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GM Blog: Not Such Smooth Sailing

There was an incident recently that momentarily rocked the chess world.  It occurred at the Paris leg of the Grand Chess Tour in an interview of World Champion Magnus Carlsen by Maurice Ashley.  In case you missed it, you can easily find the video on youtube.

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2017 U.S. Junior Championships: Round 9

Nine American juniors face nine of the best juniors from the rest of the world in this team event with two sections: U17 and U14. In this morning session, the U17 players play their seventh round. Join GMs Varuzhan Akobian, Maurice Ashley, & WGM Tatev Abrahamyan for the move-by-move.

2017.07.29
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2017 U.S. Junior Championships: Round 8

Nine American juniors face nine of the best juniors from the rest of the world in this team event with two sections: U17 and U14. In this evening session, the U17 players play their sixth round and the U14 players play their third round. Join GMs Alejandro Ramirez, Maurice Ashley, & WGM Jen Shahade for the move-by-move.

2017.07.28
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2017 U.S.Junior Championships: Round 7

Join Commentators WGM Tatev Abrahamyan, GM Alejandro Ramirez, and GM Cristian Chirila Live as we go into Day 3 of the Match of the Millennials. This is an historical first time event hosted by The Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis (CCSCSL), in cooperation with the Kasparov Chess Foundation (KCF), U.S. Chess Federation, World Chess Federation (FIDE) and FIDE Trainers’ Commission. USA Junior Chess Players vs World Junior Chess Players.

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2017 U.S. Junior Championships: Round 6

Nine American juniors face nine of the best juniors from the rest of the world in this team event with two sections: U17 and U14. In this evening session, the U17 players play their fourth round and the U14 players play their second round. Join GMs Alejandro Ramirez, Maurice Ashley, & WGM Jen Shahade for the move-by-move.

2017.07.27
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Don't Queen, Underpromote for the Victory! | Tactics Time!

Nine American juniors face nine of the best juniors from the rest of the world in this team event with two sections: U17 and U14. In this morning session, the U17 players play their third round. Join GMs Alejandro Ramirez, Maurice Ashley, & WGM Jen Shahade for the move-by-move.

2017.07.27
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Demetrious Johnson Chess Tournament Results

Every year, the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis (CCSCSL) partners with the Demetrious Johnson Charitable Foundation to introduce chess to students during summer camps at the Demetrious Johnson Center (DJC). This summer, the partnership continued on with the CCSCSL providing chess classes and hosting a chess tournament to complete the camp on July 11th.

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2017 U.S. Junior Championships: Round 5

Nine American juniors face nine of the best juniors from the rest of the world in this team event with two sections: U17 and U14. In this morning session, the U17 players play their third round. Join GMs Alejandro Ramirez, Maurice Ashley, & WGM Jen Shahade for the move-by-move.

2017.07.27
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2017 U.S Junior Championships: Round 4

Nine American juniors face nine of the best juniors from the rest of the world in this team event with two sections: U17 and U14. In this evening session, the U17 players play their second round and the U14 players play their first round. Join GMs Alejandro Ramirez, Maurice Ashley, & WGM Jen Shahade for the move-by-move.

2017.07.26
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Chicago vs. Memphis

On a beautiful Saturday in the U.S. Chess Capital, two teams from cities on the opposite spectrum of Interstate 270 ventured to the premier Saint Louis Chess Club. Ten players from Chicago took on ten players from Memphis in a double round robin USCF Blitz rated event.  In a double robin, each player faces each member of the opposing team twice (one game with white, one with black.)  The match consisted of a whopping 200 games.  The winner of the match would amass 100.5 game points.  

 

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