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By Jamaal Abdul-Alim
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December 31, 2011 |
 GM Gregory Kaidanov won clear first at the Eastern Open in Washington, DC. The full report includes his win against GM Ivanov, which featured a rare move in the Nimzo-Indian.
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By Dr. WIM Alexey Root
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December 30, 2011 |
 The University of Texas at Dallas repeated as Pan Am Champs from December 27-30. UMBC, Texas Tech and NYU took the remaining three spots to the Final Four of College Chess. Dr. WIM Alexey Root gives the full story...
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By Mark Schein and Aviv Friedman
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December 30, 2011 |
 The Schein - Friedman Scholastic Recognition Project is glad to announce its fourth year scholarship recipients: World Youth gold medallist Awonder Liang, National Master Sarah Chiang & 10-year-old expert Ruifeng Li.
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By Kostya Kavutskiy
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December 28, 2011 |
 Kostya Kavutskiy reports from the North American Open in Las Vegas. Participating Grandmasters include Vallejo Pons of Spain, Ivan Sokolov of the Netherlands and US GMs Akobian, Friedel and Shabalov.
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By Dr. WIM Alexey Root
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December 28, 2011 |
 The Pan-American Championships, which began on December 27 in Dallas, features a star-studded field of Grandmasters. Dr. Alexey Root reports from the scene.
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By Dr. Steven Dowd
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December 26, 2011 |
 A minimal is
defined as a chess problem where one side has only one piece, often against a large
army on the other side. Dr. Dowd shows examples from each piece, including the "Immortal Problem."
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By IM Greg Shahade
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December 24, 2011 |
 IM Greg Shahade, who celebrated his birthday on December 22nd, explains why he doesn't want you to wish "good luck on earning a norm" for any special occasion.
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By Jennifer Shahade
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December 21, 2011 |
Jennifer Shahade unveils the first episode of the Xtreme Chess
Championships on her CLO blog. She also wishes readers a happy holiday
season and calls for nominations for Best of CLO 2011.
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By James Stallings
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December 20, 2011 |
 GM Alexander Onischuk took clear first at the University of Texas at Dallas Invitational (Dec 10-15) while IM Conrad Holt's late-tournament surge earned him his second GM norm.
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By USCF
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December 20, 2011 |
 Exciting changes are in store for USCF membership starting in 2012. The most prominent is a new "3-month" membership. As of January 1, 2012 membership rates will also change. In these last couple weeks of December, take your last chance to renew at the 2011 rates.
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By James Stallings
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December 19, 2011 |
 GM Cristian Chirila and GM Alexander Onischuk lead the University of Texas at Dallas Invitational after six rounds.
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By Kostya Kavutskiy
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December 16, 2011 |
 Kostya Kavutskiy describes his journey from easily gaining rating points to plateau to a post Western States Open peak of 2366. He also shows his win over GM Alexander Ivanov, where he was able to overcome his fear of complex positions.
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By Lurene Cunningham
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December 15, 2011 |
 Konrad Cunningham (1987-2011), a chessplayer and a member of the US Air Forces inspired The Konrad Cunningham Foundation. The foundation aims to spread his spirit, which attracted hundreds to his funeral and his love of chess, which he instilled to students by volunteering at the Woodlawn Library.
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By CLO
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December 15, 2011 |
 Rex Sinquefield, the founder of the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis with Jeanne Sinquefield, will be inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame on Sunday, January 29 in Springfield, MO.
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By Macauley Peterson
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December 15, 2011 |
 Macauley Peterson reports on Hikaru Nakamura's excellent second place finish at the London Chess Classic and the status of his training work with Garry Kasparov.
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By Jim Eade
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December 14, 2011 |
Art Wang, a chess master when chess masters were few and far between, died on Monday, December 12, 2011. Jim Eade of the US Chess Trust writes about his fellow Californian.
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