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AMATEUR TEAM EAST
GUO ON THE GM HUNT
A NIMZO TABIYA
MAY 2024
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ANALYSIS
STUDYING
A TABIYA
Learning the Nimzo
Key games and concrete
analysis are essential to
learning openings. Part one of a
multi-issue series.
BY IM ROBERT SHLYAKHTENKO
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EVENTS
AMATEUR
TEAM EAST
Repeat Champions and
Returning Players
Why the Amateur Team East
keeps us coming back
BY FM ALISA MELEKHINA
AND WFM LAURA SMITH
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COVER STORY
THE LAST
DANCE
It’s nostalgia mixed with
the here and now for
our author at the 2024
National High School
(K-12) Championship.
BY FM DAVIS ZONG
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PERSPECTIVE
ARTHUR GUO
Achieving My Aim
Reflections on earning the GM
title, and what I learned along
the way.
BY GM ARTHUR GUO
AMATE UR TEAM EAST
GUO ON THE GM HUNT
A NIMZO TABIYA
MAY 2024
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PHOTO: CAROLINE KING FOR US CHESS
The 2024 National High School
(K-12) Championship was another
record-breaking event for American
chess. Some 1,825 players came
together at the Baltimore Conven-
tion Center to push pawns, make
friends, and create memories that
will last a lifetime.
PHOTOGRAPH BY
CAROLINE KING
Repeat wins
for Dalton and
Wang at NHS
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COLUMNS
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CHESS TO ENJOY
ENTERTAINMENT
Out of Focus
BY GM ANDY SOLTIS
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GETTING TO WORK
INSTRUCTION
Space
BY WGM TATEV ABRAHAMYAN
FM DAVIS
ZO NG
(Cover Story) is
a 12th grader at
Hunter College
High School in
New York, NY. The
winner of multiple
New York scholastic
titles, he is a newly
minted FIDE mas-
ter. He is one of the co-founders of
Chess
Connections
magazine.
I M RO BERT
S HYLA K HT EN KO
(Learning the Nimzo) is a
first-year student in math-
ematics at Brown Universi-
ty and the 22nd ranked American junior as
of the April 2024 US Chess rating list.
FM ALI SA
M ELEK HIN A
(Amateur Team East) is a
litigation partner in the
New York office of Kirkland
& Ellis, LLP, with a focus on litigation and
eDiscovery strategy. She is a FIDE master
and women’s international master, and
has represented the United States in inter-
national competition.
WFM LA UR A S MI T H
(Amateur Team East) is
a national master and
and highly-regarded
chess instructor. Her first
Chessable course, “Forcing Moves for
Beginners,” was released in 2023, and her
newest (with Dan Heisman) course, “Can I
Take It?,” was just published. Follow her on
Twitter at @lauraloveschess.
G M A RT HU R GUO
(Perspective) became a
grandmaster in July 2023,
the culmination of many
years of hard work. He
has won nine national titles during his
scholastic career, along with three inter-
national golds, and he is currently the
seventh-ranked American junior as of the
April 2024 list. He is currently wrapping up
his high school days at The Westminster
Schools in Atlanta, GA.
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PUZZLES
MAKE YOUR MOVE!
BY FM CARSTEN HANSEN
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SOLITAIRE CHESS
PHOTOS: CAROLINE KING / US CHESS (NHS), HARTMANN (USATE), LINKEDIN (MELEKHINA, SMITH), WIKIPEDIA (GUO), COURTESY SUBJECT (ZONG)
INSTRUCTION
Sammy was Real Good
BY BRUCE PANDOLFINI
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BY IM JOHN WATSON
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INSTRUCTION
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