April 2023

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Please download today's printable bulletin to read along with GM Liang's annotations! In some competitions, the outcome of a previous event will...
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This weekend, April 21 through 23, the US Chess National Middle School (K-8) Championship takes place in Round Rock, TX! This national event features...
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The website outage that began April 18 and continued through much of the day April 19 has mostly been resolved. There may be a spot or two where work...
Wednesday Workout
This week's Workout comes entirely from recent games played at the 15th Annual Open at Foxwoods! As always, you can download our printable worksheet...
Game 7
Please download today's print-friendly bulletin to read along with GM Yoo's annotations, featuring many rich variations that could have been. As...
team
Editor's Note: WGM Sabina Foisor reported on her return to her home country as a coach for the 2022 World Youth Championships in Mamaia, Romania for...
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For this story, we (Jason and Sharvesh) asked if we could collaborate to share our experiences at the National High School (K-12) Championships with...
Ding
Please download our daily bulletin or follow along with WGM Jennifer Yu's annotations below! Does chess have a “draw problem” at the highest level...
Ian
As always, you can download our daily bulletin to print and read at your leisure, or follow along with WGM Tatev Abrahamyan's annotations in our...
DING
Please download our printable bulletin of GM Elshan Moradiabadi's coverage of this stunning game! What a week! Over just two days, the narrative...
Rd 3 Handshake
GM Ian Nepomniachtchi’s second turn with the white pieces ended peacefully in the third game of the 2023 FIDE World Championship, but, in hindsight...