Ruifeng at last year’s SPICE Cup Congratulations to 15 year old Ruifeng Li who just earned his final GM norm! He already made the rating requirement so he will officially be a GM soon. Also a big congratulations to...
America’s next top chess prodigy
Jeffery Xiong, America’s next top chess prodigy IM Jeffery Xiong will become America’s second youngest grandmaster after winning the 24th Chicago Open By Malcolm Pein, Chess correspondent 2:01PM BST 09 Jun 2015 Yet another prodigy has burst onto the...
How about giving some credits to the right people?
How about giving some credits to the right people? By Paul Truong Someone just sent me the link to the article on the USCF website about 14-year old Jeffery Xiong becoming GM. It infuriated me when I read it....
Jeffrey Xiong, America’s newest IM!
12 year old Jeffrey Xiong has just earned his final IM norm a few days ago in Philadelphia. His USCF rating has also crossed 2,500! Congratulations to Jeffrey and his super coach, GM Babakuli Annakov! Chess Daily News from...
GMs Riazantsev and Annakov visited Webster University
Well known grandmasters and super coaches Alexander Riazantsev and Babakuli Annakov visited Webster University / SPICE today. Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Profile of a super coach: GM Babakuli Annakov
Babakuli Annakov, first Grandmaster of Turkmenistan (formerly over 2600 when he was playing actively), now lives in Frisco, Texas. He is currently coaching many of the top young talents in the United States. In this past World Youth in...
More endgame lesson
White to move. Is this a draw since it is opposite color Bishops? This was my simul game this morning against the young phenom Jonathan Chiang of Texas (just turned 6 years old and rated 1535). Jonathan’s teacher is...
Top 3 rated 7 and under in the US
Christopher Wu, NJ (7) 1588Jonathan Chiang, TX (6) 1535Tommy, NY (7) 1516 Both Christopher and Jonathan are very talented. Christopher is coached by IM Dean Ippolito. Jonathan is coached by GM Babakuli Annakov. These are three of the top...