Posts categorized "Problems & puzzles"
This month's puzzles are all taken from the 2021 World Rapid and Blitz Championships in Warsaw, Poland. Sharpen your tactical skills and improve your…
CLO is combing through its archives to bring readers blasts from the past this holiday season. Look for throwback articles throughout December...
CLO is combing through its archives to bring readers blasts from the past this holiday season. Look for throwback articles throughout December. First…
In his May 2020 "Chess to Enjoy" column in Chess Life, GM Andy Soltis offered readers a number of " Turing Test" positions, where the idea was to try…
This is the second of a four-part series, “Back to the US Chess School”, which gives readers an inside look into the elite training academies, held...
This is the first of a four-part series, "Back to the US Chess School", which gives readers an inside look into the elite training academies, held...
The Kasparov Chess Foundation (KCF) and Saint Louis Chess Club have been running the very successful Young Stars program for the past six years. Team…
Some chess variants and sub-genres are well-known to American audiences. Go to any big scholastic tournament and you will see dozens of “buggers”...
The #6 article in Best of CLO 2018 is US Chess School in San Fran: Sam Takes the Chocolate by NM Robert Shlyakhtenko. Judges praised Robert's humor...
Hikaru Nakamura was crowned Grand Chess Tour Champion on December 17 in London after a tight match against the #2 rated blitz player in the World...