John Hartmann
With five days left till Christmas, and with Hanukkah starting on Sunday, you may be wondering what gift you might give a chess friend. Perhaps you’… Read More »
Alexandra Kosteniuk defeated Elisabeth Paehtz on Saturday to win the FIDE Monaco Women’s Grand Prix on tiebreaks, catching former tournament leader… Read More »
After three days and seven rounds of competition, here are the winners of the 2019 K-12 Grade Championships. US Chess will have annotations and… Read More »
It’s Championship Sunday in Orlando, and Round 6 is underway at the 2019 K-12 National Grade Championships. Top boards are being broadcast live on… Read More »
After a sluggish start, Aleksandra Goryachkina has roared to the lead at the 2019 FIDE Monaco Women’s Grand Prix, scoring 5.5/6 after a second round… Read More »
In years past a Category 16 Grandmaster round-robin would have been huge news in American chess. Now it’s just another day at the Saint Louis Chess… Read More »
What is a chess engine’s raison d'être? I ask the question, only partially tongue in cheek, because of the early reaction to Part I of this review,… Read More »
Fritz is the granddaddy of commercial chess engines, the first to defeat a world champion in an “official” blitz game (Kasparov, 1992) and in a head-… Read More »
The 2019 FIDE Grand Prix continues this week with a stop in Hamburg, Germany. From November 5th through 17th, 16 of the world’s elite will compete in… Read More »
Our November Chess Life infographic honors the legacy of Pal Benko by sketching the evolution of his most famous creation, the Benko Gambit.
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