Problems & Puzzles
While I’m a fan of classical time controls for producing the highest level chess games, I have to admit watching rapid games can be more entertaining… Read More »
Judges praised Vanessa's fresh approach to improvement, accompanied by clear, in-depth examples from her tournament games.
This scholastic tournament draws many of the best players in the region. This year there were six masters, including 2 FIDE masters. Part of the… Read More »
Judges praised Cristian's ability to blend his personal experiences on the road to victory with invaluable advice from a grandmaster to aspiring… Read More »
Although becoming a national champion is a monumental achievement, there is much more to gain than the prizes. Less than 1% of the over 1500 players… Read More »
This month, Wesley So won the London Classic, the overall Grand Chess Tour, and became one of the few people to cross the 2800 FIDE rating mark. In… Read More »
Happy Holidays from Grandmaster and composer Pal Benko, who presents Christmas tree and holiday candle shaped mates in two, three, four and five… Read More »
At National Championships with such vast and diverse fields, it is very difficult to stay on a perfect score, even as a top seed in the early rounds… Read More »
Ju Wenjun won the final leg of the FIDE Women's Grand Prix, earning enough GP points to become the 2017 Women's World Championship Challenger.
At the end of the Champions Showdown, a 24 game marathon between Vishy Anand, Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura, and Veselin Topalov in… Read More »