Editor's Note: Elise Bickford's article, Chess in Translation, will be published in the September issue of Chess Life magazine. Bickford is a graduate student in Literary Translation at the University of Iowa and holds an MFA in Poetry from the Iowa Writers' Workshop.
Writers, columnists, photographers and analysts from US Chess had much to celebrate at the annual Chess Journalists of America (CJA) meeting on August 2 in Grand Rapids. US Chess took home 26 awards, including two of the “big three” – John Hartmann won “Best Story of the Year” for his January 2023 “L’affaire Niemann,” while WGM Tatev Abrahamyan was awarded the “Best Column” prize in her first year of eligibility.
Editor's Note: This story first ran in the May 2023 issue of Chess Life Magazine. We have republished the piece, with a number of additional puzzles, below. Consider becoming a US Chess member for more content like this access to digital editions of both Chess Life and Chess Life Kids is a member benefit, and you can receive print editions of both magazines for a small add-on fee.
Editor's Note: WGM Sabina Foisor reported on her return to her home country as a coach for the 2022 World Youth Championships in Mamaia, Romania for the April issue of Chess Life magazine.
We published the first in an occasional series of reprints of important Soviet-era essays and articles in the April issue of Chess Life. It is a translation by Douglas Griffin of GM Vladimir Simagin’s “Ataka pri raznotsvetnykh slonakh,” or “Attack with Opposite-Colored Bishops,” which appeared in Shakhmaty v SSSR (5:1962). Because this article was written some 60 years ago, the author did not have the luxury of checking his work with our metal friends.