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The newest episode of Ladies Knight features host Jennifer Shahade in conversation with our new U.S. Women's Open Champion, Megan Lee. Jennifer...
Aleksandra Goryachkina, Winner of the 2019 Women's Candidates (photo FIDE) Aleksandra Goryachkina is the clear winner of the 2019 Women’s Candidates…
Results are in at the National Open (June 11-16), the Main Event at the Las Vegas International Chess Festival. GM Illia Nyzhnyk defeated Timur...
Magnus Carlsen has won the 2019 Altibox Norway Chess Tournament with one round and three tournament points to spare. Yu Yangyi and Levon Aronian...
Having read Alexander Baburin’s outstanding (and sadly out of print) Winning Pawn Structues, and believing that the IQP is fundamental for chess...
Megan Lee, a 22-year-old designer & inventor based in the Seattle area, won the U.S. Women's Open with 4.5/5. Megan defeated the 2018 champion in… Read More »
Life in the Internet age is both a blessing and a curse for chess fans. On the plus side, there is an utter avalanche of top-level tournaments taking…
Two rest days. Two tournament leaders. Two very different stories. Standings after Rd 6 (courtesy Mark Crowther / TWIC) Magnus Carlsen leads the 2019…
The Las Vegas International Chess Festival kicks off on Tuesday, June 11 with the U.S. Women's Open, a five round Swiss that will crown a National...
Welcome to the June 2019 edition of “One Move at a Time,” the US Chess podcast in which we talk to people who are advancing the US Chess mission...

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