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.
December 2016
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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...
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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...
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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...
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This weekend I am set to face 47 players blindfolded simultaneously while exercising on a spin bike. Aside from the intellectual magnanimity of the...