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A number of high-profile tournaments took place around Christmastime both domestically and internationally. Between the holidays and coverage of FIDE's rapid and blitz world championships, it's time to catch up on some of the biggest names and news items from the previous month.
Regional powerhouse Vietnam continues to dominate in standard chess after six rounds of play. Vietnamese players occupy the top three positions in the Open U-8, Open U-10, Open U-12, Open U-14, Open U-16 and Open U-18 categories, and it is a similar story in the Girls U-8 & U-10 Combined and Girls U-18 categories. | Photos: Peter Long
America’s No. 1 collegiate chess team exists at Webster University.
Artur Jussupow belonged to the absolute top of the world during his active time and after moving to Germany he opened a successful chess school together with his wife. At the Staufer Open Martin Hahn had the opportunity to interview the former World Championship candidate. Among other things, the grandmaster talked about chess training, cheating in chess, and the best junior players. | Photos: German Chess Federation (Bernd Vökler)
Susan Polgar retires later this month after nine years coaching Webster University's chess team. For nine years, Susan Polgar led Webster University’s chess team — and for that entire time, the team was a force. Polgar and her husband, assistant coach Paul Truong, led Webster to seven consecutive wins in the Pan-American Intercollegiate Chess Championships, with an eighth first-place finish for good measure. Webster also won five straight Final Four national chess championships during Polgar’s time at the helm. Polgar will retire on May 31. She explained on Monday’s St. Louis on the ...