September 2022

GM Jacob Aagaard conducting a 1-on-4 blitz simul at the 54th U.S. Chess School.
After a six-hour flight from New York City to San Francisco, I made it to the 54th U.S. Chess School hosted at the Hamilton Chess Club in Novato, CA...
Alireza Firouzja following his playoff win at the 2022 Sinquefield Cup. Photo: Ootes/SLCC
Alireza Firouzja won the 2022 Sinquefield Cup in a two-game Rapids tiebreak playoff with Ian Nepomniachtchi. There were no decisive games in the final...
2022 Sinquefield field after Carlsen withdrawl
What a first week for the 2022 Sinquefield Cup! Not only did chess once again appear in all the world’s major media, there were actually a lot of...
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US Chess will be preforming maintenance of the ratings system to speed up the rerate and supplement cycles.
just the Rules by Tim Just
A lot of the same kind of info appears in just about every tournament ad: dates, round times, time controls, prizes, site address, entry fees, bye...
2022 Sinquefield Cup Competitors
If you still haven’t gotten your end-of-summer fix of super-grandmaster chess with the Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz this past weekend, the Saint Louis...
Chess Life September 2022
This month’s issue contains our complete coverage of the 2022 FIDE Candidates Tournament, with in-depth analysis and annotations of all the critical...