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As the American Cup progresses, it is becoming clear who is in their best form. The semifinals of the champion's bracket saw GMs Hikaru Nakamura and Wesley So progress to the first final. The two have already clashed in finals matches, namely in the Speed Chess Championship. Nakamura has had much success in these encounters, but expect So to be up for a challenge.  

The pressure is increasing at the American Cup as the rounds progress, and the players are handling this very impressively. In the champion’s bracket final, GMs Hikaru Nakamura and Wesley So engaged in a tense match that went all the way to blitz tiebreaks.  

ChessBase Magazine offers a window to the world of professional chess and it also provides arsenal for the tournament player. Issue 205 offers games from several major events, FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament, USA and Russian Championships and European Team Championship, 2287 games (21 annotated), 11 opening surveys, lectures and exercises for training. Annotators include Alireza Firouzja, Anish Giri and Nikita Vitiugov among others. The icing on the cake is the Robert Hübner Special, a tribute ...

This was an entry for the Voice of Experience review contest, which aims to compile reviews written by those that are experienced with the games they review. Like reading a novel, playing a board game in depth involves trust. You have to trust that the time and effort you invest into the game will be rewarded. You have to trust that the designer has thought through the implications of the rules, that the game will persistently entertain and challenge you, and that the game’s strategy cannot b...