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Just like our Tactics Tuesday series, this week's puzzles come from the 2024 Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz. French GM Alireza Firouzja won… Read More »

This week's puzzles come from the 2024 Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz. French GM Alireza Firouzja won the event in style, along the way to… Read More »

This week's Workout continues our series on the "main event" from Norfolk: the 124th Annual U.S. Open. All of our coverage from this event can… Read More »

IM Brewington Hardaway earned his third and final GM norm on Saturday, August 31 along the way to his 7½/10 score and tied-sixth finish in the Sants… Read More »

In the past week, French GM Alireza Firouzja has won the 2024 Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz (ahead of the likes of GM Hikaru Nakamura), the 2024… Read More »

With three rounds to go in the 2024 Sinquefield Cup, French GM Alireza Firouzja is inching closer to a big payday in the 2024 Grand Chess Tour.… Read More »

The first third of the 2024 Sinquefield Cup is in the books in St. Louis, with Russian GM Ian Nepomniachtchi and French GM Alireza Firouzja atop the… Read More »

The penultimate event of the 2024 Grand Chess Tour (GCT) has concluded in St. Louis, with French GM Alireza Firouzja victorious in the 2024 Saint… Read More »

The 2024 Grand Chess Tour (GCT) is in the middle of its penultimate leg, with three days of rapid chess concluding Wednesday, August 14 at the Saint… Read More »

The 45th FIDE Chess Olympiad will take place from September 10 through 23 in Budapest, Hungary. Team USA looks to improve on their tied-fourth (fifth… Read More »