A thick coat of shouting filled the room as if mocking the earlier silence portrayed during an exhausting puzzle. “Knight wins queen!”, my partner...
August 2018
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Fabiano Caruana joined the lead for the Sinquefield Cup, Photo Spectrum Studios Fabiano Caruana won in round four of the 2018 Sinquefield Cup to join...
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Be sure to say "check" in Ultimate Moves, Photo IM Eric Rosen You don’t need to say check in the game, but say it all the same. You grab your bishop...
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On the weekend of July 27-29, Continental Chess Association held three separate events that collectively drew 560 players and awarded $41,000 in...
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Gabuzyan's most interesting game was his second round win over GM Gil Popilski. You don't often see a player sacrifice a queen twice in one game and...
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Chess Club founder Rex Sinquefield with Magnus Carlsen, holding the new Sinquefield Cup book, Photo Austin Fuller After an eventful opening and round...
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John Burke (left) at the 2017 Match of the Millennials. Photo: Lennart Ootes Now in its 7th year in Greensboro, North Carolina, the US Masters, a...
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When a Master of the initiative meets a Master of defense, the game is sure to be difficult.
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The U.S. Masters is underway in Grensboro, North Carolina with a star studded cast including over 25 Grandmasters. Top seeds are teenage 2600+...
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Who has the best chances of winning beyond Carlsen and Caruana?
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The final day of the blitz was a tug-o-war for the lead between Hikaru Nakamura and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov.
On the weekend of July 20-22, Continental Chess Association held three separate events that collectively drew 712 players and awarded $62,500 in...