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There you are, staring at the board. The position is stagnate, and it is your opponent’s turn to move. You offer a draw.
The 27th Annual North American Open at Bally’s Las Vegas after Christmas featured both a record turnout of 805 players and a hotly contested battle...
GM Jorge Cori, GM Ray Robson, GM Susan Polgar, GM Vasif Durarbayli (holding trophy), GM Alex Shimanov. Photo Al Lawrence The titanic trophy-cup in...
2017 Pan-American Tournament Hall in Columbus, Ohio, Photo Al Lawrence Big ratings don’t guarantee smooth sailing. This week the Convention Center in…
Tim Just is a National Tournament Director, FIDE National Arbiter, and editor of the 5 th & 6 th edition of the US Chess Rulebook . He is also… Read More »
Tim Just is a National Tournament Director, FIDE National Arbiter, and editor of the 5 th & 6 th edition of the US Chess Rulebook . He is also… Read More »
The US Chess Delegation to the 2017 FIDE Congress consisted of four people: Grant Oen, Walter Brown, Michael Khodarkovsky, and Ruth Haring. As usual…
It is 7am in Chicago, and the final round of the World Cadet Championship in Poços de Caldas, Brazil is about to begin. My eyes are glued to my cell…
GM Carlos Matamoros If it’s mid-October in Reno, it’s not only National Chess Day, but time for the Western States Open at the Sands Regency Hotel...
It happens. There is an empty chair across from you where your opponent should be. Opponents sometimes don’t appear for their scheduled games. You… Read More »