Kostya Kavutskiy
GM Le Quang Liem, Photo David Llada… Read More »
Magnus Carlsen, World Champion, Photo IM Eric Rosen
Magnus Carlsen retained his World Championship title in a stunning rapid display, defeating… Read More »
The final classical game in London was drawn, Photo IM Eric Rosen
The twelfth straight draw at the Magnus Carlsen-Fabiano Caruana match in London… Read More »
The most anticipated World Championship match in recent memory has just crossed the halfway point, with Magnus Carlsen employing his second straight… Read More »
I was really excited to get invited to coach for the U.S. team at the 2018 Pan American Youth Chess Championships—it’s been a goal of mine for a few… Read More »
Last week one of my favorite yearly events, the Spice Cup Open, concluded in Saint Louis, Missouri. With both Webster University and Saint Louis… Read More »
This tournament was truly one of the most eventful that I've ever played - it seemed like every round there was some new story!
It’s a very enjoyable tournament, one of the main reasons being it takes place at a pace of one round a day! The best part about that is that you… Read More »
Kostya at the 2016 Autumn Invitational, Photo Aman Hambleton
“The first norm is always the hardest”, I wrote, naively, back in 2014. I had just… Read More »
There was no real time to reflect on the slight disappointment in Cappelle-la-Grande, as the Cannes Chess Festival was only one day away. Tom (… Read More »