The #6 article in Best of US Chess 2017 is The Shaman Sees Checkmate: Teaching Chess in the Amazon by Vincent Roazzi Jr. With evocative photographs...
The international chess bug has hit me, and I’ve played tournaments in Israel, Spain, France, and Argentina and have visited chess sites in India...
Wesley So at Wijk aan Zee, Photo Cathy Rogers For five years the traditional Wijk aan Zee super-tournament – this year celebrating its 80 th edition… Read More »
The Charlotte Chess Center is perhaps becoming an American “norm factory,” having produced several norms and titles in 2016 and 2017.
GM Ian Rogers The #7 article in Best of US Chess 2017 is GM Rogers on World Cup: Five US Players Still Alive by GM Ian Rogers. In Rogers' informative…
Bryan Castro The #8 article in Best of US Chess 2018 is "Spring Ahead in the Endgame" by Bryan Castro. Bryan shows how he combined analysis of his… Read More »
Awonder Liang at the U.S. Junior Championship, which he went on to win. Photo: US Championship Website Ask me who the second highest rated player to…
WIM Dr. Alexey Root The #9 article in Best of US Chess 2017 is In Memory of Dad: Chess, Parenting & Crossing Borders by WIM Dr. Alexey Root.… Read More »
All heads in the room turned to look as the legendary former World Champion Garry Kasparov made his way through the aisles.
The #10 article in Best of US Chess 2017 is Jamaal Abdul Alim's piece " Petrosian Wins World Open: 'Forget About the Draw'". Abdul-Alim interviewed… Read More »