Grandmaster Steven Zierk looks at Ian Nepomniachtchi's journey through the Magnus Carlsen Invitational, the fourth leg of the online Champions Chess Tour. See Nepo win as Black in the first stage, the quarterfinals, and the semifinals.
International Master Dorsa Derakhshani analyzes Emanuel Lasker's victory over Jose Raul Capablanca in their final game in the 1914 St. Petersburg dual-stage tournament. Eleven players started in a round robin, with the top five advancing to a double round robin. With the victory, Lasker won the event.
2021.03.17
Emanuel Lasker vs Jose Raul Capablanca, St. Petersburg (1914): C68 Ruy Lopez, exchange variation
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Grandmaster Steven Zierk examines the best games from this week in world-class chess.
2021.03.18
Grandmaster Steven Zierk examines the best games from this week in world-class chess.
2021.03.18
Grandmaster Steven Zierk displays the attacking prowess of Alexander Alekhine and Bobby Fischer in games where they successfully attacked when players were castled on opposite sides.
Grandmaster Steven Zierk teaches a chess class on a topic of his choice.
2021.03.18
Grandmaster Steven Zierk examines the best games from this week in world-class chess.
2021.03.18
International Master Dorsa Derakhshani teaches a chess class on a topic of her choice.
2021.03.17
The Corporate Chess League continues its Spring league! Join Mike Kummer for the move-by-move. Mike Kummer plays for Maritz as well! How will Mike commentate and play at the same time? Not very well. At the end, Kummer will select the most outstanding game of the tournament. The winner of the most outstanding game will receive a special gift!
2021.03.25
Chess.com
National Master Caleb Denby explains his process for finding tactics naturally in games. Half of the process of solving a tactic is actually identifying a tactic. See Caleb's own examples, as well as a game from the 2021 Magnus Carlsen Invitational.
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