December 2016

Ju Wenjun won the final leg of the FIDE Women's Grand Prix, earning enough GP points to become the 2017 Women's World Championship Challenger.
Akshat Chandra, Photo STL Chess Club Congrats to 17-year-old Akshat Chandra of Quest to GM, who recently earned his final GM norm at the Autumn...
GM Timur Gareyev, Photo Lennart Ootes That point had been reached. The point where a chessplayer is so tired that he can't think clearly and just...
9-year-old Christopher Yoo made US Chess history at the 9th David Elliott Memorial on November 19th, when he broke the 2200 barrier, 30 days shy of...
This weekend I am set to face 47 players blindfolded simultaneously while exercising on a spin bike. Aside from the intellectual magnanimity of the...