Annotated Games

Editor's note: This recap of the KCF All-Girls National Chess Championship was authored by Ella Guo, a junior at The Harker School in California. CLO… Read More »

Webster University Makes History With Seventh President's CupThe 2025 President’s Cup, hosted by The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD), featured… Read More »

What to Watch For: Practical Decision-Making in Games 3 and 4After the challenger, GM Tan Zhongyi, took an early lead in the FIDE Women’s World Chess… Read More »

Three Storylines to Watch From ShanghaiGM Tan Zhongyi leads four-time defending champion GM Ju Wenjun 1½–½ in Shanghai after two rounds of the 2025… Read More »

Several players came up just short of a norm at NYC Chess Norms' 2025 Spring Invitational, but there was still plenty of inventive, enterprising… Read More »

This issue is dedicated to the memory of Robert Jacobs. Mr. Jacobs, winner of the first Absolute Chess tournament in 1976, passed away on January… Read More »

The annual American Cup Blitz has become an annual tradition following the American Cup's conception in 2022. The American Cup features 16 players in… Read More »

After all the time scrambles and playoffs were over, two frontrunners emerged victorious in the 2025 American Cup. IM Alice Lee repeated last year’s… Read More »

Heading into the final weekend of the 2025 American Cup, GM Hikaru Nakamura and IM Alice Lee have each advanced to the Grand Final by winning their… Read More »

Editor’s note: Today, we continue our reporting on the American Cup with more annotated games and highlights from GM Luka Budisavljevic.… Read More »