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U.S. Titles End Up in Familiar Hands
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Gata Kamsky and Irina Krush won the United States Championships in St. Louis, both of them for the third time in four years.
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Championship Drama, Months Early
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 The World Chess Federation announced that the title game in November will be in the hometown of the defending champion, Viswanathan Anand, and his challenger isn’t happy.
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Federation Agrees to Lead Effort Against Cheating
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The announcement came as the number of cheating accusations has mounted, including one at the Cork Congress Chess Open in Ireland the led to an altercation in a bathroom.
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Chess: Sport or Art Form?
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 The Alekhine Memorial tournament merges chess and art by holding games at both the Tuileries Garden in Paris and the Russian Museum in St. Petersburg.
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Tournament Seeks to Turn the Game Into an Art Form
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 The Alekhine Memorial tournament merges chess and art by holding games at both the Tuileries Garden in Paris and the Russian Museum in St. Petersburg.
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Robert Byrne, a Chess Grandmaster, Dies at 84
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Robert Byrne, an international grandmaster and United States chess champion who, as the chess columnist for The New York Times, analyzed top-flight matches from 1972 through 2006, the eras of Bobby Fischer and Garry Kasparov, died on Friday at his home in Ossining, N.Y. He was 84.
The cause was Parkinson’s disease, said Joyce Dopkeen, a friend.
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In Retirement, a Champion Is a Crusader for the Game
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 When he isn’t advocating for political change in Russia, Garry Kasparov is leading a campaign to include chess classes in schools around the world.
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Robert Byrne, Chess Grandmaster, Dies at 84
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 Mr. Byrne analyzed top-flight matches and wrote a chess column for The New York Times from 1972 to 2006.
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Brooklyn School Takes Title at the ‘Supernationals’
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Edward R. Murrow High School won its division in the scholastic championships last week, and Webster University of St. Louis was the Final Four of College Chess title winner.
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Shrewd Marketing Moves for Top-Ranked Chess Player
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 Chess has its superstars, but on a wider stage, there is no one like Magnus Carlsen, who uses his intelligence, looks and charm to increase his profile outside of the game, as if he were a tennis or golf star.
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No. 1 Player Gets a Chance to Pick Off the World Champ
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Magnus Carlsen eked out a victory in the Candidates Tournament to win the right to challenge Viswanathan Anand for the world championship.
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A Conversation With: Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand
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The chess legend on promoting chess for children across India to improve academic performance.
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9-Year-Old Breaks Record for Youngest U.S. Master
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Awonder Liang broke the record set in 2010 by Samuel Sevian of California, who was 10 days older when he achieved the master rank.
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Chess: Title Challengers’ Tournament Begins
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The World Chess Federation is using a tournament this year to choose a challenger to the world champion, Viswanathan Anand, and the players vying for that chance have had to adapt.
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Change in Title Format Forces Switch in Strategies
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The World Chess Federation is using a tournament this year to choose a challenger to the world champion, Viswanathan Anand, and the players vying for that chance have had to adapt.
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Ukraine Wins Women’s Event Skipped by Many Big Names
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The notable absence of some of chess’s elite players may have helped Ukraine grab the title at this year’s Women’s World Team Championship.
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Grandmaster Draws Persist, but So Do Fights to the End
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Intentional draws to maintain a share of the prize are a scourge of tournaments, but others must compete for first.
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In the Digital Age, More Prodigies?
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The onslaught of young grandmasters is the result of the development of strong chess computers that can be used for training as well as the creation of databases and the Internet.
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Princeton Team Wins Title at a Top Amateur Event
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The Princeton A team’s victory at the Amateur Team Championship hinged on a game that pitted Andrew Ng, a freshman, against a 10-year-old from New Jersey.
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Princeton Team Wins Title at a Top Amateur Event
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The Princeton A team’s victory at the Amateur Team Championship hinged on a game that pitted Andrew Ng, a freshman, against a 10-year-old from New Jersey.
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When Elite Tournaments Were Rare and Noteworthy
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Baden-Baden, Germany, played host to three of the most important tournaments in chess history in an era when it was difficult for the best players to face off against one another.
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The World’s No. 1 Player Breaks His Own Record
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 In winning the Tata Steel tournament, Magnus Carlsen increased his rating to 2,872 points, the highest in history and better than his previous record-setting number.
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Following the Money Trail for the World’s Best Players
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Viswanathan Anand, the world champion, is also the game’s best-paid player, according to a recent analysis by a fellow competitor.
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Meet the Champs
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 Our national high school chess champions are the unlikeliest bunch of middle schoolers. See what a little help can do for bright kids?
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Two of the World’s Best in a Game for the Ages
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 A match at a Netherlands tournament between Viswanathan Anand and Levon Aronian might have been on par with some of the best games in history.
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A Victory Made Possible by a Blindfolded Warm-Up
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 Timur Gareev said his experience playing blindfolded against 27 opponents at once helped him win the North American Open with his eyes wide open.
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All-Season Play for a Chess Crew in Harlem
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 Chess players who frequent a park in warm weather move inside to the St. Nicholas Chess and Backgammon Club in Harlem when it is cold.
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A Quandary for the Game in a High-Tech Era
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 A better-than-expected finish at a tournament last month has chess experts questioning how they can better monitor players’ performance.
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Colleges Fight for Title With Talent-Filled Rosters
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 The Pan American Intercollegiate Team Chess Championship ended in a five-way tie.
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