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By 2002, it had been a long decade since the publication of our 1993 4th edition rulebook (edited by Bill Goichberg and others). The delegates had...
For National Chess Week, at least 49 tournaments were held across the country, consisting of 2,979 players and tens of thousands of rated games. This…
Byes are given out to players for games not played. Sometimes it is a full-point bye. Sometimes it is a half-point bye. Occasionally a zero-point bye…
Editor's note: This report covers rounds seven through ten of the 45th FIDE Chess Olympiad. Part two can be found here and part one here. The final...
When your tournament game ends there are typically three results: a win, a draw or a loss. It turns out there is a fourth option: split results...
Surprise, surprise, surprise! You find your board for round one. Your pieces take their assigned places on their squares. Your clock is set correctly…
The Caveman Chess Festival ran from July 12 through 14 at the Hilton Chicago/Northbrook hotel. The festival featured several national championship...
US Chess 2023-2024 Women’s Programming Grant Cycle Highlights With the generous support of the Saint Louis Chess Club, the US Chess Women’s...
The aura of chess cheaters has changed chess. Their underhanded ways have backed tournaments into implementing all sorts of stop-gap anti-cheating...
Sometimes solving chess rules problems is easy: the answers are all right there in the rulebook. Sometimes the solutions fall into the creative zone…