Posts categorized "Annotated games"
“This will be the strongest chess tournament in Nebraska history,” FM Rod Malpert declared at the May 30 banquet honoring the 2024 inductees to the...
Former US Champion Sam Shankland Becomes 2025 American Continental Champion FOZ DO IGUAÇU, BRAZIL—The FIDE Americas Tournament Committee seems to… Read More »
This issue's theme is unusual openings. Sometimes these are also referred to as irregular openings. If you ever play a game using Fritz, and enable...
Editor’s note: Since becoming Digital Editor for Chess Life Online, I have dreamt of publishing more regular wrap-ups of the sorts of events that are…
DreamHack is where the gaming world comes to life. It’s a festival of play, competition, and community all under one roof. DreamHack added its first…
Editor's note: WGM Sabina Foisor's annotations of IM-Elect and eventual K-12 Co-Champion Tani Adewumi's wild Sicilian against fellow New Yorker Aiden…
If any information is inaccurate, any names are misspelled or standings are incorrect, please email jjlang@uschess.org with corrections or additional…
Editor’s note: This report will be updated shortly with photography. But round 6 is already underway, so it makes sense to get the results and games…
Editor’s note: This report will be updated with more games and photography throughout the day. If any information is inaccurate, any names are...
Grenke Festival: Jacobson Shares First in Open A, Paragua Qualifies for FM, Carlsen Sweeps Freestyle
The Grenke Chess Festival — held April 17 through 21 in Karlsruhe, Germany — saw top grandmasters compete alongside amateurs in a unique mixture of...