Posts categorized "Problems & puzzles"
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 »
What stuck with me the most was the incredible energy that Tal brought to the chessboard. He saw opportunities for activity and the initiative in...… Read More »
With the new school year starting, chess clubs and scholastics resume. Some countries, such as Armenia, have made chess a mandatory part of the...… Read More »
Jeffery Xiong at the 2016 U.S. Championships. Photo: Austin Fuller Days ago, Jeffery Xiong, the current U.S. Junior Champion, added World Junior...… Read More »
There were three recent Continental Chess Association tournaments held on three consecutive weekends in three different states and three enterprising… Read More »
Vishy Anand, Ding Liren, Hikaru Nakamura, Anish Giri, Fabiano Caruana, Rex Sinquefield, and Wesley So at the Sinquefield Cup Opening Ceremony. Photo… Read More »
Photo: Yevgeny Surov Sam Shankland, the 4th highest player in the U.S., won one of the strongest tournaments of his career last week, the Master...… Read More »
Grandmaster and composer Pal Benko celebrated his 88th birthday earlier this month and passes on some birthday gift problems to US chess readers. In… Read More »
GM Illia Nyzhnyk, Photo Jim Doyle The main event of the World Open concluded July 4th, but there was still much chess to be played. Normally the side… Read More »
It is not often that you see three 2700+ GMs and a 7 time U.S. Women’s Champion tie for first in a weekend Swiss that offers less than $15,000 in...… Read More »