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US Board one GM Fabiano Caruana © Lana Afandiyeva The United States made history with its victory in the 2016 Chess Olympiad held in Baku, Azerbaijan… Read More »
The US Team winning gold on the Olympic podium along with the silver and bronze winners, Ukraine and Russia. Photo: Maria Emelianova, Olympiad… Read More »
Abhimanyu Mishra from New Jersey became the youngest ever expert at the age of seven years, six months and 22 days, beating Awonder Liang's record by… Read More »
Photo David Llada Our final round pairing against our northern neighbors seemed fortuitous on paper, but USA wasn't able to wipe out the floor with… Read More »
There is now less than a month before the third (and possibly final) edition of the Millionaire Chess Open as it is set to kick off on October 6 at… Read More »
Photo David Llada The penultimate round in Baku was a blazing affair on most boards for the American Open team. The games were fast and furious.… Read More »
Razvan Azamfirei takes 16W07 Razvan Azamfirei is a 19-year-old student at Yale University majoring in molecular, cellular, and Developmental Biology… Read More »
GMs Caruana and Magnus Carlsen on board one Photo David Llada Even with World #1 Magnus Carlsen heading the team, the Norwegian squad had absolutely… Read More »
Our coverage of Labor Day's intense schedule of tourneys includes GM Stripunsky winning the NJ Open,with annotations from GMs Benjamin and Fishbein… Read More »
From August 19th – 21st, CCA held two tournaments – one in the West and one in the East. Both had relatively small but strong open sections. In the… Read More »