This year’s field was not only the largest ever, but powerful, featuring more than 20 nationally-age-ranked players, including a handful of expert...
December 2017
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As many areas of the United States face plenty of snow in the first few days of December, chess players traveling to K-12 Grade Championships in...
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The 2017 National K-12 Championships underway in Orlando, Florida this week will forever be a fond memory. As a senior in high school, this time of...
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“Previous American Open winners read like a Who’s Who in American chess. To name only a few and not to slight any of the fine players who have won or...
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Photo Jim Doyle US Chess has gone to Disney World as the Main Event of the K-12 Chess Championships is underway in Buena Vista, Florida (live games...
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After 5 rounds, only one person has been able to win any games: Fabiano Caruana.
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Eddy Tian Eddy Tian (NJ) and Nico Chasin (NY) enter the fifth grade section at the K-12 National Championships as the top two seeds. Eddy says that he...
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Certainly, Smith had to be regarded as one of the contenders for a top prize, but given that he was over 200 points lower rated than the top few seeds...
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Thomas Babcock of St. Louis Park, Minnesota, is no stranger to winning first place in a John Collins event, having done so in 2008, 2009, and 2013...
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Praveen at the Denker Tournament of High School Champions in Virginia, Photo Jim Doyle Praveen Balakrishnan (NJ), reigning Denker Champion, is only in...
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It is extremely important to have the ability to work by yourself without the help of engines; otherwise they will simply give you evaluations and...
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Ethan Li appeared on the cover of the May Chess Life Magazine this year for his part in Summer Chess Academy for Talented Youth 's victory at the US...