Posts categorized "Top american players"
American GM Levon Aronian leads with 4/5 just after the halfway point of the WR Masters in Dusseldorf, Germany. Compatriot GM Wesley So and Indian GM…
It started with 142 grandmasters (and two wildcards) in a nine-round bloodbath. From there, 76 players made it to a series of sudden death knockout...
We left off coverage of the Champions Chess Tour’s first event of the 2023 season in Division III. Considering the quality of players relegated to… Read More »
As the e-sports world grows in popularity, how can chess be made more accessible to this wider audience? Even at faster time controls, plenty of… Read More »
January is the first opportunity to get a head start on your New Year’s chess resolutions by entering a tournament. This Martin Luther King Jr. Day...
After maintaining at least a share of the lead for the first 12 rounds, Uzbek GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov fell just short in his bid to win the Tata...
Editor’s note: Our January issue featured this piece by Chess Life editor John Hartmann, in which he summarizes the events and issues surrounding… Read More »
GM Magnus Carlsen won his first tournament in Wijk aan Zee in 2008, at the age of 17, tying for first with GM Levon Aronian. For such a young player…
Turkish GM Mustafa Yilmaz leads the Tata Steel Challengers headed into the first rest day, with an impressive 4/5 score that includes a fifth round...
Chess players are known creatures of habit, which is perhaps the only way to explain why, for the 85th time, 14 of the world’s top players venture to…