Posts categorized "Annotated games"
Readers following along with the recent norm quests of American players might have caught on to just how difficult it is to earn an elusive GM norm...
Webster University, hosting the President’s Cup for the first time, put its homecourt (homeboard?) advantage to use, winning all three of its matches…
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…