Back to the US Chess School: Akira Nakada on USCS 51 in San Francisco
In early August 2019, a group of the strongest juniors in the country were invited to the 51st US Chess School at the Mechanics…
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I am IM: Carissa Yip on Earning Her Final Norm at SPICE
The SPICE Cup is a popular tournament for norm seekers, due to the large number of foreign IMs and GM who typically play. This year’s…
Aronian Wins GCT Superbet Rapid & Blitz on Tiebreaks
Levon Aronian is the winner of the 2019 Grand Chess Tour Superbet Rapid and Blitz (Bucharest, Romania; November 6-10), taking the title after a playoff…
[NEWSFLASH] Abhi Mishra Earns IM Norm #3, “GM Karjakin: I’m Coming.”
Rising superstar Abhimanyu Mishra earned his third IM norm at the GM Maxim Academy Closed event in New York City. Mishra has now, pending processing…
Six Super Games
Information overload. That’s how I feel right now, with two major international events – the FIDE Grand Prix and Grand Chess Tour – going on,…
Nakamura Knocked Out in Hamburg
The 2019 FIDE Grand Prix continues this week with a stop in Hamburg, Germany. From November 5th through 17th, 16 of the world’s elite will…
Wesley So Wins Inaugural FIDE Fischer Random Championship
It wasn’t supposed to happen like this. Wesley So lost in the online quarterfinals at chess.com, only to fight through the “losers bracket” to earn…
Cover Stories with Chess Life: November Guest GM Joel Benjamin
The November 2019 edition of “Cover Stories with Chess Life” is now live! This monthly podcast, hosted by Senior Director of Strategic Communication Daniel Lucas,…
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FLASH REPORT: GM Wesley So is the Fischer Random World Champion
At the Henie Onstad Kunstsenter art museum located close to Oslo, Norway, GM Wesley So became the first World Champion in Fischer Random Chess. So…
Carissa Yip Earns Final IM Norm at SPICE Cup
16-year-old Carissa Yip made history this week, by earning her final IM norm at the 2019 SPICE Cup/Benko Memorial. Carissa told CLO that it has…
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