Posts categorized "Problems-&-puzzles"
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...
This year’s participants: on the left Rochelle Wu (California), Abhimanyu Mishra (New Jersey), Christopher Yoo (California), Brandon Jacobson, (New...
To give us some perspective on how incredible Xiong's performance has been so far, let's compare his results to many of the world's best in the...
This year's Olympiad featured a riveting fight by the U.S. Women's team and a tie for 1st (winning Silver by tiebreaks) by the U.S. Open team. Test...