After a day off, players were ready to fight, and the 2026 U.S. Championships delivered eight decisive results on Wednesday. IM Alice Lee extended her...
October 2026
Editor's Note: Chess Life and Chess Life Online Editor John Hartmann made it to St. Louis for the first two rounds of the 2026 U.S. Championships. A...
Following the conclusion of the 46th FIDE Olympiad ( see all our coverage here), our two weekly tactics worksheets are back! We will be focusing on...
Following the conclusion of the 46th FIDE Olympiad ( see all our coverage here), our two weekly tactics worksheets are back! This week, we have the...
In Round 4 of the 2026 U.S. Championships, we witnessed brilliant sacrifices, complex endgames, and missed opportunities. Going into the first rest...
The Fischer Prize is safe for another year and journalists will have to find new storylines. Round 3 of the 2026 U.S. Championships saw all four...
After two rounds of the 2026 U.S. Championships, four players (two per event) remain in contention for the Fischer Prize in St. Louis. In the Open, it...
The 2026 U.S. Championship and U.S. Women’s Championship wasted no time, delivering us a host of exciting pairings right from the jump. Round 1...
Will we finally see a new champion in either the U.S. Championship or the U.S. Women’s Championship this year? Not if either of our Olympiad top...
Following the conclusion of the 46th FIDE Olympiad ( see all our coverage here), our two weekly tactics worksheets are back! This week, we have the...
On his personal Substack, Lit and Chess, FM Andy Lee reflected on his thought process after "flash-annotating" for Chess Life Online. His insight is...
IA/IO Carlos Chavez is the Executive Director of the storied Marshall Chess Club in Manhattan, NY. Last month, he traveled to Samarkand, Uzbekistan to...