Postponed since March 2020, the event that determines the next challenger to World Champion Magnus Carlsen will resume Monday in Yekaterinburg,… Read More »
Super Grandmaster Chess
An eventful Thursday saw two more players join the share of first place in both the 2026 U.S. Championship and the U.S. Women’s Championship. Across… Read More »
After a day off, players were ready to fight, and the 2026 U.S. Championships delivered eight decisive results on Wednesday. IM Alice Lee… Read More »
In Round 4 of the 2026 U.S. Championships, we witnessed brilliant sacrifices, complex endgames, and missed opportunities. Going into the first… Read More »
The Fischer Prize is safe for another year and journalists will have to find new storylines. Round 3 of the 2026 U.S. Championships saw all four… Read More »
After two rounds of the 2026 U.S. Championships, four players (two per event) remain in contention for the Fischer Prize in St. Louis. In the Open,… Read More »
The 2026 U.S. Championship and U.S. Women’s Championship wasted no time, delivering us a host of exciting pairings right from the jump. Round 1… Read More »
Will we finally see a new champion in either the U.S. Championship or the U.S. Women’s Championship this year? Not if either of our Olympiad top… Read More »
On his personal Substack, Lit and Chess, FM Andy Lee reflected on his thought process after "flash-annotating" for Chess Life Online. His insight is… Read More »
