Editor's note: For Black History Month, US Chess invited Dr. Daaim Shabazz to write a reflection on Black chess history as a complement to our player...
February 2026
Registration is now open for the FIDE World Cadet Chess Championships 2026 . The international event — organized by FIDE and the Georgia Chess...
Registration is now open for the FIDE World Youth Chess Championships 2026 . The international event, organized by FIDE, and the Italian Chess...
This week's puzzles continue a series curated by WGM Sabina Foisor on the 2025 FIDE World Rapid & Blitz. Our full report — with more analysis from...
For Black History Month, Chess Life Online has so far spotlighted the accomplishments of two Black players ( Jacorey Bynum and IM Tani Adewumi), in...
Today's puzzles conclude our two-part series on the final and semifinal matches from the 2025 Chess.com Speed Chess Championship, held earlier this...
Grandmaster Jan Timman, a former world No. 2, a three-time world championship candidate and nine-time Dutch champion, died Thursday. He was 74. Born...
Editor's note: this story first appeared in the February 2026 issue of Chess Life magazine. A reduced size pdf of the magazine article is available to...
Today's puzzles begin a two-part series on the final and semifinal matches from the 2025 Chess.com Speed Chess Championship, held earlier this month...
America's most recent member of the 2700 club, GM Awonder Liang, traveled to Sharjah, United Arab Emirates to face off against Emirati GM Salem A.R...
For the second year in a row, I had the privilege of representing US Chess at US Squash events in Philadelphia, PA at the Arlen Specter Center. As the...
Jacorey Bynum has picked up some new fans recently. But the 18-year-old national master from Lauderhill, Florida, has been a big name in state and...