Grandmaster Maurice Ashley is live from the 43rd Chess Olympiad in Batumi, Georgia, where our Women's team is in clear first with the only perfect...
September 2018
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The 2018 Women’s American Continental Championship will take place in Envigado, Colombia, November 16 – 25. Please see full information and...
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The October edition of “Cover Stories with Chess Life” is now live! This monthly podcast, hosted by Senior Director of Strategic Communication Daniel...
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The round before the rest day is important in any event, but perhaps even more so in a team tournament. The result might change the mood and team...
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World Championship challenger, Grandmaster Fabiano Caruana, Photo David Llada Today in round four of the 43rd World Chess Olympiad in Batumi, the U.S...
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Back row: (left to right): Vyom Vidyarthi, Derek Wu, Rochelle Wu, Nastassja Matus, Adrian Kondakov, Robert Shlyakhtenko (for some reason I’m smiling)...
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The gold-medalist U.S. Team is returning to the Olympiad as the Defending Champions with the same line-up: Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So, Hikaru Nakamura...
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Bobby Fischer visited Denver on April 26 during his only nationwide Simultaneous Exhibition Tour where he gave a lecture and simul against 55 players...
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Chess on the beach, anyone? Intro by Kostya Kavutskiy It was time for another epic summer Eurotrip to play some chess, visit some new places, and...
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The US Women's Olympic team heads to the Olympiad in Batumi, Georgia next week (September 23-October 6th), with a potent team composed of Grandmaster...
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The 2018 United States Amateur Team Championship playoff between the four regional championship teams will take place on Saturday, September 22. The...
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US Olympic team members Hikaru Nakamura and Wesley So stood among five victors at the Champions Showdown, Chess 960, a series of head to head matches...