Top American Players

In the end, the only thing that could stop Magnus Carlsen was a tummy bug.
courtesy STLCC; note that Nakamura scored 12 in the Blitz and not 11.… Read More »

There are countless chess variants, some enjoying more popularity than others, but none have gotten as much recent attention as the brainchild of… Read More »

Rachael with her brother, GM Ruifeng Li, and dad,… Read More »

Abhi at the Bay Area International Photo David Llada
Rising superstar Abhimanyu Mishra earned his third IM norm at the GM Maxim Academy Closed… Read More »

It wasn’t supposed to happen like this. Wesley So lost in the online quarterfinals at chess.com, only to fight through the “losers bracket” to earn a… Read More »

The November 2019 edition of “Cover Stories with Chess Life” is now live! This monthly podcast, hosted by Senior Director of Strategic Communication… Read More »

So with FIDE officials at the awards ceremony. Photo by Maria Emelianova.
At the Henie Onstad Kunstsenter art museum located close to Oslo, Norway… Read More »

Never write Hikaru Nakamura off.
In our last report, posted after Round 6 of the FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss, we noted that Nakamura was at 4/6 with… Read More »

Fabiano Caruana shares first place with Wang Hao after six rounds of play in the 2019 FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss. He will meet Alexander Grischuk on… Read More »