8/23/2017 – The ever-active FIDE Trainers’ Commission is always shopping around for new ideas. In early February this Michael Khodarkosvky, USA, informed his colleague Efstratios Grivas, Greece, the possibility of staging a match between young players of two teams representing USA and The World, born on/after the year 2000 (U.17) and the year 2003 (U.14). It happened in late July and was a tremendous success. Grivas has written a book on it, 92 pages long, with commentary and analysis. You can download the PDF version free!

7/31/2017 – The Match of the Millenials was astonishing to say the least. On paper, the US under-17 team had such an Elo advantage that some bemoaned the lack of stronger foreign juniors to make it more ‘competitive’. Instead they had already lost a full round in advance, as had the under-14. A great result for the World team, winning 30.5-17.5, and a tribute to their team spirit and their captain. Full illustrated report. | Photo: Lennart Ootes

7/28/2017 – Part of a "summer of chess" at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis, the Match of the Millennials, is a wonderful idea, pitting top US Juniors against a selection of international juniors representing the ‘World’ team. The US brings some of it hottest names such as Jeffery Xiong, Samuel Sevian, and Awonder Liang, while the World includes Praggnanandhaa, Bibisara Assaubayeva, and more. At the midway point, here is the illustrated report. | Photo: Lennart Ootes