Top American Players

The Olympiad: Who Are the Top Rivals to the U.S. Team?
The gold-medalist U.S. Team is returning to the Olympiad as the Defending Champions with the same line-up: Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So, Hikaru… Read More »
Bobby Fischer’s Visits to Colorado
Bobby Fischer visited Denver on April 26 during his only nationwide Simultaneous Exhibition Tour where he gave a lecture and simul against 55… Read More »
Women's Team Off to Olympiad: "A Magical Event"
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Nakamura & So Among 960 Showdown Winners
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Shuffle Up and Mate: Kasparov Headlines Champions Showdown
The Champions Showdown (September 11-14), now underway is Saint Louis, is headlined by 13th World Champion Garry Kasparov, who came out of retirement… Read More »
Sadorra, Xiong & Wheeler Top Southwest Open; Hilby Earns GM Norm
Jeffery Xiong at the 2016 U.S. Championships.… Read More »
Yoo Wins CalChess State Champs, Hunts Third Norm
Christopher Yoo getting his prize check from… Read More »
Cover Stories with Chess Life Featuring Grandmaster Moradiabadi
2018 National Open Champ, GM Cristian Chirila… Read More »
Can You Calculate Like the 2018 Sinquefield Cup Co-champions?
Magnus Carlsen, Fabiano Caruana, and Levon Aronian, the winners of the first three Sinquefield Cups in 2013, 2014, and 2015 respectively, have tied… Read More »
Aronian, Caruana and Carlsen Share Sinquefield Cup Title
Fabiano Caruana, Photo Lennart Ootes In an unexpected finale to the 2018 Sinquefield Cup (August 17-28), Grandmasters Levon Aronian, Fabiano… Read More »
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