As 2019 comes to a close, SLM and Design STL are reflecting on the reporting that went into some of our favorite stories

Jorge Cori & Illia Nyzhnyk tied for 1st. Cori won the Armageddon game to win the trophy!

Ding Liren powered past Hikaru Nakamura and into the last four of the $150,000 Chessable Masters

6 of the 8 players in this picture became Grandmasters, while the other 2 became International Masters

This is from round 5 of 2017 PanAm InterCollegiate Chess Championship

Caruana, 25, bested seven of the world’s strongest players in a double round-robin chess tournament

2019 Sinquefield Cup is a 12-player RR tournament

Caruana will have white in 3 of the last 5 games