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"On the whole, I have a hard time remembering someone else's published analysis, a failing I have no cause to regret. Such analysis is in most cases simply ballast, weighing down the free flight of fantasy!"
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Women's chess · Marshall Chess Club

Krush, Paragua and Hyatt tied for first on the final day in New York

Irina Krush seated at a chessboard during a tournament
Irina Krush in 2016. Photo: Andreas Kontokanis, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Three players share the lead with 2½/3 going into today's last two rounds of the Mona Karff Memorial, the Marshall Chess Club's women's championship: GM Irina Krush, FM Megan Paragua and Jessica Hyatt. Krush and Paragua, the top two seeds, drew each other in Round 3 on Saturday night. Hyatt drew WIM Beatriz Marinello.

Five players are half a point back, so the title is wide open. Round 4 starts at 12:45 p.m. ET and Round 5 at 5:45 p.m. ET, and every game is free to watch on Lichess. Today's Move of the Day comes from this event.

Also coming up: the Total Chess pilot opens Tuesday in Budapest with Carlsen and six Americans, including Caruana and So.

Games and results: Lichess

An amateur takes one off Dubov Josh Smith, the "Bullet Grandpa," won Game 28 of 100 against Daniil Dubov, who won the other 99. US Masters in Charlotte, Nov. 25–29 A US Chess national championship for players rated 2200+, with norm chances and $27,500 guaranteed.

Move of the Day

White to move and mate in 4.

Maddie Moradi vs. Sarah Nguyen, Marshall Chess Club Women's Championship, round 3.

Click a white piece, then the square it should go to.

Chess pieces by Colin M.L. Burnett, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Club Watch

Charlotte Chess Center
  • Nov 7 Reverse Angle, $1,000 gtd.
  • Nov 25–29 US Masters, 2200+, $27,500 gtd.
  • Nov 27–29 NC Open, $12,000 gtd.
  • Dec 18–23 North American Junior Championships
  • Dec 26–28 Charlotte Winter Classic, $7,500 gtd.
Founder Peter Giannatos told ChessBase how it started. Its foundation runs the $50,000 Naroditsky Fellowship; applications close Dec. 1. Full calendar
Saint Louis Chess Club
  • Oct 27–29 Clutch Chess Champions Showdown: Sindarov won
  • Weekly Friday Night Quads, Saturday and Sunday Rated Games, Saturday Night Blitz
  • Nov 13–15 Kent Family Thanksgiving Open (registration opening soon)
  • Dec 18–20 Saint Louis Chess Club Championship
Lichess has also resumed broadcasting US Chess events after ending its boycott. Full calendar

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