Naroditsky Memorial Rapid & Blitz 2026: Dates, Players, and Format

The Naroditsky Memorial Rapid & Blitz 2026 begins this Friday, July 3, in Charlotte, North Carolina, bringing together some of the strongest speed chess players in the world for a three-day Swiss event. Hikaru Nakamura, Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So, and World Championship challenger Javokhir Sindarov headline a field of up to 300 players competing for […]
Kirill Shevchenko: Biography of a Chess Prodigy

Kirill Shevchenko was once one of the youngest grandmasters the game had ever seen. He earned the GM title at 14. Then, in 2025, he lost it. His story is a hard one, and it holds a lesson every young player and parent should sit with. This is not the usual chess fairy tale. It […]
