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A Look Back, A Look Way Back, and What’s Next?
Professional chess is still ongoing, but most of the absolute elite has a few days off after the festivities in St. Louis before The Next Big Thing—see below. That gives us time to catch our breath, process what we’ve experienced, and learn...
Grand Chess Tour Finals, Day 6 - The End
The month-long gauntlet has finally come to an end. First the St. Louis Rapid & Blitz, then the Sinquefield Cup, and (at last) the Grand Chess Tour Finals. The first two events led to the last one for the four top finishers in the overall G...
Grand Chess Tour Finals, Day 5/Final Match Day 2
Fabiano Caruana maintained his six-point lead in his match with Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu in the championship match of the 2026 Grand Chess Tour Finals, but it wasn’t easy. Pragg bounced back well from yesterday’s loss and kept the pressure...
Grand Chess Tour Finals, Day 4/Final Match Day 1
The same four players are involved in the final matches as in the semis, but the pairings are different. Semifinal winners Fabiano Caruana and Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu are fighting it out to see who will be the 2026 Grand Chess Tour champi...
Grand Chess Tour Finals, Day 3
Two trends, or maybe three trends, continued on day 3 of the semis of the Grand Chess Tour Finals. One trend was negative: Wesley So’s winless streak, already at 12 games, is now 18 games long. The first nine games in that streak let him oo...
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FIDE Master and USCF Master, National Championship-winning coach, a trained philosopher, and a Christian. (Not in that order.)
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