Tatev Abrahamyan    Only half of the eight games played during Thursday’s th round of the FIDE Candidates and Women’s Candidates tournaments ended in decisive games down from six on Wednesday , serving to illustrate just how high the baseline for drama and suspense has risen over the course of the last...

GM Eugene Perelshteyn    Image Image Caption courtesy Michal Walusza FIDE Action is heating up in Toronto as we are reaching the final stretch of the tournament. The th round featured three decisive games out of four in each section, all of which were reflective of the pressure that everyone is...

GM Eugene Perelshteyn    American GM Hans Niemann took clear first in the Grenke Open with a phenomenal score. This week’s Workout highlights a few key moments and variations from his characteristically sharp games. Image Download our printable worksheet or solve along with our interactive study.

GM Eugene Perelshteyn    This week’s Tactics Tuesday continues the Chess Life Kids Opening Project as we take a look at even more tactical themes in the French Exchange variation. Image Download our printable worksheet or solve along with our interactive study.

IM Robert Shlyakhtenko    OPEN It was a great day for American chess fans as both GM Hikaru Nakamura and GM Fabiano Caruana won their games. Nakamura obtained a comfortable position as White against GM Nijat Abasov. At first, it seemed like he was cruising to victory. What began as a dominant game for Nakamura turned...

US Chess    Update, April , : This report has been updated with photos of the individual and team champions from each section. All photos courtesy DeShaun Adams. Update, April , : This report has been updated with five annotated games from the top sections. Thanks to Josh Flores for transcribing...

   Today we saw only two decisive games total, with one in each section. Still, the results we got still impacted the leaderboards substantially Round begins today at : p.m. CDT, with a rest day tomorrow. OPEN GM Hikaru Nakamura came out swinging with an aggressive ... g g setup against GM...

   OPEN The second half of the FIDE Candidates Tournament started with a bang In the American derby, GM Hikaru Nakamura won an important game versus his countryman, GM Fabiano Caruana. Image Image Caption Photo courtesy Maria Emelianova Chess.com Fabi obtained...

   The players have finally reached the halfway point of the event. After today’s rest day, round eight resumes tomorrow at : p.m. CDT, with the players picking up the second leg of the Double Round Robin event. All players will play each other in the same order, with colors reversed. Image ...

   The Continental Senior Chess Championships will be held from May through May , at the Hotel Habana Libre in Havana, Cuba. The event, organized by the Chess Confederation of the Americas and the Cuban Chess Federation is open to all American continent chess federation players. Players...