International Events
The Las Vegas International Chess Festival kicks off on Tuesday, June 11 with the U.S. Women's Open, a five round Swiss that will crown a National… Read More »
In this new periodic feature here at CLO, we’ll check in with top American players as they compete in important international events. This week we… Read More »
The 2019 Grand Chess Tour gets underway today at the Pullman Abidjan Hotel in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire with the Côte d’Ivoire Rapid and Blitz, running… Read More »
Caruana, Carlsen, Naiditsch, and Leminsky (photo van Reem)
Magnus Carlsen was the clear and convincing winner of the 2019 Grenke Chess… Read More »
It was a bit of a dog-pile at yesterday’s conclusion of the 2019 Reykjavik Open. Eight players – GMs Alireza Firouzja, Nils Grandelius, Abhijeet… Read More »
It wasn’t easy, but the U.S. ground out a 3.5-0.5 win over Scotland to open their accounts in the 2019 World Senior Team Championships 50+ Division… Read More »
The 2019 World Senior Team Championships will be contested from April 16-24th at the Olympic Palace Hotel in Rhodes, Greece. Two titles will be… Read More »
While Russia and China entered the final day with the Open and Women’s titles respectively in hand, there was no shortage of drama. England took the… Read More »
The Russian Open team and the Chinese Women’s team both clinched victory with a round to spare in the 2019 World Team Championship . The Russians… Read More »
Team America took one on the chin today in the seventh round of the 2019 World Team Championship. The Open team fell to Russia 2.5-1.5, giving Russia… Read More »