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GM Gregory Kaidanov won clear first at the Eastern Open in Washington, DC. The full report includes his win against GM Ivanov, which featured a rare move in the Nimzo-Indian.
The University of Texas at Dallas repeated as Pan Am Champs from December 27-30. UMBC, Texas Tech and NYU took the remaining three spots to the Final Four of College Chess. Dr. WIM Alexey Root gives the full story...
The Schein - Friedman Scholastic Recognition Project is glad to announce its fourth year scholarship recipients: World Youth gold medallist Awonder Liang, National Master Sarah Chiang & 10-year-old expert Ruifeng Li.
Kostya Kavutskiy reports from the North American Open in Las Vegas. Participating Grandmasters include Vallejo Pons of Spain, Ivan Sokolov of the Netherlands and US GMs Akobian, Friedel and Shabalov.
The Pan-American Championships, which began on December 27 in Dallas, features a star-studded field of Grandmasters. Dr. Alexey Root reports from the scene.
A minimal is
defined as a chess problem where one side has only one piece, often against a large
army on the other side. Dr. Dowd shows examples from each piece, including the "Immortal Problem."
IM Greg Shahade, who celebrated his birthday on December 22nd, explains why he doesn't want you to wish "good luck on earning a norm" for any special occasion.
GM Alexander Onischuk took clear first at the University of Texas at Dallas Invitational (Dec 10-15) while IM Conrad Holt's late-tournament surge earned him his second GM norm.
Exciting changes are in store for USCF membership starting in 2012. The most prominent is a new "3-month" membership. As of January 1, 2012 membership rates will also change. In these last couple weeks of December, take your last chance to renew at the 2011 rates.
