Problems & Puzzles
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”… Read More »
Shawnak Shivakumar and Robert with U.S. Champion… Read More »
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,… Read More »
This year’s participants: on the left Rochelle Wu (California), Abhimanyu Mishra (New Jersey), Christopher Yoo (California), Brandon Jacobson, (New… Read More »
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… Read More »
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… Read More »
Simona Nayberg at the World Youth, currently underway, wearing jacket by sponsor Two Sigma
15-year-old Simona Nayberg is currently competing at the… Read More »
Alex Lenderman at the 2018 U.S. Championship. Photo: Spectrum Studios
GM Alex Lenderman won the Manhattan Open with a perfect 5-0 score. The… Read More »
Magnus Carlsen, Fabiano Caruana, and Levon Aronian, the winners of the first three Sinquefield Cups in 2013, 2014, and 2015 respectively, have tied… Read More »
Despite the high drawing percentage thus far (80%), many hard-fought, fascinating games have been played.
Test your tactical, positional, and… Read More »