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The USA delegation boasted 14 podium finishes — including five gold medals — across 12 sections at the XXXV Pan-American Youth Chess Festival. Led by…
This week's puzzles continue a series on the 2025 FIDE Women's World Cup ( coverage here), with WGM Sabina Foisor bringing us some tactical… Read More »
This week's puzzles continue our series on the 2025 FIDE Women's World Cup ( coverage here), with WGM Sabina Foisor bringing us some tactical...
The Caro-Kann Defense (Advance Variation) is, by far, the most popular opening over the last year, from June 2024 to May 2025, for players...
TD Help or Interference? At the end of a long tourament game, it was clock-banging time. Both contestants were aiming to win via a flag fall, or a...
Normally, it would be cruel to describe anybody’s tournament as “heartbreaking” or even disappointing because they “only” tied for second place...
After a week of competition, the final round of the 125th annual U.S. Open begins at 3 p.m. CDT in Middleton, WI, with a spot in this October’s U.S...
At the U.S. Open, we know there are a ton of chess players around, but it doesn’t always feel that way during the first few days. Some players are… Read More »
The five 2025 national invitational tournaments of state champions came to a close Thursday, with prize money and scholarships on the line. Texas won…
The final round of the five national invitational tournaments of state champions begun this morning at 10:00 a.m. CDT, with four of the five events...