St. Louis AND Chess

In the 2019 Barber Tournament of K-8 Champions, a ninth-grader at Vestavia Hills High School, defeated not one, not two, but three state champions.

Although it is not hard to pick out moves that Fat Fritz finds more easily than Stockfish, or vice versa, sometimes a move stands out that just begs to be shared.

The kids are gonna be all right. It may not be fully appreciated, but we are living in a golden age for the U.S. game, with a breadth and depth of chess talent that ...