Grandmaster Denes Boros treks through two games from true chess endgame masters: former U.S. Champion Sam Reshevsky and living legend Ulf Andersson.
2021.06.22
Ulf Andersson vs Jaime Sunye Neto, Brasilia (1981)
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1020014
Samuel Reshevsky vs Herman Pilnik, 1st Pan-American Championship (1945)
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1422090
National Master Caleb Denby analyzes the great rook vs. knight blitz endgame Maxime Vachier-Lagrave vs. Alireza Firouzja from the 2021 Paris Grand Chess Tour. Plus, see how the game relates to a historic game, and to one of Caleb's games.
Grandmaster Denes Boros teaches a chess endgame class.
2021.06.22
Ulf Andersson vs Jaime Sunye Neto, Brasilia (1981)
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1020014
Samuel Reshevsky vs Herman Pilnik, 1st Pan-American Championship (1945)
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1422090
The fifth Paris Grand Chess Tour is a rapid and blitz tournament and the second stop on the 2021 Tour. Players compete in nine rounds of rapid chess and 18 rounds of blitz chess, live from Gobelins Manufactory. Today has the final nine blitz rounds. Join GMs Cristian Chirila, Yasser Seirawan, Maurice Ashley, and IM Almira Skripchenko for the move-by-move.
2021.06.22
KasparovChess.com
GrandChessTour.org
Grandmaster Denes Boros interviews WFM Anna Cramling about her career, world standings, streaming, and chess! Questions are accepted via chat.
2021.06.24
The fifth Paris Grand Chess Tour is a rapid and blitz tournament and the second stop on the 2021 Tour. Players compete in nine rounds of rapid chess and 18 rounds of blitz chess, live from Gobelins Manufactory. Today has nine blitz rounds. Join GMs Cristian Chirila, Yasser Seirawan, Maurice Ashley, and IM Almira Skripchenko for the move-by-move.
2021.06.21
KasparovChess.com
GrandChessTour.org
The fifth Paris Grand Chess Tour is a rapid and blitz tournament and the second stop on the 2021 Tour. Players compete in nine rounds of rapid chess and 18 rounds of blitz chess, live from Gobelins Manufactory. Today has three rapid rounds. Join GMs Cristian Chirila, Yasser Seirawan, Maurice Ashley, and IM Almira Skripchenko for the move-by-move.
2021.06.20
KasparovChess.com
GrandChessTour.org
The fifth Paris Grand Chess Tour is a rapid and blitz tournament and the second stop on the 2021 Tour. Players compete in nine rounds of rapid chess and 18 rounds of blitz chess, live from Gobelins Manufactory. Today has three rapid rounds. Join GMs Cristian Chirila, Yasser Seirawan, Maurice Ashley, and IM Almira Skripchenko for the move-by-move.
2021.06.19
KasparovChess.com
GrandChessTour.org
Watch the event June 18-22! Since 2016, the Paris Rapid and Blitz tournament has been a part of the Grand Chess Tour. Through the support of KasparovChess, Vivendi, and Colliers International, Paris hosts the second stop on the 2021 Grand Chess Tour and promises five days of excitement and fireworks. Eleven elite grandmasters will compete in 9 rounds of rapid chess and 18 rounds of blitz chess for a total prize fund of $150,000.
KasparovChess.com
GrandChessTour.org
Grandmaster Denes Boros is amused by openings named for cities, but Brooklyn needs some love! See why and how to play the Brooklyn variation of the Alekhine Defense, where the knight retreats back home to g8 on the second move.
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