9-year-old Christopher Yoo made US Chess history at the 9th David Elliott Memorial on November 19th, when he broke the 2200 barrier, 30 days shy of...
This weekend I am set to face 47 players blindfolded simultaneously while exercising on a spin bike. Aside from the intellectual magnanimity of the...
Photo Max Avdeev In November 30th, in New York City, Magnus Carlsen turned 26 and successfully defended his World Championship title against… Read More »
Carlsen and Karjakin, Photo Max Avdeev After a short round on Monday, World Champion Magnus Carlsen and Sergei Karjakin head to a dramatic rapid...
The first time Nikhil Kumar played in the National Congress a couple of years ago at age 10, his performance in the Under 2000 section was...
Photo Maria Yassakova (AGON) After a dramatic round 10 in Carlsen-Karjakin, players and the fans were given a well deserved free day to contemplate...
Photo Max Avdeev The 10 th game of the epic C vs K saga was announced as the most important one up to this moment. A game in which Magnus had to...
GM Cristian Chirila writes about round nine of the World Chess Championship, in which Magnus Carlsen was perilously close to losing his second game… Read More »
The Election Committee will run a special Executive Board election to fill the vacancy caused by Randy Bauer's resignation concurrently with the 2017…
At the end of the Champions Showdown, a 24 game marathon between Vishy Anand, Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura, and Veselin Topalov in classical...