Month: February 2019

The Cairns Cup features ten of the top female players from around the world. Competing from February 6-16, 2019, the

Grandmaster Atanas Kolev tells the history of a famous match rivalry between Louis Paulsen and unofficial world champion Adolf Anderssen. 2019.01.31 Louis

Grandmaster Yasser Seirawan and WGM Jennifer Shahade discuss the great women’s world chess champions and how World War II changed

Grandmaster Maurice Ashley interviews Maureen Grimaud, US Chess Women’s Chair, and chess parent Kimberly Doo McVay during Round 1 of

Hear from competitors in the 2018 All-Girls National Chess Championships, held in Chicago. Scholastic girl players talk about being the

Grandmaster Atanas Kolev reviews viewer-submitted games. Many of the games have big blunders. 2019.01.31 deamskl vs. lij4147: C50 Giuoco Pianissimo, Italian four

Players draw lots the day before the first-ever Cairns Cup at the World Chess Hall of Fame. 2019.02.05 USChessChamps.com

Grandmaster Maurice Ashley interviews Grand Chess Tour Spokesman Michael Khodarkovsky during Round 2 of the first-ever Cairns Cup. Hear about

Grandmaster Maurice Ashley interviews Kitty Ratcliff, Explore St. Louis President, during Round 1 of the first-ever Cairns Cup. 2019.02.06 USChessChamps.com