Today's puzzles come from the 2025 FIDE World Youth Championships, held earlier this month in Durres, Albania. There was only a small number of games...
October 2025
Just counting events tagged with National Chess Day or NCD on US Chess’s Membership Services Area, affiliates hosted 48 rated tournaments around the...
It was very difficult for me to write today’s report. Like all in the chess community, I am deeply shaken by the tragic death of one of the sport’s...
This week's puzzles all come from the ongoing 2025 U.S. Championship and Women's Championship. Every day, a rotating cast of annotators are covering...
Update, Oct. 24, 2025: Naroditsky was a Chess Life columnist from June 2014 through March 2020. All of his columns can be downloaded here in a single...
Sunday saw eight decisive games in St. Louis, with players fighting for the win in contrasting fashions. While some players threw caution to the wind...
US Chess Prepares to Launch New Membership Database and MUIR System Update, 10/31/2025: This article has been updated to remove links to the beta...
The leaders all drew in the Open Section of Saturday’s Round 6 at the U.S. Championships, but one of the split points came after the reigning champion...
After the rest day, players came recharged — and Round 5 of the 2025 U.S. and U.S. Women’s Chess Championships brought no shortage of drama and...
In Round 4 of the U.S. Championship and U.S. Women’s Championship, we were treated to several piece sacrifices, an uncharacteristically open Rossolimo...
This week's puzzles continue our series on the 2025 FIDE World Cadet Championships, which concluded last Tuesday in Almaty, Kazakhstan ( flash report...
Round 3 saw great attacking games in both the U.S. Championship and the U.S. Women’s Championship. U.S. Women’s Championship The women gave us several...