In the News

Featured Story

2024 HBCU Group Photo 1500 x 800

The 2024 HBCU Chess Classic: A Year for Re-Invention

The inaugural 2023 HBCU Chess Classic, held last year on the historic Morris Brown College campus, was admittedly a tough act to follow. The...
Gukesh

Gukesh, Tan Win FIDE Candidates Tournaments on Dramatic Final Day

For the better part of Sunday's last-round games in Toronto, at least one of the 2024 FIDE Candidates events appeared headed to a playoff match...
DL

Dan Lucas Inducted into Georgia Hall of Fame

On Saturday April 20, 2024, Senior Director of Strategic Communication Dan Lucas was inducted into the Georgia Chess Association Hall of Fame. The...
Gukesh, Round 13, 2024 Candidates

Gukesh Takes a Late Lead, while Tan is Almost Home at 2024 Candidates

The penultimate round of the 2024 FIDE Candidates’ Tournament and Women’s Candidate Tournament took two divergent paths on Saturday in Toronto. In… Read More »
Salimova Tan

Stressful Games, No Safe Leads as Candidates 2024 Enters Final Weekend

“Only” half of the eight games played during Thursday’s 12th round of the 2024 FIDE Candidates and Women’s Candidates tournaments ended in decisive...
Nepo 15x8

Candidates 2024: Six Decisive Games in 11th Round Set Up Thrilling Home Stretch

Action is heating up in Toronto as we are reaching the final stretch of the tournament. The 11th round featured three decisive games (out of four) in…
Wednesday Workout

Wednesday Workout: Niemann's Highlights from Grenke Open

American GM Hans Niemann took clear first in the 2024 Grenke Open with a phenomenal 8/9 score. This week's Workout highlights a few key moments (and…
Tactics Tuesday

Tactics Tuesday: Attacking in the Exchange French, Pt. 2

This week's Tactics Tuesday continues the Chess Life Kids Opening Project as we take a look at even more tactical themes in the French Exchange...
Naka

Candidates Round 10: The Americans are Back, and China Surges Ahead in Women's Event

OPEN It was a great day for American chess fans as both GM Hikaru Nakamura and GM Fabiano Caruana won their games. Nakamura obtained a comfortable...
logo

Flash Report: 19th Annual KCF All-Girls National Championship

Update, April 16, 2024: This report has been updated with photos of the individual and team champions from each section. All photos courtesy DeShaun…

Categories

Accessibility »
Administration »
Annotated Games »
Awards »
Best of US Chess »
Bios »
Books »
Candidates »
Chess Life Kids Online »
Chess Life Magazine »
Chess Underground »
Clubs »
College »
Correspondence »
Cover Stories »
Development »
Education »
FIDE »
FIDE Olympiad »
History »
ICYMI »
Instruction »
International Events »
International Youth Events »
Interviews »
Kids »
Ladies Knight »
Membership »
National Events »
News »
Obituary »
One Move At A Time »
Online Events »
Podcast »
Posts Tagged with "Women" »
Problems & Puzzles »
Ratings »
Request for Proposals (RFP) »
Reviews »
Rules »
Scholastics »
Seniors »
Slideshows »
Super Grandmaster Chess »
Tactics Tuesday »
Theory »
Throwback »
Top American Players »
Tournaments »
US Chess Press »
US Open »
Video »
Women's Bios »
Workout »
World Championship »

Archives