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Hikaru Nakamura on the Candidates, streaming, and the future of American chess. A Chess Life exclusive.
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 »
Three Americans — GMs Levon Aronian, Samuel Sevian, and Sam Shankland — have made it to the “Sweet 16” in the upset-laden 2025 FIDE World Cup. Only… Read More »
This week's puzzles come from the Clutch Chess: Champions Showdown, which concluded two weeks ago at the newly renovated Saint Louis Chess Club.… Read More »
Four Americans are through to the fourth round of the 2025 FIDE World Cup in Goa, India. GM Sam Shankland’s upset over 19th-seeded Indian GM Vidit… Read More »