Posts categorized "Annotated games"
Both USA teams enter Tuesday’s rest day after a tough couple of rounds, with the Open team tied for fourth at 10/12 and the Women’s team tied for 14…
Team USA suffered its first match loss in the Open today, losing 1½–2½ to Germany when GM Frederik Svane defeated GM Hans Niemann on Board 3 and GM...
Both American teams currently boast 6/6 scores after three rounds of the 11-round 46 th FIDE Chess Olympiad. Of the 205 teams competing in the Open...
Team USA notched its best finish yet at the 3 rd FIDE Olympiad for People with Disabilities. After pairings against eventual podium finishers in the…
The 3 rd FIDE Olympiad for People with Disabilities crossed the halfway mark today. After four rounds, Cuba leads with a perfect 8/8 team score (wins…
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…
Californian IM Julian Colville won the 2026 U.S. Cadet Championship in a playoff over New York’s FM Aditeya Das to claim the national Under-16 title…
Check is in the Mail The King’s Gambit Declined is a chess opening that arises after 1. e4 e5 2. f4, when Black chooses not to accept White’s pawn...
American GM Wesley So won his second straight Sinquefield Cup, his third total, after a playoff against Indian GM Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu that went…
Meet Me In St. Louis: The U.S. Senior Women’s Championship’s Second Half From July 12 (arrival day) to July 25 (departure day), the Saint Louis Chess…