John Hartmann
After ten exciting weeks of regular season play, and two knockout rounds, the final pairings are set for the 2019 Pro Chess League Semifinals and… Read More »
Caruana, Carlsen, Naiditsch, and Leminsky (photo van Reem)
Magnus Carlsen was the clear and convincing winner of the 2019 Grenke Chess Classic,… Read More »
Eleven mates - three mate in ones, four mate in twos, three mate in threes, and one mate in four. Think you've got what it takes to solve them all?… Read More »
The U.S. team of Alexander Shabalov, Joel Benjamin, Igor Novikov, Jaan Ehlvest, and Alex Yermolinsky is the clear and convincing repeat winner of the… Read More »
One round remains in the 2019 World Senior Team Championships, and after today’s 3.5-0.5 match victory over Austria, the U.S. 50+ team looks well on… Read More »
The U.S. 50+ team kept its lead in the World Senior Team Championships on Monday, defeating Israel in the seventh round of play. This was the team’s… Read More »
Italy vs U.S., 2019 50+ World Senior Team Championship
UPDATED 4/21 with post-round comments from GM Joel Benjamin
After Friday’s win over Germany… Read More »
Shabalov, Novikov, Ehlvest, Yermolinsky; Rd 3, 2019 World Senior Teams (photo Benjamin)
The U.S. 50+ team is a perfect four for four after today’s… Read More »
This week we offer eight tactical tests from the 2019 Reykjavik Open, to honor each of the eight co-winners. Next week we'll take a look at mate… Read More »
It wasn’t easy, but the U.S. ground out a 3.5-0.5 win over Scotland to open their accounts in the 2019 World Senior Team Championships 50+ Division… Read More »