Hello chess friends! This month’s column is the second in a series about the elements of chess analysis, using the email and correspondence games...
August 2023
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The inaugural FEMchess All-Girls Scholastic Chess Tournament took place on August 20, 2023, in Fremont, CA, showcasing the growing interest of young...
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This week's Wednesday Workout takes another dip back into Grand Rapids for the invitational tournaments. This week, each position is pulled from a...
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This week's Tactics Tuesday looks back on last month's 2023 U.S. Junior and Girls' Junior championships. Enjoy a variety of motifs, mating attacks...
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The XXXIII Pan-American Youth Chess Festival featured over 2,700 games played across 12 sections and seven days. Results, including team standings and...
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The 2023 FIDE World Cup concluded August 24 in Baku, Azerbaijan as both the title and third-place matches were decided after a pair of rapid tiebreak...
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This week's Wednesday Workout continues our series from the invitational tournaments held alongside the 2023 U.S. Open. This week's puzzles all come...
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The 2023 FIDE Women's World Cup concluded August 21 when Russian GM Alexandra Goryachkina defeated Bulgarian IM Nurgyul Salimova 2½–1½, winning the...
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This week's Tactics Tuesday goes back to Baku for the 2023 FIDE World Cup and Women's World Cup. While last week's exercises all focused on mating...
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08.17.2023 Announcement: In response to concerns about FIDE's recently announced new regulations about transgender chess players, we want to make sure...
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645 players from 21 countries came to Chicago, IL for the XXXIII Pan-American Youth Chess Festival. The tournament, held August 12 through 18, was...
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The semifinals of the 2023 FIDE World Cup begin Saturday, August 19 at 6:00 a.m. CDT in Baku, Azerbaijan. At the same time, the finals and third-place...