5X5: Q & A with GM Maurice AshleyU.S. Chess Hall of Fame Inductee, chess author, a top-class chess presenter and globetrotter – a man who makes chess look extremely exciting both on screen and face to face! 1. What is the advantage of someone …

5X5: Q & A with GM Patrick WolffTwice US Champion and former second to World Champion Vishwanathan Anand 1.What is the advantage of someone starting to play chess at an early age? When is it best to start? And for those who might be late in …

By Dusan Krunic, American Chess MagazineSince it was founded in 2014, the Charlotte Chess Center & Scholastic Academy has regularly organized open and invitational norm-winning tournaments and is now recognized as one of the most active chess …

I think this is a question that most chessplayers wonder about, but it is quite complex since there is no miracle method that works for everyone. The truth is that different things work for different people and different ages. As a grandmaster an …

My favorite books of 2020In many ways, this year has been a year, unlike any other, the worldwide pandemic being the most significant when you look at it broadly. But for us chess fans, it has been a great year: the cancelation or postponement of …

The Legendary Serbian GM Borislav Ivkov Shares His Memories Of Bobby Fischer Elite Grandmaster and the first ever World Junior Chess Champion (1951), living legend Borislav Ivkov (85) played Bobby Fischer a total of ten times at classical ti …

Carsten Hansen is a FIDE Master and FIDE Trainer, residing in Bayonne, New Jersey. He has written twenty-eight books, mostly on chess opening, the recent of which is "The Full English Opening" (New In Chess 2018). His next book, "Daily Chess Tr …

Grandmaster Michael Rohde, a Brilliancy Prize winner at the 1986, 1987 and 1988 US Championships, US Open Champ in 1991 (and equal first in 2007), wrote a popular “Game of the Month” column in Chess Life from 1991-2001 and is author of Play t …