Morning everyone. Before I start, a big thank you to the inimitable @batgirl for providing some photographs and allowing me to link to a couple of her articles. So, in the comments to one of my posts a few weeks ago, I mentioned that a good subject for one…

Grandmaster Illia Nyzhnyk scored an astounding 8/9 to win the 2019 U.S. Open. He takes home $6400 for his efforts, plus a bonus of $200...

  The third round of the Russian Championships Superfinals was played in Izhevsk on August 13. In the open event, Vladislav Artemiev outplayed Kirill Alekseenko in a rook endgame to become the sole leader with 2 points. Alexandr Predke scored the first…