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For this week's Tactics Tuesday, we take a look at the blitz and bullet games from the 2024 Chess.com Speed Chess Championship finals. The… Read More »

The 45th FIDE Olympiad concluded on Sunday, September 22 after eleven rounds of matches showcasing the best players of almost 200 countries in each… Read More »

Editor's note: This report covers rounds seven through ten of the 45th FIDE Chess Olympiad. Part two can be found here and part one here. The final… Read More »

Our series of exercises from the highly instructive tactical time scrambles and endgames from the 2024 Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz continues this… Read More »

Editor's note: This report covers rounds four through six of the 45th FIDE Chess Olympiad. The first three rounds are covered here. At the time of… Read More »

This week, we continue our feature on the Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz with another batch of time trouble mishaps from the world's elite.… Read More »

Three rounds into the 45th FIDE Chess Olympiad, held from September 10 through 23 in Budapest, Hungary, Team USA is off to a 3–0 start in both the… Read More »

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 »