Posts categorized "Problems & puzzles"

Starting this week, we are launching Chess Life Kids Online as a space to share features from Chess Life Kids magazine as well as a number of...Read… Read More »
This past weekend, FM Erick Zhao won the US Cadet Championship for the top American players age 16 and under. Enjoy an especially challenging...Read… Read More »
For those of us who aren't poker professionals (and even some who are), June in Las Vegas is less about bracelets and more about chess. This year, in… Read More »
This week's Wednesday Workout honors the life and games of FM Orest Popovych. As always, you are encouraged to download our printable worksheet and… Read More »
This week's Wednesday Workout highlights six games from the play-ins for the ChessKid Cup. GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov won the top division of the...… Read More »
Six Americans competed in the star-studded Sharjah Masters, held May 17 through 25 in the United Arab Emirates. The all-GM field consisted of 78...… Read More »
This week's Wednesday Workout features puzzles pulled from games played at the 2023 National Elementary School Championship May 12 through 14 in...… Read More »
Editor's Note: This story first ran in the May 2023 issue of Chess Life Magazine. We have republished the piece, with a number of additional puzzles… Read More »
Congratulations to the Gotham Knights on winning the 2023 Pro Chess League playoffs. After five weeks of regular season play (covered here and here… Read More »
This week's Wednesday Workout features six puzzles inspired by GM Ding Liren's famous self-pinning 46. ... Rg6!! from the final tiebreak game of the… Read More »