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This week's Tactics Tuesday returns to the Evans Gambit in anticipation of the August Chess Life Kids "In Session" column. All of this week… Read More »

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Starting this week, we are launching Chess Life… 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 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.
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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… 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 »