John Hartmann

If Jazz is America’s first great cultural export to the world, hip-hop is its second, and perhaps most important. From its earliest days,… Read More »

Most editions of Cover Stories with Chess Life follow the same pattern: each month we talk to the author of our cover story. This month, however, is… Read More »

This month we talk to Michael Tisserand, the author of our September 2020 cover story, "Chess with Charlie," a profile of New Orleans jazz legend and… Read More »

The June edition of “Cover Stories with Chess Life” is now live! This monthly podcast, now hosted by Chess Life and Chess Life Online Editor John… Read More »

With its innate ability to translate to a two-dimensional format, chess is a growth industry in these days of the COVID-19 pandemic. The mainstream… Read More »

New Chess Life / Chess Life Online Editor John Hartmann and Women's Program Director Jennifer Shahade are the two newest guests to appear on Ben… Read More »

The first video in our new series, "Levelling Up with US Chess," is now available to view on YouTube. CLO Digital Editor John… Read More »

With no end to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in sight, we are seeing some of our members move more of their chess activities online. This is… Read More »

With so much great material here at Chess Life Online, it’s easy to miss something that you might otherwise have wanted to read. So we here at US… Read More »

With the postponement of the remainder of the 2020 Candidates until a time to be determined, GM Jacob Aagaard recorded one last video with CLO… Read More »