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This week's Tactics Tuesday begins a multi-week feature on the 2024 FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Championships, held December 26 through 31 in New… Read More »
One True Champion*The 2024 FIDE World Blitz Championship featured an experimental departure in format from previous years, replacing the second day… Read More »
2024 FIDE Rapid & Blitz World Championship PreviewEditor's note: This story first appeared in the December 2024 issue of Chess Life magazine, and… Read More »
Less than two weeks ago, we reported on IM Mark Heimann earning his second GM norm at the U.S. Masters in Charlotte. And yet, less than a week after… Read More »
Caruana Wins Massive U.S. Masters, Six Norms Earned in CharlotteSpending Thanksgiving weekend in Charlotte, North Carolina has become something of a… Read More »
Eight Americans traveled to Dominican Republic for the 15th Women’s Continental Chess Championship, with three sweeping the podium! Held November 23… Read More »
GM Alexander Shabalov won the 32nd FIDE World Senior (50+) Championship with an 8½/11 score ahead of Polish GM Michal Krasenkow on tiebreaks. The 57-… Read More »
This week's puzzles again come from the 2024 U.S. Women's Championship (as well as a few from the 2024 U.S. Championship, won by GM Fabiano Caruana… Read More »
From November 7 through 11, NYC Chess Norms hosted its 19th invitational, consisting of two GM and two IM Round Robins as well as a fifth… Read More »