The Opening: Daily Chess News from First Look Chess

Daily chess news in about five minutes: the results, the players and the decisions that matter to American chess, every morning. The Opening is the audio edition of First Look Chess, a daily newsletter for players, organizers, coaches and serious fans. Each episode covers the top five stories of the day — the Olympiad and the world championship cycle, the US Championships and US Chess national events, norms and rating milestones, federation news and the business of chess — drawn from the newsletter's morning edition, with facts checked against sources before they are read. The full edition, with links, games and PGNs to download, is available for subscribers at firstlookchess.com. Read by a synthetic voice. Powered by AI, guided by human expertise. (Note: Some names will be mispronounced at first; we fix each one as we hear it.)

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  Episode #3

  The Opening, Sept 19: Team USA gets past Denmark in Samarkand

  Sep 19, 20266 minS0

  <p>Every story in this episode is in the First Look Chess newsletter, with the links, the games, and the PGNs to download: firstlookchess.com</p> <p>In this episode:</p> Team USA needed two wins on the middle boards to get past 25th-seeded Denmark 2½–1½ in round three of the 46th Chess Olympiad: Wesley So (FIDE 2774) beat Jesper Thybo (2579) with a queen sacrifice chess.com called "a quick and beautiful win" and an r/chess results thread a "brilliant queen sacrifice," Hans Niemann (2725) beat Mads Andersen (2549), Fabiano Caruana (2789) escaped with a draw against Jonas Bjerre (2615) from a position chess.com and...

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  Episode #2

  The Opening, Sept 18: Team USA edges Mongolia in Samarkand

  Sep 18, 20265 minS0

  <p>Every story in this episode is in the First Look Chess newsletter, with the links, the games, and the PGNs to download: firstlookchess.com</p> <p>In this episode:</p> Team USA edged Mongolia 2½–1½ in round two of the 46th Chess Olympiad: Fabiano Caruana (FIDE 2789) won his first game of the event on board one and Levon Aronian (2725) converted a narrow win, after Awonder Liang (2693) lost on board four to IM Khuyagtsogt Itgelt (2435) and Hans Niemann (2725) drew IM Amilal Munkhdalai (2491). The US women swept Belgium 4-0, a second straight whitewash: Carissa Yip (FIDE 2468) made her Samarkand debut on board one...

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  The Opening, Sept 17: Team USA opens the Olympiad in Samarkand

  Sep 17, 20266 minS0

  <p>Every story in this episode is in the First Look Chess newsletter, with the links, the games, and the PGNs to download: firstlookchess.com</p> <p>In this episode:</p> Team USA opened the 46th Chess Olympiad with a 3½–½ win over Iraq, Fabiano Caruana rested and Wesley So (FIDE 2774) leading from board one, as Hans Niemann won his Olympiad debut in 23 moves and Levon Aronian was held to a draw by 2163-rated CM Ali Ehsan Aryan — the only other upset of a 2700 player all round, chess.com says. The US women swept Andorra 4-0 with Carissa Yip rested: Alice Lee (F...

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