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CADET
CHERRY BLOSSOM
CONTINENTAL
SAM’S JOURNEY
NOVEMBER 2023
USChess.org
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GM Melik Khachiyan
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November
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FIRST PERSON
SAM SHARF
My Journey
Being trans in today’s chess
world
BY SAM SHARF
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EVENTS
CHERRY BLOSSOM
CLASSIC
Beautiful Blooms
Lessons from the 2023 Cherry
Blossom Classic
BY WGM SABINA FOISOR
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EVENTS
CADET
CHAMPIONSHIP
Zhao Wins 2023 Cadet
Good mindsets and moves are
keys to victory.
BY FM ERICK ZHAO
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COVER STORY
NATIONAL
CHAMPS
PHOTOS: COURTESY SLCC / OOTES (MELIK), SLCC / A. FULLER (MISHRA), SLCC / C. FULLER (LEE)
Experience and
Exuberance
Khachiyan, Mishra, and
Lee prevail in National
Championships.
BY GM ELSHAN MORADIABADI
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EVENTS
AMERICAN
CONTINENTAL
CHAMPIONSHIP
A Clear Head
How balance and mindset sent
me to the World Cup!
BY IM JOSIAH STEARMAN
CADET
CHERRY BLOSSO M
CONTIN ENTAL
SAM’S JOURNE Y
NOVEMBER 2023
USChess.org
CADET
CHERRY BLOSSO M
CONTIN ENTAL
SAM’S JOURNE Y
CAD ET
CHE RRY BLO
SSO M
CON TIN ENT
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SAM ’S JOU RNE
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Three champions. Three covers.
How could we choose just one?
With sparkling play by all, and
with plenty of photos on hand, we
decided to let fate (or a sorting
algorithm) decide which you’d re-
ceive. Hope you like yours; if not,
trade with a friend!
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The 2023 Senior
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November
PHOTOS: COURTESY SLCC / C. FULLER (FOISOR, MORADIABADI, SHABALOV), SLCC / ADAMS (STEARMAN), SWANEY (DOMMALAPATI), USCHESS / CIESLIKOWSKI (SHARF), USCHESS / DAY (ZHAO), COURTESY SUBJECT (SHARF)
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CONTRIBUTORS
GM ELSH AN
MO R A DIA BADI
(Cover Story) is a
chess grandmas-
ter, coach, author,
and advocate. Most
recently he co-won
the 2022 U.S. Open,
along with the 2022
Chess Journalist of
the Year award. He
is also the co-author of
Sherlock’s Method,
a book for players aiming to increase their
rating from around 1700 OTB to 2300+.
Visit his website at
gmelshan.com,
and his
new online academy (with WGM Sabina
Foisor) at
chessevolve.com.
S A M SH A R F
(My Journey) is a college
student and activist. Per
her Instagram bio, she is
also a “Gen Z trans elder,
radical futurist, vegan, surfer, cosmist,
[and] public transit enthusiast.” Currently
she is interning with GLAAD.
WG M SA BI NA
FOI SO R
(Cherry Blossom) is the
2017 U.S. Women’s Cham-
pion and the co-author of
the acclaimed
Sherlock’s Method,
pub-
lished in 2020. She has been a member of
five U.S. Olympiad teams, and competed in
four World Team Championships. Visit her
website at
sabinafoisor.com,
and check out
her new online academy (with GM Elshan
Moradiabadi) at
chessevolve.com.
FM ER IC K ZH A O
(Cadet) is the 38th-ranked
American junior and
currently number eight
among players from
Pennsylvania. He is the current U.S. Cadet
Champion, and this is his first article for
Chess Life.
I M J OS IA H
ST EA R MA N
(Continental Champion-
ship) is a chess teacher
now studying for his M.A.
in math education at the University of Mis-
souri, where he competes for their chess
team. He is currently the 15th-ranked
American junior on the September 2023
US Chess rating list. Find him on Lichess at
lichess.org/coach/lezgo.
COLUMNS
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CHESS TO ENJOY
ENTERTAINMENT
Brave New Chat
BY GM ANDY SOLTIS
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INSTRUCTION
GETTING TO WORK
On the Attack
BY WGM TATEV ABRAHAMYAN
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PUZZLES
MAKE YOUR MOVE!
BY FM CARSTEN HANSEN
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SOLITAIRE CHESS
INSTRUCTION
Ups and Downs
BY BRUCE PANDOLFINI
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ENDGAME SCHOOL
INSTRUCTION
World Cup Spills
BY GM JOEL BENJAMIN
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BOOKS AND BEYOND
BY IM JOHN WATSON
SHOULD I BUY IT?
Razuvaev on Rubinstein
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DEPARTMENTS
5
COUNTERPLAY
6
FIRST MOVES
READERS RESPOND
CHESS NEWS FROM
AROUND THE U.S.
NEWS FOR OUR MEMBERS
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US CHESS AFFAIRS
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IN PASSING
TOURNAMENT LIFE
CLASSIFIEDS
SOLUTIONS
MY BEST MOVE
PERSONALITIES
AMY NUNN
USCHESS.ORG
NOVEMBER 2023
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