IM David Pruess interviewed by WFM Alexandra Botez at the PRO Chess League Finals in San Francisco. Photo Eric Rosen US Chess wishes a Happy Father's...
June 2018
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Graphics by Spectrum Studios American Grandmaster Wesley So prevailed in the Lueven leg of the Grand Chess Tour in a dramatic finale. Wesley So called...
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The 2018 Grand Chess Tour has kicked off in Belgium with Your Next Move, a rapid and blitz tournament. Wesley So currently leads convincingly with 18...
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Nathan as the commendatore in Don Giovanni. He has played all four male roles in the opera FM Nathan Resika is a former US Senior Champion, an opera...
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The first Charlotte Chess Festival (June 6 – 16, 2018) is in Charlotte, North Carolina, which was recently awarded “Chess City of the Year” by US...
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The 2018 US Olympic teams are set, with a formidable Open squad featuring three of the top ten players in the World, including World Championship...
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Our June 2018 "First Moves" column in Chess Life featured an article by Dr. Alexey Root, WIM about chess and libraries and which offered a strategy...
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The Grandmasters of the Grand Chess Tour, Your Next Move: Anand, Aronian, Nakamura, So, Giri, Caruana, Vachier-Lagrave, Mamedyarov, Karjakin and...
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CHERRY HILL, NEW JERSEY -We are delighted to announce the organization of the 2nd World Junior Chess Championship for the Disabled. Under the auspices...
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GM Sam Shankland, Photo IM Eric Rosen US Champion Sam Shankland is not slowing down. After winning the Championship ahead of the American "Big Three"...
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Perhaps, it was the heat wave that inflamed the 311 players who came out over Memorial Day Weekend to contest BayAreaChess’ Best of the West Class...
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If Memorial Weekend is meant to kick off the summer tournament circuit, then one of the best places to get started was the 6th Annual Cherry Blossom...