Chess Life JULY
COLUMNS
14 LOOKS AT BOOKS / STINKING BISHOPS Chess and Cheese By John Hartmann
16 CHESS TO ENJOY / ENTERTAINMENT Mate, American Style
By GM Andy Soltis
18 BACK TO BASICS / READER ANNOTATIONS Carefree?
By GM Lev Alburt
46 SOLITAIRE CHESS / INSTRUCTION A Tale of Hoffmann
By Bruce Pandolfini
48 THE PRACTICAL ENDGAME / INSTRUCTION Mistakes: The Best Way to Learn
By GM Daniel Naroditsky DEPARTMENTS
6 JULY PREVIEW / THIS MONTH IN CHESS LIFE AND CLO
8 COUNTERPLAY / READERS RESPOND
9 FIRST MOVES / CHESS NEWS FROM AROUND THE U.S.
11 FACES ACROSS THE BOARD / BY AL LAWRENCE
13 USCF AFFAIRS / NEWS FOR OUR MEMBERS 52 TOURNAMENT LIFE / JULY 71 SOLUTIONS / JULY 71 CLASSIFIEDS / JULY
72 MY BEST MOVE / PERSONALITIES This Month: Héctor Hérnandez
ON THE COVER Things are golden for American chess these days, and GM Fabiano Caruana (l) leads the way (along with recent cover subjects Hikaru Nakamura and Wesley So, they represent our best hope for a world champion in decades). From l-r, Awonder Liang leads the upcoming generation, and GMs Sam Sevian, Kayden Troff, and Sam Shankland are just some of the players shining brightly right now.
DESIGN BY SHIRLEY SZYMANEK & FRANKIE BUTLER 4 July 2015 | Chess Life
20 Scholastics / Spring Nationals CELEBRATING SPRING SCHOLASTICS BY JORGE BARRERA AND ALYCIA HESSE With Promise and Numbers: A Record-Breaking Year for Youth Chess
30 International Events / 2015 World Team Championships
THE 2015 WORLD TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS BY GM ALEX ONISCHUK A fifth place finish for our young, ninth-ranked squad in Armenia; Women’s team has a ‘building’ year.
36 Cover Story / Golden Age
A NEW GOLDEN AGE FOR AMERICAN CHESS BY CHRIS WAINSCOTT
Homegrown grandmasters who are younger than ever, a booming scholastic chess community, and now GM Fabiano Caruana switches to the U.S. Chess Federation. It has been more than half a century since we have had it this good.
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