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Hikaru Nakamura on the Candidates, streaming, and the future of American chess. A Chess Life exclusive.
Players from the USA delegation won gold medals in all three events of the North American Junior Chess Championship Under-20, held from Nov. 30… Read More »
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Editor’s note: Since becoming Digital Editor for Chess Life Online, I have dreamt of publishing more regular wrap-ups of the sorts of… Read More »
This week's puzzles come from the 2025 FIDE Women's World Team Championship. See our full report here, and find even more puzzles from this event on… Read More »
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With its third-place finish in Group A, Team USA qualified for the quarterfinals of the FIDE World Women’s Team Championship, held from Nov. 17… Read More »
The upsets kept coming in the quarterfinals of the 2025 FIDE World Cup.… Read More »
GM Sam Shankland is the only American to reach the 2025 FIDE World Cup "elite eight" after defeating Russian GM Daniil Dubov 3–1 in the first rapid… Read More »
Editor's note: this story first appeared in the November 2025 issue of Chess Life magazine. Consider becoming a US Chess member … Read More »