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The Way We Were
The 2026 FIDE Candidates Tournament is an event a true chess aficionado can only dream about. Exciting chess, a tour de force by GM Javokhir Sindarov, and unprecedented online coverage. And yet, as I watch some...
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Making Laid-Back Content Out Of Fierce Chess Skills
WIM Anna Kantane, known on Twitch and YouTube as KantannaChess always balances her enthusiastic streaming with an active playing career and motherhood. Anna has been streaming and creating content for 2.5 years,...
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Always Play Rf6!
GM Ben Finegold is well known for his chess rules to live by, most famously, "never play f6." A black pawn almost never belongs on f6. It's dangerous for the black king and makes it hard to move other pieces on...
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Duda Sets Up Rematch Vs. Carlsen In Grand Final
GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda will have a rematch with GM Magnus Carlsen in the Grand Final of the 2026 Chess.com Open Playoffs. On Saturday, the Polish star won the Losers Final 1.5-0.5 with the black pieces in a sharp...
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Tabatabaei, Martirosyan, Bortnyk Win Wild Week Of 3 0 Thursdays
GMs Amin Tabatabaei, Haik Martirosyan, and Oleksandr Bortnyk won 3 0 Thursday tournaments on April 23. No one had a smooth run to the title as GM Jose Martinez, one of the top Thursday performers this year, made...
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'Chess' Hits Spotify As Broadway Star Aaron Tveit Says He Plays "Lots of Chess.com!"
The 2025 Broadway Cast Recording of Chess, the cult-favorite musical set against a Cold War-era world championship match, has officially dropped on Spotify and other streaming platforms. The show returned...
