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      SparkChess is a game of chess that everyone can enjoy!

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      Author: Armand Niculescu
      Support: Liviu Niculescu

      Some annotated historical games courtesy of Jan van Reek

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          Alexey Root and Anjelina Belakovskaia

          U.S. Senior Women’s Championship

          The first ever U.S. Senior Women’s Championship, an invitational for women 50 and older, was held November 3–5, 2023, at the Berkeley Chess School. The Eade Foundation was its sponsor, with help from US Chess. More 🡢

          Teimour Radjabov vs Vladimir Fedoseev

          Chess Endgames: Pawn Principles

          Chess endgames with passed pawns have many principles. A previous article explained the opposition. In this article, a game between two top grandmasters demonstrates two other principles: passed pawns must be pushed and the square of the pawn. More 🡢

          Susan Polgar

          Chess Grandmaster Susan Polgar’s Error

          Grandmaster (GM) Susan Polgar was inducted into the U.S. Chess Hall of Fame in 2019. Along with GM Lajos Portisch and GM Bent Larsen, Susan Polgar is scheduled to be inducted into the World Chess Hall of Fame on November 13, 2023. There is an error in her biography, which is repeated by each Chess Hall of Fame. The error involves women chess players’ participation in college chess. More 🡢

          Jennifer Shahade

          Jennifer Shahade: Underestimating Girls Who Play Chess

          Jennifer Shahade, a two-time U.S. Women’s Chess Champion, is one of the authors on a New York University study about parents and mentors underestimating girls who play chess. Earlier in Shahade’s career, Shahade asked girls easier chess questions than boys. More 🡢

          Karsten Müller - Attack

          Attacking in Chess: Rules of Thumb

          Grandmaster Karsten Müller is the author of Attack: Rules of thumb for practice. His first rule of thumb is “All pieces should participate in the attack.” Bringing pieces to join in a chess attack can be creative and fun. More 🡢

          Barbie dream house chess game

          Barbie: Chess by the Pool

          As of August 23, the film Barbie became the highest-grossing movie of 2023 with $1.3 billion internationally. Its opening montage features two Barbies playing chess by the pool. The film’s themes of female empowerment and patriarchy resonate in the world of chess. More 🡢

          Hikaru Nakamura

          World Cup 2023: Are the favorites winning?

          The FIDE World Cup 2023 takes place from July 29 to August 25, 2023, in Baku, Azerbaijan. In the Open section, 206 players were eligible to take part and 103 were invited to the Women’s section. More 🡢

          Andrew Tang, US Chess Open

          College chess clashes at U.S. Open

          The 2023 U.S. Open ran from July 29 to August 6 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. It offered nine-day, six-day, and four-day schedules, which merged in round 7. Two University of Texas at Dallas (UT Dallas) students, Grandmasters David Brodsky and Rahul Srivatshav Peddi, participated. More 🡢