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David Peng, Photo IM Eric Rosen
FM David Peng won clear first at the 2018 National High School Championship with an undefeated… Read More »

GM Alexander Shabalov won clear first at the Golden Anniversary of the Liberty Bell Open held from January 12-15 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.… Read More »

GM Kamil Dragun won the Golden State Open held from January 11-15 in Concord, California.

Certainly, Smith had to be regarded as one of the contenders for a top prize, but given that he was over 200 points lower rated than the top few… Read More »

Grandmaster Sergey Kudrin needed a victory in the final round to win 1st. He did emerge victorious in the following game.

After four rounds, IMs Keaton Kiewra and Joshua Sheng were the only players at 4-0.

The nature of the Swiss system pretty much requires the higher rated players to play for a win, especially in the early rounds when the rating… Read More »

This is the first tournament Elshan won as a US citizen. Congratulations Elshan!

This will be the first time in the history of the NATO Chess Championship that the event will be held in the United States and only the second time… Read More »

The 26thAnnual Midwest Class Championship was held from October 6th to 8th in the Chicago suburb of Wheeling, IL and drew 333 players pursuing the $… Read More »