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FOXWOODS
USATE AND USATN
ANALYZING YOUR GAMES
JULY 2023
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DING LIREN
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July
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EVENTS
WEEKEND AT FOXWOODS
It’s All About the
Benjamins (and
Klempners)
Our weekend at Foxwoods
BY GM JOEL BENJAMIN
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EVENTS
AMATEUR TEAM EAST
A Homecoming
The 2023 U.S. Amateur Team
East
BY WIM ELLEN WANG
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COVER STORY
WORLD
CHAMPIONSHIP
The 17th
GM Ding Liren becomes
World Champion in
a compelling playoff
victory over GM Ian
Nepomniachtchi.
BY JJ LANG
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EVENTS
AMATEUR TEAM NORTH
Fun with Friends
Reporting on a record-setting
2023 U.S. Amateur Team North
BY IM MARK HEIMANN
FOXWO ODS
USATE AND USATN
ANALYZ E YOUR GAMES
JULY 2023
USChess.org
PHOTO: COURTESY FIDE / STEV BONHAGE
Capturing events as they happen
is a fine art, and as we see in this
month’s “First Moves,” the chess
world is blessed with a number of
fine photographers. Stev Bonhage’s
work (as seen on our cover) at the
2023 World Championship pow-
erfully illustrates the drama and
majesty of our game.
PHOTOGRAPH BY
STEV BONHAGE
DING LIREN
World Champion
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JULY 2023
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CONTRIBUTORS
July
COLUMNS
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ENDGAME SCHOOL
INSTRUCTION
Wait, I’ve Seen this
Before...
BY GM JOEL BENJAMIN
PHOTOS: SARAH CARMODY (FULLERS); FIDE / STEV BONHAGE (WCC); PATEL (USATN); SLCC / C. FULLER (WANG); SLCC / A. FULLER (BENJAMIN); COURTESY SUBJECT (HEIMANN, LANG)
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CHESS TO ENJOY
ENTERTAINMENT
Killer Heuristic
BY GM ANDY SOLTIS
JJ LA NG
(World Champion-
ship) has been an
active chess player
since his teen years
and rediscovered
his love of the
game during the
later stages of his
Ph.D. program.
Since 2018, he has
been teaching, writing, and podcasting
about chess and its emotional strain on
the psyche. He currently serves as Digital
Assistant for US Chess, creating much of
the content you see on our website. Follow
him at
@chessfeels
on Twitter.
J OE L BENJ A MIN
(Weekend at Foxwoods)
is a grandmaster and a
three-time U.S. Champion.
He was a consultant for
IBM, training Deep Blue before the famous
1997 match with GM Garry Kasparov, and
in recent years has turned his attention to
the world of chess books. He has six titles
to his name, including his latest book,
Chessboard Combat: The Give and Take of
Chess Tactics.
Elected to the U.S. Chess
Hall of Fame in 2008, he is also a
Chess Life
columnist.
E LLEN WA NG
(Amateur Team East) is
a rising 11th grader at
Horace Mann School in
New York and a woman
international master. With success in both
national and international youth events,
she competed in the 2022 U.S. Girls’ Junior
Championship. She is a founding member
of the Unruly Queens, a group of young
women who offer chess lessons online and
hold festivals in the New York area. Visit
theunrulyqueens.wixsite.com
for more.
M AR K HE IM AN N
(Amateur Team North) is
a postdoctoral researcher
in the Center for Applied
Scientific Computing at
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
He received a Ph.D. in computer science
from the University of Michigan in 2020.
Now an international master, Mark is a
competitive powerlifter and a musician
who plays multiple instruments, including
the hammered dulcimer.
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INSTRUCTION
GETTING TO WORK
Analyzing Your Games
BY WGM TATEV ABRAHAMYAN
48
SOLITAIRE CHESS
BY BRUCE PANDOLFINI
INSTRUCTION
Najdorf’s Immortal
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BOOKS AND BEYOND
SHOULD I BUY IT?
Streamers and the king’s
pawn, Part I
BY IM JOHN WATSON
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PUZZLES
MAKE YOUR MOVE!
BY FM CARSTEN HANSEN
DEPARTMENTS
5
COUNTERPLAY
6
FIRST MOVES
READERS RESPOND
CHESS NEWS FROM
AROUND THE U.S.
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IN THE NEWS
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US CHESS AFFAIRS
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NEWS FOR OUR MEMBERS
TOURNAMENT LIFE
CLASSIFIEDS
SOLUTIONS
MY BEST MOVE
PERSONALITIES
MALIK CASTRO-DEVARONA
USCHESS.ORG
JULY 2023
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