Annotated Games

Liang
Editor’s note: Since becoming Digital Editor for Chess Life Online, I have dreamt of publishing more regular wrap-ups of the sorts of… Read More »
CC
December means it's time for the annual Miniatures Issue. Games containing 25 or fewer moves are presented. Some games may contain variations that… Read More »
Anand Cup
Image Image Caption Javokhir Sindarov and Wei… Read More »
Main hall
The 9th Annual New York State Girls Championship was held November 15-16, hosted by Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School on the Upper West Side in… Read More »
team photo
With its third-place finish in Group A, Team USA qualified for the quarterfinals of the FIDE World Women’s Team Championship, held from Nov. 17… Read More »
Shankland
The upsets kept coming in the quarterfinals of the 2025 FIDE World Cup.… Read More »
Tsodikova
The 2025 U.S. Senior Women’s Championship made history. In both previous years of this event, there was a clear champion from the classical games.… Read More »
Shankland with Dubov, disappointed, in background
GM Sam Shankland is the only American to reach the 2025 FIDE World Cup "elite eight" after defeating Russian GM Daniil Dubov 3–1 in the first rapid… Read More »
Belakovskaia
Before Round 2 started at 11 a.m., Chief Tournament Director NTD/IA Karen Pennock promised to have the Round 3 pairings up two hours before the 4 p.m… Read More »
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