Elliot Neff
Elliot Neff is a U.S. National Master, author, coach, and founder of Chess4Life. A USCF Level V coach, he wrote A Pawn’s Journey and has focused much of his work on teaching children life skills through chess.
Recent Articles
- The Chess World of Ben Mezrich
- Should Chess International Master Rose Atwell Attend College?
- A Manly Move! Sexist Chess Annotations
- 2026 Caveman Chess Festival: Guaranteed Prizes in Chicago
- Overlooking Chess’s Past While Chronicling Its Present
- Chess in Georgia and Washington (May 2026)
- 2026 President’s Cup and Women’s President’s Cup: College Chess Championships
- Chess and Poker: Jennifer Shahade Returns to US Chess
Chess Players
Aaron Nimzowitsch Adolf Anderssen Aleksandar Indjic Aleksandra Goryachkina Alexander Alekhine Alexander Khalifman Alexander Kotov Alexander Shabalov Alexandra Botez Alexandra Kosteniuk Alexey Root Alice Lee Alireza Firouzja Almira Skripchenko Anatoly Karpov Anish Giri Anjelina Belakovskaia Anna Muzychuk Anna Ushenina Anna Zatonskih Antoaneta Stefanova Awonder Liang Bernhard Horwitz Bobby Fischer Boris Spassky Carissa Yip Darwin Yang David Brodsky Diane Savereide Ding Liren Doug Root Emanuel Lasker Eva Aronson Fabiano Caruana Frank Marshall Garry Kasparov Gata Kamsky Georg Marco Gisela Gresser Gukesh Dommaraju Hans Niemann Hikaru Nakamura Hou Yifan Howard Staunton Ian Nepomniachtchi Ilya Rabinovich Irina Krush Irina Levitina Jaan Ehlvest Jan-Krzysztof Duda Jan Timman Jennifer Shahade Jesse Kraai Johannes Zukertort John Bartholomew John Emms John Nunn Joseph Blackburn Joseph Blackburne Jose Raul Capablanca Judit Polgar Julio Sadorra Ju Wenjun Levon Aronian Magnus Carlsen Maia Chiburdanidze Mariya Muzychuk Maurice Ashley Max Euwe Maxim Dlugy Mikhail Tal Nana Dzagnidze Nazi Paikidze Nick de Firmian Nigel Short Nodirbek Abdusattorov Nona Gaprindashvili Pal Benko Paul Keres Paul Morphy Raymond Keene Siegbert Tarrasch Susan Polgar Tigran V. Petrosian Valentina Gunina Vasily Smyslov Vassily Ivanchuk Vera Menchik Veselin Topalov Viktor Korchnoi Vincent Keymer Viswanathan Anand Vladimir Kramnik Walter Browne Wei Yi Wesley So Wilhelm Steinitz Xie Jun Yasser Seirawan Zhu Chen
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