Posts categorized "Annotated games"
After all the time scrambles and playoffs were over, two frontrunners emerged victorious in the 2025 American Cup. IM Alice Lee repeated last year’s…
Heading into the final weekend of the 2025 American Cup, GM Hikaru Nakamura and IM Alice Lee have each advanced to the Grand Final by winning their...
Editor’s note: Today, we continue our reporting on the American Cup with more annotated games and highlights from GM Luka Budisavljevic. Come back on…
Underdogs, overtime, elimination matches. These words are emblematic of the excitement of March Madness, regardless of whether we are talking about...
Editor's note: This story first appeared in the March 2025 issue of Chess Life magazine, and is re-published here along with this collection of...
GM Fabiano Caruana was the top earner at the Champions Showdown: The Kings presented by the Saint Louis Chess Club (SLCC). As explained in a previous…
We are less than two weeks away from the Saint Louis Chess Club’s (SLCC) American Cup, an annual event pitting the best American players against each…
Editor’s note: We continue our coverage of the 2025 FIDE World Senior Team Championship with a report from USA Women’s fourth board, WIM Alexey Root…
USA won the 2025 FIDE World Senior Team Championships ahead of Italy on tiebreaks in the 50+ section, and USA Women earned the 50+ bronze. Today’s...
Bryan Lin Earns First IM Norm, Stearman Moves Towards 2500, and More at NYC Chess Norms Invitational
It was an eventful Presidents Day weekend for a host of norm-seekers in New York, with the 21st NYC Chess Norms event producing its 51st total norm...