December 2022

Wednesday Workout
The puzzles for this week's Wednesday Workout are drawn from the broadcast games at this year's K-12 Grade Championships. As always, you can solve...
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Coming off this weekend’s K-12 Grade Nationals Championship record-breaking attendance, US Chess is pleased to announce a new program to support...
Kyle Dong (Llada)
Championship Sunday lived up to the hype in National Harbor, with every section coming down to the final game. Several of the nine individual winners...
Kindergarten winners at the 2022 K-12
2022 National K-12 Grade Championships Almost 2,500 players compete in National Harbor, Maryland in record-setting turnout Note: this article is in...
Srianth Katta (L) in round five against Abigail Zhou
After three grueling rounds on Saturday, several highly anticipated showdowns in National Harbor are already under way Sunday morning in round six. 13...
Andrew Amoateng
The first two rounds of the 2022 K-12 Grade Championships are in the books, and Saturday’s third round of action is underway. While most of the top...
photo by David Llada
When the overflow hotel runs out of rooms a month in advance, you know you’re in for a record-breaking event. With the National K-12 Grade...
Tata winners India 2022
Tata Steel Chess India, now in its fourth year of rapid and blitz, shows no signs of slowing down any time soon. Indeed, the Kolkata tournament...
Wednesday Workout
For this very prestigious edition of the Wednesday Workout, all tactics are selected from the recent-concluded Mr. Dodgy Invitational. With games all...
mr dodgy on a horse
It started as a joke. Then, in 2020, it became an online eight-player Round Robin with only one prize. The prize was a picture of a man on a horse...
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This month, Tim takes questions from readers on a variety of topics ranging from claiming wins on times, how to claim a draw by repetition, and when...