Annotated Games

Shankland
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 »
Aronian analysis
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 »
Over-65 podium
Arizona’s IM Mark Ginsburg is a World Senior Co-Champion. The 2025 FIDE World Senior Championships were held Oct. 21 through Nov. 1 in Gallipoli,… Read More »
CC
In this issue we have games from four different sections of the Victor Palciauskas tournament. This tournament, which was also partially covered in… Read More »
Carlsen
The month-long festivities continued at the newly renovated Saint Louis Chess Club (SLCC) from October 27 through 29 for the Clutch Chess: Champions… Read More »
USA Board 1 Round 3
The 2nd FIDE Chess Olympiad for People with Disabilities was held Oct. 19-26 in Astana, Kazakhstan. The Russian team FIDE 1 won gold with 11 match… Read More »
Yip
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: GM Fabiano Caruana and IM Carissa Yip are this year’s U.S. champions.… Read More »
Trophies
The penultimate round of the 2025 U.S. Championships saw both defending champions emerge as clear leaders after winning their games.… Read More »
USA
22 American players made the trip to Durres, Albania to compete on behalf of the USA Delegation at the 2025 FIDE World Youth Chess Championships from… Read More »
Yip watches Zatonskish – Lee
After the final rest day, we saw many exciting games in both the U.S. and U.S. Women’s Championships. Both sections saw crucial results significantly… Read More »
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