“This will be the strongest chess tournament in Nebraska history,” FM Rod Malpert declared at the May 30 banquet honoring the 2024 inductees to the… Read More »
Annotated Games
Former US Champion Sam Shankland Becomes 2025 American Continental ChampionFOZ DO IGUAÇU, BRAZIL—The FIDE Americas Tournament Committee seems to have… Read More »
This issue's theme is unusual openings. Sometimes these are also referred to as irregular openings. If you ever play a game using Fritz, and enable… Read More »
Editor’s note: Since becoming Digital Editor for Chess Life Online, I have dreamt of publishing more regular wrap-ups of the sorts of events that are… Read More »
DreamHack is where the gaming world comes to life. It’s a festival of play, competition, and community all under one roof. DreamHack added its first… Read More »
Editor's note: WGM Sabina Foisor's annotations of IM-Elect and eventual K-12 Co-Champion Tani Adewumi's wild Sicilian against fellow New Yorker Aiden… Read More »
If any information is inaccurate, any names are misspelled or standings are incorrect, please email Click here to show email address with corrections… Read More »
Editor’s note: This report will be updated shortly with photography. But round 6 is already underway, so it makes sense to get the results and… Read More »
Editor’s note: This report will be updated with more games and photography throughout the day.If any information is inaccurate, any names are… Read More »
Grenke Festival: Jacobson Shares First in Open A, Paragua Qualifies for FM, Carlsen Sweeps Freestyle
The Grenke Chess Festival — held April 17 through 21 in Karlsruhe, Germany — saw top grandmasters compete alongside amateurs in a unique mixture of… Read More »