Annotated Games

Nepo-Firouzja
The anticipated matchup between former world championship challenger GM Ian Nepomniachtchi and wünderkind GM Alireza Firouzja started brightly enough… Read More »
Alireza Firouzja
It had to happen sometime.Read More »
Caruana and Firouzja arriving at the event
In another day of fighting chess in round two of the 2022 FIDE Candidates Tournament, GM Hikaru Nakamura showed his strength of both will and play,… Read More »
Chess Life June 2022
It’s Candidates season and GM Hikaru Nakamura is in the mix. This month, we have an exclusive interview with the grandmaster, record-breaking Twitch… Read More »
2022 May Chess Life Cover
GMs Abhimanyu Mishra (left) and Sam Sevian (right) took top honors at the 2022 Spring Classic. Our editor John Hartmann has on-the-scene reporting,… Read More »
Girls Club Draws Judit Polgar
Two heads are better than one, but if you’re facing off against one of the greatest attacking chess players in the world, wouldn’t a few more be… Read More »
FM Mariia Berdnyk
While many are writing about what is going on in Ukraine, and many are speaking out in a time when Twitter and streaming technologies give voice to… Read More »
Mishra Spring Classic 2022
The phrase “time flies” has taken on new resonance over these past two years as we all been experiencing life in a pandemic. But I want to give you… Read More »
Voices from Ukraine Olga Babiy
US Chess, in partnership with the Kasparov Chess Foundation, continues to raise money for relief to the Ukrainian chess community through GoFundMe.… Read More »
USATN 2022 UChicago B
Over Presidents Day Weekend, 332 chess players formed 79 teams in Schaumburg, just north of Chicago, Illinois for the 2022 U.S. Amateur Team North (… Read More »
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