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Wednesday Workout: FIDE World Cadets & Youth Rapid & Blitz

This week's puzzles come from the recently concluded FIDE World Cadets & Youth…

GM Anish Giri in Round 9 of the FIDE Candidates Tournament

Giri wins Candidates Round 9, Joins Caruana, MVL in second place knot

The Dutch super-GM scored the only full point of the day and rejoins a pack of players chasing leader GM Ian Nepomniatchtchi in Yekaterinburg, Russia.

Aagaard on the Candidates - Round 8

For the eight installment of his “Candidates Game of the Day” series, GM Jacob Aagaard has analyzed GM Fabiano Caruana's smashing victory over GM...

Fabiano Caruana in the eighth round of the FIDE Candidates Tournament

Worth the Wait in Gold: Caruana Wins in Candidates Restart

World No. 2 Fabiano Caruana turned 13 months of preparation into one of the best games of the year, taking down co-leader Maxime Vachier Lagrave in...

Ben Johnson, host of the Perpetual Chess Podcast

Picking the Candidates, Again -- With Ben Johnson!

The Perpetual Chess Podcast host handicaps the Candidates Tournament and gives the players' odds as the next challenger to World Champion Magnus...

US Chess Seeks Part-Time or Contract Chief Financial Officer (CFO)

US Chess is seeking a part-time or contract CFO with experience as a Director of Finance or CFO in a nonprofit organization of similar or larger size…

Unprecedented Candidates Tournament to Reboot Monday

Postponed since March 2020, the event that determines the next challenger to World Champion Magnus Carlsen will resume Monday in Yekaterinburg,… Read More »

IA Ken Ballou (1961-2021)

US Chess has learned that IA Ken Ballou has died. Ballou, a life member of US Chess, directed 291 tournaments according to his records, with a total…

Challengers Chess Tour - Kramnik vs. Polgar

Liang, Yoo Finish Top 8 in First Challengers Tour Event

The American junior stars were solid in the Polgar Challenge, the first event of the $100,000 series showcasing the world's next generation of talent.