The two National Championships attracted no less than 11 grandmasters. GM Daniel Naroditsky, GM Zviad Izoria, GM Enrico Sevillano and GM Conrad Holt...
September 2017
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Four-time U.S. Women's Champion Anna Zatonskih is having a spectacular tournament at the Isle of Man Open - with a 2600+ performance rating and a...
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Photo Anastasia Karlovich Today Levon Aronian of Armenia, became the first player to win two World Cups. After four draws in the classical portion of...
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Annie in her penultimate round game, sporting sponsor Two Sigma jacket, Photo Jerry Nash Congratulations to Annie Wang, who clinched first place at...
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Grandmaster James Tarjan, Photo Maria Emelianova / Chess.com The Isle of Man International (September 23-October 1) started with a bang for American...
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Annie Wang is dominating the Girls Under 16 Championship, Photo Jerry Nash, featuring sponsor Two Sigma jacket Several Americans are in medal...
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This year's IOM Masters field is particularly strong, featuring 5 players from the World’s top 10, including the 3 most recent world champions.
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The 2017 CalChess State Championship took place over Labor Day Weekend at the Santa Clara Convention Center. In both the main event as well as the...
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Ding Liren vs. Wesley So, Anastasiya Karlovich Levon Aronian of Armenia and Ding Liren of China will face off in the World Cup final in Tbilisi...
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Annie Wang is on a perfect score after five rounds at the World Youth, Photo Jerry Nash Though Hurricane Irma rerouted a number of families – and...
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Today strong players are produced all over the United States, but it wasn’t long ago that New York City was by far the number one chess center in the...
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"There is never enough time you could spend on a single game as long as there are ideas to try." -Ron Langeveld, 26th World Correspondence Champion