Annotated Games
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 »
The upsets kept coming in the quarterfinals of the 2025 FIDE World Cup.… Read More »
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 »
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 »
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 »
The 2025 U.S. Senior Women’s Championship players are buzzing with excitement to be in the “Beehive State.” And they aren’t the only ones. At the… Read More »
Editor's note: this story first appeared in the November 2025 issue of Chess Life magazine. Consider becoming a US Chess member … Read More »
Three Americans — GMs Levon Aronian, Samuel Sevian, and Sam Shankland — have made it to the “Sweet 16” in the upset-laden 2025 FIDE World Cup. Only… Read More »
Four Americans are through to the fourth round of the 2025 FIDE World Cup in Goa, India. GM Sam Shankland’s upset over 19th-seeded Indian GM Vidit… Read More »
After six days, two rounds, and countless upsets at the 2025 FIDE World Cup (read our preview, which describes the format, here), only five Americans… Read More »