John Hartmann
It’s hard to overstate how important Fred Waitzkin’s Searching for Bobby Fischer (the book, not the movie) was in forming my early understanding of… Read More »
15 American juniors have made the long trip to Mumbai, India, taking up the challenge of representing the United States in the 2019 World Youth Chess… Read More »
In her first tournament back after a two year layoff, Humpy Koneru won the 2019 Skolkovo Women’s Grand Prix with a score of 8/11, half a point ahead… Read More »
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Yu Yangyi won in Wednesday’s quarterfinal playoffs, joining Ding Liren and Teimour Radjabov in the semi-finals of the 2019… Read More »
Jeffery Xiong’s Cinderella run has come to an end in Khanty-Mansiysk.
Xiong lost Tuesday to Teimour Radjabov in the second leg of their quarterfinal… Read More »
It has been 13 days since the first moves were played at the 2019 FIDE World Cup. 120 of the 128 competitors have been eliminated, and the eight… Read More »
UPDATED - all three games annotated by IM John Watson!
After yesterday’s Rest Day, the only one on the 2019 FIDE World Cup schedule, sixteen players… Read More »
Humpy Koneru is alone in first place at the 2019 FIDE Grand Prix in Skolkovo, Russia, with two rounds to play. She defeated Valentina Gunina in… Read More »
Texas Tech!
GM Alex Onischuk asked us to pass along this job description. Interested US Chess members (and non-members) can apply at the link below… Read More »
Four Americans are through to the second round of the 2019 FIDE World Cup, while two have work to do in Thursday’s rapid playoffs.
After their wins… Read More »