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This week's puzzles begin our series on the 2025 FIDE World Cadet Championships, which concluded last Tuesday in Almaty, Kazakhstan (flash report |… Read More »

This week's puzzles continue our series on the 2025 FIDE World Cadet Championships, which concluded last Tuesday in Almaty, Kazakhstan (flash report… Read More »

GM Fabiano Caruana won the 2025 Grand Chess Tour (GCT) Finals in São Paulo, Brazil, taking home $150,000 for winning his matches over GMs Levon… Read More »

Six days before Checkmate: USA vs India, one of its commentators, GM Harshit Raja, predicted that India would win 3–2 against the USA… Read More »

It was a successful outing for the 24 Americans who traveled to Almaty, Kazakhstan for the 2025 FIDE World Cadet Championships in Almaty, Kazakhstan… Read More »

This week's puzzles begin our series on the 2025 FIDE World Cadet Championships, which concluded earlier today in Almaty, Kazakhstan (flash report).… Read More »

The USA delegation finished third overall out of 86 federations represented at the 2025 FIDE World Cadet Championships in Almaty, Kazakhstan. … Read More »

The 2025 FIDE World Grand Swiss is just past its halfway point in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. The event consists of a 116-player Open section and a 56-… Read More »