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By GM Ian Rogers
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March 3, 2008 |
 In GM Ian Rogers' second blog from Linares, he reports on rest day spectacles and the comeback of the draw. Anand still leads by a point with 3 rounds to go.
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By IM Bryan Smith
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March 3, 2008 |
 At the Millennium Open (Virginia Beach, March 1-2), CLO columnist GM Joel Benjamin took first place. IM Bryan Smith's report includes Joel's win over Ray Kaufman, driving tips and a photo gallery.
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By Jennifer Shahade
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March 2, 2008 |
 Anand is still leading Linares-Morelia with 6.5/10, but Magnus Carlsen's ninth round win over Shirov leaves him just half a point behind. Carlsen and Anand's tenth round face-off was a relatively bloodless draw.
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By GM Ian Rogers
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February 28, 2008 |
 GM Ian Rogers reports live from a bloody day of chess: the first round of the Spanish leg of Linares-Morelia. Anand increased his lead with a win over Shirov while Aronian and Carlsen also scored.
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By Jennifer Shahade
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February 28, 2008 |
 After 4 rounds of the College Chess League (Jan- Mar), University of Texas at Dallas's "A" and "B" teams lead. The ICC based league is a great warm-up for the Final Four of College Chess, scheduled for UMBC (Apr. 5-6)
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By Jennifer Shahade
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February 27, 2008 |
 Jennifer reacts to Gary Kevin Ware's 64 square problem tour. She also examines a recent study about women in chess, and writes about a new project, 9queens and the USCL Game of the Year competition.
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By Macauley Peterson
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February 26, 2008 |
 In an on-scene dispatch from Morelia, Macauley Peterson discusses the bloody first half of Morelia-Linares with Carlsen, Anand and Topalov. He also reveals Leko's reading material and Shirov's sixth round pains.
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By Jennifer Shahade
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February 25, 2008 |
 The Mexican half of Morelia-Linares ended with Anand leading by half a point with 4.5/7. Read Greg Shahade's halfway thoughts and look for more reports by Ian Rogers and Macauley Peterson as the event moves to Spain.
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By Gary Kevin Ware
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February 23, 2008 |
 Inspired by Bart Gibbon's "64 Square Tour", new CLO contributor Gary Kevin Ware selected 64 composed problems, one for each square. To the left is his choice for c1, a mate in three composed by Loveday.
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By GM Joel Benjamin
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February 22, 2008 |
 Joel Benjamin responds to a question on Frank Marshall's least enduring
namesake opening , 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nf6, the Marshall Defense. Ask GM Joel a
question at askgmjoel@uschess.org.
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By Abby Marshall
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February 21, 2008 |
 In her second U.S. Amateur Team East (Parsippany, NJ, Feb. 16-18) dispatch, Abby Marshall blogs on beating Nakamura in bug, 1.e4 a5, and mistaken identity.
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By J.Shahade/M.Peterson
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February 21, 2008 |
 After five rounds of Morelia-Linares action, Vishy Anand leads with 3.5/5. Read about tough times for Ivanchuk and Topalov and see ICC video guru Macauley Peterson's free day photos.
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By Jennifer Shahade
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February 20, 2008 |
 "GGGg", with GMs Zviad Izoria, Eugene Perelshteyn, Roman Dzindzichashvili plus 5-year-old Stephen Fanning, won the U.S. Amateur Team East (Parsippany, NJ, Feb.16-18) with a 6-0 score.
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By Alex Betaneli
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February 19, 2008 |
 The "WI Chess Academy's Surprise" (Alex Betaneli, Ashish Vaja, Erik Santarius, Trevor Magness) won the U.S. Amateur Team North (Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Feb 17-18.)
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By J.Hillery/J.Shahade
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February 19, 2008 |
 The Arizona team, "We Have Cox" (Robby Adamson, Landon Brownell, Jonathan Cox and Benjamin Marmont) won the U.S. Amateur Team West (Los Angeles, Feb. 16-18) with a perfect 6-0 record.
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By Harvey Lerman
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February 19, 2008 |
 "The Foreclosure Doctors LLC 305.300.2055" (Bruci Lopez, Jeffrey Haskel, Javier Gonzales, and Gilberto Luna[Captain]) won the U.S. Amateur Team South. Pictured here are Lopez and Haskel.
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