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K-12 GRADE CHAMPS
ENGINES 101
NIEMANN IN ZAGREB
MARCH 2024
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CHESS TECH
UNDERSTANDING ENGINES
What Your Engine is Trying
to Tell You
Part 1: What’s a pawn?
BY GM LARRY KAUFMAN
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COVER STORY
THE LAST
MAN
STANDING!
GM Fabiano Caruana
“does the double,”
winning the 2023 Saint
Louis Rapid and Blitz and
Sinquefield Cup!
BY GM ELSHAN MORADIABADI
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EVENTS
K-12 GRADES
30 Grade-Level National
Champions Crowned in
Orlando
Parity prevails; only five of the
13 grade levels did not have
co-champions.
BY “COACH JAY” STALLINGS
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ANALYSIS
ZAGREB AND
LONDON
A Normal Result
Performances in Zagreb and
London indicative of a player
growing in strength
BY GM JACOB AAGAARD
K-12 GRADE CHAMP S
ENGINES 101
NIEMAN N IN ZAGREB
PHOTO: COURTESY SLCC / CRYSTAL FULLER
MARCH 2024
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It was a great 2023 for GM Fabiano
Caruana. A win at the Superbet
Chess Classic, a semi-final ap-
pearance at the World Cup, a U.S.
Championship title, and now dual
victories at the Saint Louis Rapid
and Blitz and the Sinquefield Cup.
Would anyone bet against him win-
ning the Candidates in 2024?
PHOTO COURTESY
SLCC / OOTES
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PHOTOS: SLCC / C. FULLER (MORADIABADI), D. HARDIN (TABLE PLAYERS), US CHESS / C. KING (COY PLAYER), SLCC / OOTES (CARUANA, ARONIAN), ERIC ROSEN (AAGAARD), COURTESY SUBJECT (HELLMAN, KAUFMAN, STALLINGS)
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.
K A MRYN HELLMAN
(First Moves) is a chess-
player and streamer from
Bismarck, North Dakota.
Find her on Twitter and
YouTube at
@kamrynheidi,
and visit her
website at
kamrynheidi.com.
G M LA R RY
K A UFMA N
(Engines) is a grandmaster,
computer chess research-
er, and author. Over the
years he has contributed to numerous
chess engines, including Mac Hack, Socra-
tes, and most recently, Komodo / Dragon.
His newest book is
Chess Board Options: A
Memoir of Players, Games and Engines.
”COA C H J AY”
STA LLI NG S
(K-12 Grade Champion-
ships) is a certified FIDE
Trainer with 25 years
coaching experience. He runs a non-profit
organization that has taught chess to over
40,000 students. He and his wife, Michel,
have two sons, both of whom played chess
in tournaments from coast to coast.
G M J ACO B
A A GA A R D
(Zagreb and London) is
a co-founder of Qual-
ity Chess Books and
killerchesstraining.com,
a chess training
website. His students range from club
players to the world’s elite. His book
A
Matter of Endgame Technique
was recently
named 2023 Book of the Year by the En-
glish Chess Federation.
March
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CHESS TO ENJOY
BY GM ANDY SOLTIS
ENTERTAINMENT
Confidence Game
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GETTING TO WORK
INSTRUCTION
The Initiative
BY WGM TATEV ABRAHAMYAN
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PUZZLES
MAKE YOUR MOVE!
BY FM CARSTEN HANSEN
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SOLITAIRE CHESS
INSTRUCTION
Dr. Tarrasch’s Way
BY BRUCE PANDOLFINI
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ENDGAME SCHOOL
BY GM JOEL BENJAMIN
INSTRUCTION
Opposite Attraction
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BOOKS AND BEYOND
SHOULD I BUY IT?
Another World
BY IM JOHN WATSON
DEPARTMENTS
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