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Welcome to SparkChess! The ultimate online chess experience with AI opponents, multiplayer mode, tutorials, and customizable features. Play now! ♟️ #Chess sparkchess.com Joined May 2010

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SparkChess @sparkchess

4 weeks ago

The 2025 U.S. Open offered a variety of schedules and Mixed Doubles prizes. Last century, the U.S. Open was usually 12 rounds. This century, the event has generally been nine rounds. The 2025 U.S. Open was held in Wisconsin, a state famous for its cheese. sparkchess.com/cheesy-chess-a…

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a month ago

In Openings for Amateurs: Theory vs. Practice (Mongoose Press, 2024), Pete Tamburro’s annotations on one game included negative remarks about a Nebraskan’s chess moves. WIM @Alexey_Root 's state pride took offense: sparkchess.com/state-pride-in…

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3 months ago

#Chess players 50+, and under 21, will go to Chicago in late July 2025 to earn spots in the 2026 US Senior Championship, Senior Women’s Championship, and Junior Championship. Excellent prize money is offered! sparkchess.com/u-s-senior-and… @JesseKraai @STLChessClub

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4 months ago

Paul Morphy arrived in NY on 10/4/1857. The next day, at the Chess Club, Morphy won 4 casual games against the reigning US Chess Champion Charles Henry Stanley. The Real Paul Morphy: His Life and Chess Games by FIDE Master Charles Hertan - sparkchess.com/a-paul-morphy-… @NewInChess

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5 months ago

The SuperNationals VIII tournament run by US Chess has the @SusanPolgar Foundation as one of its sponsors. It is an unexpected collaboration. Previously, GM Susan Polgar and her husband FM Paul Truong faced @USChess in court. ➡️sparkchess.com/grandmaster-su…

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6 months ago

🏆From Apr 4–6, UTD will host chess teams from UTRGV, WU, and SLU for President’s Cup, the national championship of college chess. Predict the order of finish of the teams to WIN a SparkChess Premium subscription! sparkchess.com/presidents-cup… - @chesscom @chessable @UTDChess

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Alexey Root @Alexey_Root

7 months ago

Open and Women’s (and Men’s) in chess sparkchess.com/open-and-women… mentioning @chessable and @NatashaRegan123 (published by @sparkchess)

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7 months ago

While in Prague for the World Senior Team Chess Championship, as a member of the USA Women 50+ team, I visited the Prague International Chess Festival. sparkchess.com/prague-interna…

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SparkChess @sparkchess

8 months ago

I read MacEnulty’s memoir in one sitting. That’s in part because there are no chess diagrams and games to play through, making reading faster. But it is also because MacEnulty writes well about compelling subjects. ==> sparkchess.com/sunrise-in-the…

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9 months ago

During press conferences for the FIDE World Championship 2024, Ding Liren and Gukesh Dommaraju discussed the pressures they felt. Even in smaller-stakes tournaments, chess players put pressure on themselves to win or, at least, to draw. ➡️sparkchess.com/chess-under-pr…

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9 months ago

Chess books make great holiday gifts. Vishnu Warrier’s AlphaBetChess series uses the letters A through Z to organize chess terms. For parents who want to share their love of chess with their children, the AlphaBetChess books are wonderful choices. >> sparkchess.com/alphabetchess-…

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10 months ago

The 2024 European Individual Chess Championship was won by GM Aleksandar Indjic of Serbia. Indjic began the tournament ranked 33rd. En route to the title, he defeated the tournament’s top-ranked player, GM Vladimir Fedoseev, who plays for Slovenia. sparkchess.com/aleksandar-ind…

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10 months ago

McFarland, a leading independent publisher, has 95 books on chess in print. With McFarland books at 35% off from Nov 15 to Dec 2, now is the perfect time to combine collecting chess books and chess autographs: sparkchess.com/chess-books-an…

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SparkChess @sparkchess

11 months ago

Dellamaggiore is working on a new film called Queen’s Castle, profiling young women worldwide who are achieving chess success. One of those young women is Palestine’s top female player, 17-year-old Woman FM Eman Sawan => sparkchess.com/documenting-ho… #refugee #Palestina @UTDChess

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11 months ago

Katie Dellamaggiore made her directorial debut with Brooklyn Castle, an award-winning documentary about inner-city high school students achieving chess success. Now she's working on Queen’s Castle, about young women who are reaching success in chess => sparkchess.com/documenting-ho…

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11 months ago

The book Kings, Queens & Rookies: The Tata Steel Chess Tournament – A Celebration of 85 Years includes, without citing its source, a game annotated by Magnus Carlsen that appeared almost 20 years earlier in New in Chess magazine. sparkchess.com/recent-example…

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12 months ago

The 2024 Olympiad included many chess games that might be turned into chess puzzles. GM Vasyl Ivanchuk’s win on Board 2 over GM Wesley So, which contributed to team Ukraine (starting rank #15) defeating team United States (starting rank #1) is one example. sparkchess.com/deadly-chess-p…

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SparkChess @sparkchess

a year ago

Sometimes, the same number of points result in more awards for one player than for another. A middle grade novel by @kylazhao_ and a Texas Chess Association initiative enable such situations by giving girls-only awards. Will boys-only prizes follow? sparkchess.com/different-awar…

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SparkChess @sparkchess

a year ago

According to news, on August 2, Amina Abakarova allegedly smeared poison on chessmen that would be touched by her rival. That same month,@NewInChess published The Sponsor: Murder at the North Sea Chess Tournament. The book also mentions GM @anishgiri ==> sparkchess.com/sex-murder-and…

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SparkChess @sparkchess

a year ago

After winning against Anish Giri, Nikita Vitiugov, and Étienne Bacrot in the “GM Hans Niemann against the World” series, @HansMokeNiemann will face GM @MagnusCarlsen on September 6, in a semifinal match in the Speed Chess Championship 2024. sparkchess.com/to-be-determin…