Posts categorized "Annotated games"
Shopping For a Sicilian As I mentioned in a prior column, I tend to respond symmetrically as Black except against 1.e4. I have several approaches I...
Editor's note (April 3, 2023): This article will be updated with more photos as they arrive, please continue to check back. Co-National Champions! In…
Editor's note: This article has been updated on April 2 to include a statement on the live broadcast from April 1. As math would dictate, after five…
Class C Players Consistently Crush Masters in D.C. Now that we have your attention (“April Fools'!” by the way) … The drama and early elimination of…
After a week of play, it was finally time for the American Cup to come to an end. But first, in each section, the winner of the elimination bracket...
A defining characteristic of the American Cup that distinguishes it from a normal knockout tournament is its double elimination format, where players…
The pressure is increasing at the American Cup as the rounds progress, and the players are handling this very impressively. In the champion’s bracket…
As the American Cup progresses, it is becoming clear who is in their best form. The semifinals of the champion's bracket saw GMs Hikaru Nakamura and…
We all know that, after the Ides of March, that’s when the madness happens. But the NCAA won’t have the only brackets worth looking at, because this…
It is quite impressive how the US Amateur East Team manages over 300 teams every year, but until Heisenberg gets dethroned, the US Amateur Team North…