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Five Americans Remain in World Cup After Two Rounds

After six days, two rounds, and countless upsets at the 2025 FIDE World Cup (read our preview, which…

Round 8: Lee, Aronian Make Moves on Difficult Day

It was very difficult for me to write today’s report. Like all in the chess community, I am deeply shaken by the tragic death of one of the sport’s...

Tactics Tuesday: Variations From the 2025 U.S. Championships, Pt. 1

This week's puzzles all come from the ongoing 2025 U.S. Championship and Women's Championship. Every day, a rotating cast of annotators are covering…

GM Daniel Naroditsky (1995-2025)

Update, Oct. 24, 2025: Naroditsky was a Chess Life columnist from June 2014 through March 2020. All of his columns can be downloaded here in a single…

U.S. Championships: Action Heats Up in Ultra-Decisive Round 7

Sunday saw eight decisive games in St. Louis, with players fighting for the win in contrasting fashions. While some players threw caution to the wind…

Introducing MUIR: Member Uploads, Information, and Reporting

US Chess Prepares to Launch New Membership Database and MUIR System Update, 10/31/2025: This article has been updated to remove links to the beta...

U.S. Championships Round 6: So Survives Forced Mate; New Co-leader in Women’s

The leaders all drew in the Open Section of Saturday’s Round 6 at the U.S. Championships, but one of the split points came after the reigning… Read More »

Shared Leaders in Both Sections After Round 5 at the U.S. Championships

After the rest day, players came recharged — and Round 5 of the 2025 U.S. and U.S. Women’s Chess Championships brought no shortage of drama and...

U.S. Championships Round 4: So maintains Open lead; Sargsyan moves into clear 1st in Women’s

In Round 4 of the U.S. Championship and U.S. Women’s Championship, we were treated to several piece sacrifices, an uncharacteristically open… Read More »

Wednesday Workout: 2025 FIDE World Cadet Championships, Pt. 2

This week's puzzles continue our series on the 2025 FIDE World Cadet Championships, which concluded last Tuesday in Almaty, Kazakhstan ( flash report…

Round 3: Women Bring Fire to Board, Wesley So Takes Lead

Round 3 saw great attacking games in both the U.S. Championship and the U.S. Women’s Championship. U.S. Women’s Championship The women gave us… Read More »

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