November 2016

World Championship challenger Sergey Karjakin, Photo Brian C. Glover New York City, the commercial center of the US bustled around the Fulton Market...
Photo Maria Yassakova courtesy Agon We traveled from South Florida to New York City to visit the World Chess Championship underway at the Fulton...
Gregory Cross of San Antonio, Texas has won CCLA’s 2012 Grand National. For those unfamiliar with the Grand National, it is a two-round event with...
Chess Life editor Daniel Lucas reports on the sights and events surrounding the first World Championship match to be held in the U.S. in 21 years...
NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 10: (L-R) Reigning Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen, Actor, host Adrian Grenier and Chess grandmaster Sergey Karjakin attend 2016...
World Championship matches can change history, creating many of the greatest games ever played, showcasing the fascinating struggles and stories of...
GM Alexander Shabalov scored 4 ½ out of 5 and took clear first at the 20 th Eastern Chess Congress held at the Dolce Hotel in Basking Ridge, NJ from...
GMs Sam Sevian and Ray Robson, the Spice Cup Co-Champions. Photo Paul Truong A few weeks ago I traveled to Saint Louis for the annually held SPICE Cup...
GM Irina Krush, with gold medalist Rochelle Wu carrying Tianna Wang I'm sure that everyone by now knows that the US team did AMAZING in Batumi...
Carlsen and Karjakin, Photo Cathy Rogers On Friday November 11 in New York, Magnus Carlsen and Sergey Karjakin will commence battle for the world...
While we’re all looking forward to the upcoming World Championship Match, beginning on November 11th, we’ll simultaneously have the chance to watch...
I can trace nearly every peak rating I’ve ever had to the time I spent studying a specific book. A good chess book holds an entire world of...