The US Team winning gold on the Olympic podium along with the silver and bronze winners, Ukraine and Russia. Photo: Maria Emelianova, Olympiad Website...
September 2016
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Abhimanyu Mishra from New Jersey became the youngest ever expert at the age of seven years, six months and 22 days, beating Awonder Liang's record by...
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Photo David Llada Our final round pairing against our northern neighbors seemed fortuitous on paper, but USA wasn't able to wipe out the floor with...
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There is now less than a month before the third (and possibly final) edition of the Millionaire Chess Open as it is set to kick off on October 6 at...
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Photo David Llada The penultimate round in Baku was a blazing affair on most boards for the American Open team. The games were fast and furious. First...
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Razvan Azamfirei takes 16W07 Razvan Azamfirei is a 19-year-old student at Yale University majoring in molecular, cellular, and Developmental Biology...
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GMs Caruana and Magnus Carlsen on board one Photo David Llada Even with World #1 Magnus Carlsen heading the team, the Norwegian squad had absolutely...
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Our coverage of Labor Day's intense schedule of tourneys includes GM Stripunsky winning the NJ Open,with annotations from GMs Benjamin and Fishbein...
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From August 19th – 21st, CCA held two tournaments – one in the West and one in the East. Both had relatively small but strong open sections. In the...
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Photo David Llada, Find portrait highlights on Baku Chess twitter There is a theory that the organization of an entire Olympiad is often reflected in...
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What stuck with me the most was the incredible energy that Tal brought to the chessboard. He saw opportunities for activity and the initiative in...
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While the chess world is focused on the Olympiad ongoing right now in Baku, the most important military team championship recently concluded in...