January 2024

Wednesday Workout
This week begins a series highlighting a number of angles from Tata Steel 2024. This week is a simple highlight reel of not-so-simple tactical moments...
Tactics Tuesday
In the February issue of Chess Life Kids magazine, the CLK Openings Project continues with a complete Alapin repertoire against the Sicilian. Enjoy a...
Nepo Wei
Anything can happen in Wijk aan Zee. The 2024 Tata Steel Chess Tournament, held January 13 through 28 in the Netherlands, saw the reigning FIDE World...
FEMchess group
In August 2023, FEMchess made waves when 60 girls participated in its inaugural All-Girls Scholastic Tournament in Fremont, CA. Determined to sustain...
jz158
Finishing in clear first place, GM Jianchao Zhou won the US Chess 2023 Grand Prix with 562.942 tournament points. GM Fidel Corrales Jimenez was second...
Wednesday Workout
This week, we conclude our series on the 2023 World Rapid and Blitz and Women's World Rapid and Blitz championships, with a particular focus on...
We now have a database available showing Tournament Directors (TDs) that have completed SafeSport Training: SafeSport Trained TD Database There is...
Tactics Tuesday
This week, we continue our highlights from the 2023 K-12 Grade Championships (all coverage here) with another half-dozen instructive moments from the...
Kirk Alex
A quartet of norms were earned over Martin Luther King Jr. Day in New York. Earning a GM norm, in particular, is never easy, but FM Brewington...
2024 World Cadet Rapid and Blitz -- Grand Blue Fafa Resort
FIDE, in conjunction with the Albanian Chess Federation, have announced that the FIDE World Cadets Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships 2024 will be...
Wednesday Workout
This week, we continue our series on the 2023 World Rapid and Blitz and Women's World Rapid and Blitz championships, with a particular focus on...
Tactics Tuesday
Last month, the 2023 K-12 Scholastic Grade Championships saw champions and co-champions crowned across 13 grade levels. This week and next, we take a...