Cover Stories with Chess Life #48: GM Elshan Moradiabadi
Today’s guest on “Cover Stories with Chess Life” is a returning guest. He’s the man with the fancy hat: Grandmaster Elshan Moradiabadi.
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FM Woodward Earns First GM Norm at 1000 GMs Hollywood Masters
Just a short ride away from pristine beaches, Hollywood, and all the overpriced health food you could want, 78 players squared off from October 26-30 for the 1000 GMs Hollywood Masters. As actors prepared for their roles and yoga studios opened their d…
US Chess Welcomes New Member Services Associate
US Chess is pleased to welcome Joshua Lawson to its team as a new Member Services Associate.
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Joshua has been an active tourna…
Meltwater Champions Tour Finals – Live
The Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Finals is a seven-day long all-play-all round robin in San Francisco starting on November 14 and concluding on November 20. Eight elite chess stars take part in the third and final major of the tour, including Magnus …
The Big 5
In the previous post, I shared the 3 reasons why average players only improve under 100 points a year. Quick recap… Time, Consistency, and the Method (or lack of it). And if you don’t wish to spend 5 years going from 1500 to 2000 (seriously, who does?)… this is for you. IM David Fitzsimons has […]
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FIDE Book of the Year!
Congratulations to Jan Markos and David Navara for winning the FIDE Award for the best book published in 2021! The Secret Ingredient impressed the jury of three respected Grandmasters: Antoaneta Stefanova, Thomas Luther, and Boris Gelfand. You can read…
Dai Changren and Tan Zhongyi win Chinese Championships
Dai Changren and Tan Zhongyi (pictured) are the new champions of China. The 2022 Chinese Championships took place in Xinghua, Jiangsu province, on November 2-11. Both tournaments, open and women’s, were 12-player round robins with classical time contro…
Esta tarde dará comienzo Comienza la final del Meltwater Champions Chess Tour 2022
Una temporada llena de dramatismo ahora está desembocando en el noveno y último torneo del galardonado Meltwater Champions Chess Tour. El torneo final se disputará por sistema de liga, a siete rondas. El primer día de juego es hoy, lunes 14 de noviembr…
Magnus Carlsen vs. Wesley So in San Francisco
Tour Winner Magnus Carlsen will take on Global Chess Champion Wesley So as the final event of the 2022 Meltwater Champions Chess Tour begins in San Francisco today. We’ll also have Duda vs. Arjun Erigaisi, Praggnanandhaa vs. Mamedyarov and Le vs. Giri …
Chess on a houseboat in Kerala
Anil Kumar and IM V. Saravanan invite you to the Houseboat Chess Tournament in Kerala, which will take place in January for the second time after 2020 in the fairytale backwaters of the Indian province and will be played partly on a houseboat. Registra…
Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Finals 2022 – Games and Results
UncategorizedThe Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Finals took place 14th to 20th November 2022. The event was played on the Chess24 platform but half the players will be based at the Ferry Building in San Francisco, the city where Meltwater is based. Carlsen had alr…