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...
January 2024
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In the February issue of Chess Life Kids magazine, the CLK Openings Project continues with a complete Alapin repertoire against the Sicilian. Enjoy a...
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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...
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In August 2023, FEMchess made waves when 60 girls participated in its inaugural All-Girls Scholastic Tournament in Fremont, CA. Determined to sustain...
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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...
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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...
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This week, we continue our highlights from the 2023 K-12 Grade Championships (all coverage here) with another half-dozen instructive moments from the...
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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...
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FIDE, in conjunction with the Albanian Chess Federation, have announced that the FIDE World Cadets Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships 2024 will be...
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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](/sites/default/files/styles/350x200_scale_and_smart_crop/public/media/images/tacticstuesday.jpg.webp?itok=PUXPrLKE)
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...