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The 2025 FIDE World Cup begins Saturday, Nov. 1 in Goa, India. Of the 206 participants, 12 Americans are making the trip to compete for a share of… Read More »
The month-long festivities continued at the newly renovated Saint Louis Chess Club (SLCC) from October 27 through 29 for the Clutch Chess: Champions…
This week's puzzles once again all come from the just-concluded 2025 U.S. Championship and Women's Championship. Every day, a rotating cast of...
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: GM Fabiano Caruana and IM Carissa Yip are this year’s U.S. champions. The win makes it four years in a row...
The penultimate round of the 2025 U.S. Championships saw both defending champions emerge as clear leaders after winning their games. In total, there…
After the final rest day, we saw many exciting games in both the U.S. and U.S. Women’s Championships. Both sections saw crucial results significantly…
Today's puzzles come from the 2025 FIDE World Youth Championships, held earlier this month in Durres, Albania. There was only a small number of games…
It was very difficult for me to write today’s report. Like all in the chess community, I am deeply shaken by the tragic death of one of the sport’s...
This week's puzzles all come from the ongoing 2025 U.S. Championship and Women's Championship. Every day, a rotating cast of annotators are covering…
Update, Oct. 24, 2025: Naroditsky was a Chess Life columnist from June 2014 through March 2020. All of his columns can be downloaded here in a single…