July 2025

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Today's puzzles begin a series featuring games from the 2025 FIDE World Cadets Cup. Read our full report here. Download our printable worksheet, or...
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22 Americans participated across the six sections of the FIDE World Cadets Cup in Batumi, Georgia from June 23 through July 2. CM Chenxuan Ling won a...
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This week's puzzles comes from the 2025 US Cadet Championship, where 14-year-old IM-elect Tani Adewumi repeated his 2024 feat of a 6/7 victory for...
Quintans
Ruben Quintans of Georgia became the youngest player to cross the 2000 US Chess rating threshold, becoming an expert on June 24 after a fine showing...
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The theme for this issue of Check is in the Mail is Reader's Games. Since I began editing this column, I have received games from readers. I felt the...
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This week's puzzles comes from the 2025 US Cadet Championship, where 14-year-old IM-elect Tani Adewumi repeated his 2024 feat of a 6/7 victory for...
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Every year at the U.S. Open, the Delegates from each state have a chance to change our rulebook. Sometimes it is just a tweak or two (or three). Most...