Posts categorized "Annotated games"
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...
American players earned three podium finishes at the 2025 FIDE World Cadets & Youth Rapid & Blitz Championships, held April 13 through 17 in… Read More »
After the first half of the match and a score of 4–2 in the favor of GM Ju Wenjun — the four-time defending FIDE Women’s World Champion — the players…
Editor's note: This recap of the KCF All-Girls National Chess Championship was authored by Ella Guo, a junior at The Harker School in California. CLO…
Webster University Makes History With Seventh President's Cup The 2025 President’s Cup, hosted by The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD), featured...
What to Watch For: Practical Decision-Making in Games 3 and 4 After the challenger, GM Tan Zhongyi, took an early lead in the FIDE Women’s World… Read More »
Three Storylines to Watch From Shanghai GM Tan Zhongyi leads four-time defending champion GM Ju Wenjun 1½–½ in Shanghai after two rounds of the 2025…
Several players came up just short of a norm at NYC Chess Norms' 2025 Spring Invitational, but there was still plenty of inventive, enterprising… Read More »
This issue is dedicated to the memory of Robert Jacobs. Mr. Jacobs, winner of the first Absolute Chess tournament in 1976, passed away on January… Read More »
The annual American Cup Blitz has become an annual tradition following the American Cup's conception in 2022. The American Cup features 16 players in…