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Editor's Note: This story first ran in the April 2023 issue of Chess Life Kids magazine. We are republishing it here now because, on June… Read More »
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A new chess book on 25 classic games that every player should know was written by a surprising new author.
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Check out the new HBO Max reality challenge Karma. Teenagers from all over the US travel to a remote forest. Eighteen who make the cut will form… Read More »
A handful of last-round players are hunched over lower boards in the huge ballroom, like lonely hangers-on after a celebrity wedding reception. But… Read More »
“He was a national master? Wow!” Unrated chess player Stephen Huang attends the University of Pacific in Stockton, California. “I joined US Chess on… Read More »
Timur Gareyev faced Awonder Liang in the final… Read More »
The coveted trophy in gold, and the US Junior Grand Prix trophy in silver, won by Alan Hung of California. Friday night at the US Open Championship… Read More »
IM Praveen Balakrishnan and Andy Huang, both of Virginia, Photo Henk Prinsloo All three of the junior Champion of Champions had to win as Black in… Read More »
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UT-RGV) Villanova and Michigan’s Monday night tip-off for the NCAA national round ball championship… Read More »
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