By CEO National Master Evan Rabin After 11 rounds of the FIDE Candidates 2024, two-time World Championship Ian Nepomniachtchi is leading the Open Section with a 7/11 score and Former Women’s World Champion Grandmaster Zhongyi Tan is leading the Women’s Section with a 7.5/11 score. With three games remaining in the tournament …
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After 7 tournaments of the 2023-2024 Grand Prix, here are the standings: Name School T1 T2 T3 T4 T5 T6 T7 T8 T9 T10 T11 T12 Two Sites SubTotal Multiplier Total Eli Sidman Gateway 3 3 1 3 5 15 4 60 David Gray Grace Church School 2 1 1 5 9 5 45 Audrey …
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By Rubin Caco, Digital Content Marketing Specialist at InGenius Prep To get accepted into an Ivy League school is a competitive and highly selective process. Many passionate chess players aspire to study at their dream school, but in the modern college admissions landscape, hundreds of thousands of applicants …
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By CEO National Master Evan Rabin Tournaments are an integral part of chess improvement. One can take all the lessons he wants but will not get better if he is not playing tournaments regularly. Participating in tournaments is essential to have good games to review, learn competitive mindset and make new friends. I have read very …
My name is Eli Schoenfeld, and I am a 16-year-old junior at Premier Chess CEO National Master Evan Rabin‘s alma mater, the Dwight School in New York City. My current interests lie in business and finance, where I have been able to develop skills in these fields through my pursuit of an International Baccalaureate (IB) …
By Karen Ross, Board-Certified Hypnotherapist and Coach “Chess is the gymnasium of the mind.” – Blaise Pascal While it may seem unlikely to some, the power of suggestion and mental focus induced by hypnosis can lead to noticeable improvement for chess players. Chess is a game of strategy, foresight, and mental acuity. Players must anticipate their …
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Here are results for Premier Chess Grand Prix Tournament #6: Championship # Name ID Rating Team Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Total T-Mod. Med T-Solkoff T-Cumul. T-Op. cumul. 1 Eli Sidman 16764890 864 B— W4 (b) D3 (w) W2 (w) 3.5 6 6 8 15.5 2 Phoebe Mendelow 16572427 876 HUNTER W4 …
by Izolda Trakhtenberg People hail chess as the ultimate test of strategic thinking. Yet, it is a game that goes beyond calculation. While knowing the ins and outs of openings, strategies, and tactics is crucial, another element infuses my game. That element is intuition. To me, the strategies and tactics of chess are the black-and-white …
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