US Champion Hikaru Nakamura almost won his first game in the London
Chess Classic against Ni Hua of China. He won the exchange after
outplaying his opponent but slipped in converting. See comments from Nakamura and Ni.
The World Cup final is set. Ruslan Ponomariov of Ukraine will face off against Boris Gelfand of Israel starting on December 10, Thursday. This match will be four games.
After being upset in round 1, IM Irina Krush won five games in a row to tie for first at the National Chess Congress in Philadelphia. Krush analyzes her key games and explains how she redeemed herself.
GM Joel Benjamin offers an in-depth analysis of his US Chess League semifinals game against GM Giorgi Kacheishvili of the New York Knights. Tomorrow, the Knights will face the Miami Sharks for the USCL Championship, at 7 PM EST on the ...
Our second installment of the US Chess Scoop videos from the National Chess Congress includes interviews with co-champ IM Bryan Smith, 16-year-old NM Kassa Korley, IM Jay Bonin and Dr. Alan Soble.
IM Sam Shankland writes and analzyes games from his autumn trip to Europe, where he searched for his third GM norm in Hungary and France, but came home empty-handed.
For the first time in over a decade, a FIDE World Championship is
heading to the United States. From March 19 - 25, 2010, the northern
shores of Chicago in Skokie, IL will host the FIDE World
Amateur Chess Championship.
This month's Chess Life for Kids features a problem series by Pete Tamburro "Win or Draw" topped off with a problem for readers to solve on their own for a chance to win Chess Endgame Quiz by Larry ...
Women's World Champion Alexandra Kosteniuk talked to CLO about the World Blitz Championship, where she scored wins over Polgar, Anand and Carlsen. Kosteniuk will be at the National K-12 Championships in Dallas, signing her new book and giving a simul.
In conjunction with the 2010 Denker Championship and Tournament of College Champions will be a new National event: The US Girls Junior Open. All three events will be held in Irvine, CA from July 31 to August 3.