GM Michael Rohde
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GM Michael Rohde picks out some special games from the first national event of the season. Read More »
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GM Alex Fishbein wins the 2020 Senior. Evan Park and Jason Liang share first in the Barber. Alex Zhang takes top honors in the Rockefeller. Read More…
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The 54th Annual Greater New York Scholastic Chess Championships were held February 1-2 at the Marriott in downtown Brooklyn. The New York State… Read More »
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In this supplement to David Hater's excellent article on the National Junior High Championship, I present two games from that event.
I was… Read More »
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For several months before the 13th Annual Open at Foxwoods, held April 17-21 at Foxwoods Casino in Mashantucket, Connecticut, chatter had been… Read More »
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When Winston Wang and Frank Prestia, Sr. bumped into each other at the Parkway Hotel in St. Louis, they were both startled, but they both realized… Read More »
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Eighteen-year-old Lev Paciorkowski, whose formative chess years were spent playing at the Rochester Chess Center and in the Rochester Interscholastic… Read More »
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With so many strong players in attendance, who would emerge as the player(s) best able to concentrate, or most adept at taking calculated risks at… Read More »
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John Burke (left) at the 2017 Match of the Millennials. Photo: Lennart Ootes
Now in its 7th year in Greensboro, North Carolina, the US… Read More »
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The inaugural National Senior Tournament of Champions kicked off on July 28 in Madison, Wisconsin at the U.S. Open, along with the Denker High School… Read More »