National Master Caleb Denby follows last week's complex rook endgame class with a second part. What happens when the passed pawn is behind its own rook?
2020.11.25
Part 1: https://youtu.be/gYBZ2y4lpPQ
National Master Caleb Denby commentates on the first Road to 2000 Championship blitz tournament on Chess.com. It's an open, seven-round event. The winner gets a free lesson with Caleb!
2020.11.25
Caleb Denby vs. Jonathan Schrantz, 2020: A00 Gedult's opening
WATCH: https://www.chess.com/live#t=1734522
National Master Caleb Denby commentates on the first Road to 2000 Championship blitz tournament on Chess.com. It's an open, seven-round event. The winner gets a free lesson with Caleb!
2020.11.25
Caleb Denby vs. Jonathan Schrantz, ???: A00 Gedult's opening
Grandmaster Jesse Kraai looks at the concept of "inertia" as it applies to the chess endgame. See examples from Boris Gelfand's book "Technical Decision Making in Chess."
International Master Dorsa Derakhshani shows two games where White successfully met the advance French defense. The games are outtakes from Dorsa's upcoming book, co-authored with her brother, Borna.
2020.11.24
Leinier Dominguez Perez vs Ildar Rifkatovich Ibragimov, Russian Team Championship (2012): C02 French, advance, Paulsen attack
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1663261
Dorsa Derakhshani vs. Yeganeh Karimi, 2013: C02 French, advance, Wade variation
Grandmaster Jesse Kraai teaches a chess endgame class.
2020.11.24
National Master Caleb Denby continues his series on the f3 Variation of the Nimzo-Indian. In part 5, learn about Black's surprising 6...Ne8.
National Master Caleb Denby continues his series on the f3 Variation of the Nimzo-Indian. In part 5, learn about Black's surprising 6...Ne8.
National Master Caleb Denby continues his series on the f3 Variation of the Nimzo-Indian. In part 5, learn more.
2020.11.23
Expert Arjun Puri is back with a dozen more chess items. See twelve dynamic gambits, including the King’s, Danish, Evans, Staunton, Blackmar-Diemer, Wing, Latvian, Benko, and Englund gambits.
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