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AMERICAN CUP
CHESS IN TRANSLATION
HIKARU GETS MARRIED
Amazing
Anna!
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FIRST PERSON
DORTMUND
Chess in Translation
Ater cutting her teeth in Iowa,
our author goes global in
Dortmund.
BY ELISE BICKFORD
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EVENTS
AMERICAN CUP
A Ringside Seat
Krush and Nakamura take top
spots at the American Cup.
BY JOHN BREZINA
ANNOTATIONS BY GM
ELSHAN MORADIABADI
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COVER STORY
CAIRNS CUP
Amazing Anna!
Zatonskih steps up to win 2023
Cairns Cup.
BY IM CARISSA YIP
AMER ICAN CUP
CHESS IN TRANS LATION
HIKAR U GETS MARR IED
Amazing
Anna!
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PHOTO: COURTESY SLCC / CRYSTAL FULLER
It’s hard to think of four-time U.S.
Women’s Champion IM Anna Zaton-
skih as an underdog, but after some
diffident performances, few were
picking her to win the 2023 Cairns
Cup. But champions persist, and
that’s what Anna did, finishing first in
a very strong event.
PHOTOGRAPH BY
CRYSTAL FULLER
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CHESS TO ENJOY
BY GM ANDY SOLTIS
ENTERTAINMENT
O Say, Can You See?
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INSTRUCTION
GETTING TO WORK
Now for Rook Endings
IM CA R I SS A
YI P
(Cover Story)
is a three-time
U.S. Girls’ Junior
Champion and the
2021 U.S. Women’s
Champion. Origi-
nally from Andover,
Massachusetts, she
is ranked number
two among women and first among girls
on the July US Chess rating lists. Currently
she is a student at Stanford University.
E LI SE B IC KFO RD
(Dortmund) began her
over-the-board career at
the 2021 Iowa Open. Since
then, she has played regu-
larly in the Midwest, with her most recent
event being her first European tournament
at the Sparkassen Chess Trophy B-Open.
With degrees from MIT and the University
of Iowa, currently she is a student in the
German department at Iowa.
J OH N BR E ZINA
(American Cup) is the edi-
tor of the Colorado Chess
Informant and the organiz-
er of the Parker Chess Club
in Parker, Colorado. An accomplished pho-
tographer, his work can be see in his state
journal, on his website, and accompanying
his article in this month’s
Chess Life.
G M ELSH A N
M OR A DI A BADI
(American Cup) is an active
coach and player. Original-
ly from Iran, Elshan came
to the U.S. for graduate school and to join
Texas Tech’s chess program. He has twice
qualified for the U.S. Championship at the
2019 and 2022 U.S. Opens. He was proud
to be named the 2022 Chess Journalist of
the Year by the Chess Journalists of Amer-
ica. Visit his website for more information:
gmelshan.com.
BY WGM TATEV ABRAHAMYAN
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ENDGAME SCHOOL
INSTRUCTION
Decisions, Decisions
BY GM JOEL BENJAMIN
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SOLITAIRE CHESS
PHOTOS: COURTESY SINGER (CAMP), SPARKASSEN CHESS TROPY (NAMETAGS), SLCC / ADAMS (BIRD, NAKAMURA), SLCC / C. FULLER (KRUSH)
INSTRUCTION
Alekhine the Magician
BY BRUCE PANDOLFINI
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BOOKS AND BEYOND
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Streamers on the King’s
Pawn, Part III
BY IM JOHN WATSON
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