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SENIOR, JUNIOR, GIRLS’ JUNIOR
SENIOR TEAMS
WORLD OPEN
OCTOBER 2024
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Akopian wins U.S.
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Americans in Krakow
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SENIO R, JUNIO R, GIRLS
’ JUNIO R
SENIOR TEAMS
WORL D OPEN
OCTOBER 2024
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Our happy champions,
left to right: Yoo, Lee,
and Akopian.
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COVER STORY
October
Akopian wins U.S.
Senior; medals for
Americans in Krakow
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Senior Power
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EVENTS
WORLD SENIOR
Three U.S. senior teams bring
back medals from Krakow.
BY JULIE O’NEILL
TEAMS
Heavy Hardware
PHOTO: COURTESY SLCC / LENNART OOTES
So much attention is paid to the
up-and-comers, but our senior stars
can still play too. This month’s cover
features GM Vladimir Akopian, who
won his first U.S. Senior title this July
in St. Louis. We also bring you news
from the World Senior Team Cham-
pionships, where Team USA brought
home the 50+ gold and a total of
three medals!
PHOTOGRAPH BY
LENNART OOTES
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EVENTS
WORLD OPEN
Awonder Liang wins 2024 World
Open by a full point at 8/9.
BY GM AWONDER LIANG
Favorites rule, but
underdogs impress
at the U.S. Senior,
Junior, and Girls’ Junior
Championships.
BY
GM JOEL BENJAMIN
ADDITIONAL ANNOTATIONS BY
IM ALICE LEE
AND
SMOOTH
SAILING
AND ROUGH
VOYAGES
Eight is Enough!
GM CHRISTOPHER YOO
USCHESS.ORG
OCTOBER 2024
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CONTRIBUTORS
October
COLUMNS
10
CHESS TO ENJOY
PHOTOS: COURTESY FRANK DELBONIS (GIARRUSSO),COURTESY FIDE / LIVSHITZ (WRIGHT), COUIRTESY J. CENDEJAS (O’NEILL), COURTESY SLCC / C. FULLER (MOU), SLCC / A. FULLER (BENJAMIN, LIANG)
ENTERTAINMENT
Oh-Oh!
BY GM ANDY SOLTIS
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14
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GETTING TO WORK
INSTRUCTION
Heavy Lifting
BY WGM TATEV ABRAHAMYAN
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SOLITAIRE CHESS
INSTRUCTION
Show us the Money
BY BRUCE PANDOLFINI
GM JO EL
BEN JA MI N
(Cover Story) is a
grandmaster and
a three-time U.S.
Champion. He
was a consultant
for IBM, training
Deep Blue before
the famous 1997
match with GM
Garry Kasparov, and in recent years he has
turned his attention to the world of chess
books. He has six titles to his name, includ-
ing his latest book,
Chessboard Combat:
The Give and Take of Chess Tactics.
Elected
to the U.S. Chess Hall of Fame in 2008, he
is also a
Chess Life
columnist.
J ULIE O ’ NE ILL
(Senior Teams) returns
to the pages of
Chess Life
after becoming its first
woman editor in 1989!
Originally from San Diego, and now resid-
ing in Arizona, she has written widely, and
worked in the most varied fields you can
imagine. She is delighted to see seniors,
and senior women in particular, getting
their moment in the chess spotlight!
G M AWO NDE R LI ANG
(World Open) was born
in Madison, Wisconsin in
2003, and has lived there
his whole life. Currently
attending the University of Chicago, he is a
two-time world youth chess champion, as
well as creator and keeper of many youth
records. He qualified for the 2024 U.S.
Championship as the top American at the
2024 U.S. Open.
R I CK MA SS IM O
(In Passing) is the assistant
editor for US Chess pub-
lications. This is his first
piece for
Chess Life.
As a
Rhode Island native, he had the pleasure
of playing Lou Giarrusso many times. He’s
the author of two books; he’s also working
on a novel about a fictional ex-Soviet mas-
ter, and he lives in Washington, D.C.
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ENDGAME SCHOOL
BY GM JOEL BENJAMIN
INSTRUCTION
Experience Still Matters
50
BOOKS AND BEYOND
SHOULD I BUY IT?
Reading Up on Rook
Endings
BY IM JOHN WATSON
53
PUZZLES
MAKE YOUR MOVE!
BY FM CARSTEN HANSEN
DEPARTMENTS
5
COUNTERPLAY
READERS RESPOND
NEWS FOR OUR MEMBERS
6
US CHESS AFFAIRS
54
TOURNAMENT LIFE
62
CLASSIFIEDS
63
SOLUTIONS
64
MY BEST MOVE
PAUL MONTAGUE
PERSONALITIES
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OCTOBER 2024
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