Brandon Wang had a phenomenal performance in the 21st Bradley Open scoring 4-0 with a half point bye and tying for first with GM Michael Rohde and...
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Graphics by Spectrum Studios Congratulations to 22-year-old Grandmaster Wesley So, winner of the 2016 Sinquefield Cup in Saint Louis. Wesley won the...
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Ruifeng Li at the US Junior Closed. Photo: Austin Fuller The 2016 Southern Open was held at the Wyndham resort in Orlando, Florida from July 25th to...