On Chess

When Americans hear of a “Big Three,” nostalgia might take their minds to competitors in the automotive industry or the early television networks. Fans of…

The opening is considered by many to be a sacred part of chess. Over the course of chess history, an enormous amount of theory has been developed covering…

The Georgian resort city of Batumi, located on the Black Sea near the Turkish border, will host the 43 Chess Olympiad. More than 1,600 players from 185…

Last year, the legendary Garry Kasparov made headlines when he came out of a 12-year retirement to compete in the St. Louis Rapid & Blitz as part of the…

Three players were crowned as winners of the sixth annual Sinquefield Cup in St. Louis. Normally, a playoff takes place to determine the sole winner of a…

Another week full of chess action has just finished, and we are fast approaching the end of the regular season of the 2018 Grand Chess Tour. This year,…

I am a chess commentator. That is a sentence I write with pride.For more than 20 years, I have been blessed with a front row seat watching the game’s…

The 2018 Grand Chess Tour arrive in to the United States for the second annual St. Louis Rapid and Blitz from Aug. 10-16, which will be the third leg of…

Inspired by the Grand Chess Tour, the FIDEC (Ivory Coast Chess Federation) teamed up with the Kasparov Chess Foundation (KCF) to bring out the best of…

After the first two rounds of this year's U.S. Junior Championship it was anything but clear who was in the lead. Defending champion, grandmaster Awonder…