Join The Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis for Round Six of the 2017 U.S. Junior/Girls Junior Closed Championship. This is the first year we host the U.S. Girls Junior Championship along with the U.S. Junior Closed Championship. GM Cristian Chirila, WGM Tatev Abrahamyan, and GM Alejandro Ramirez provide live Commentary.
2017.07.14
USChessChamps.com
Caleb Denby shows instances of underpromotion, where the best move is to promote a pawn to something other than a queen. Although rare, promoting to a queen in these situations could lose you points.
Join The Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis for Round Five of the 2017 U.S. Junior/Girls Junior Closed Championship. This is the first year we host the U.S. Girls Junior Championship along with the U.S. Junior Closed Championship. GM Cristian Chirila, WGM Tatev Abrahamyan, and GM Alejandro Ramirez provide live Commentary.
2017.07.12
USChessChamps.com
Join The Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis for Round Four of the 2017 U.S. Junior/Girls Junior Closed Championship. This is the first year we host the U.S. Girls Junior Championship along with the U.S. Junior Closed Championship. GM Cristian Chirila, WGM Tatev Abrahamyan, and GM Alejandro Ramirez provide live Commentary.
2017.07.11
USChessChamps.com
Day Four in Leuven Belgium brings the first of two days of Blitz. Join in to watch the excitment as Blitz Rounds 1-9 are met head on.. This is the second year of Your Next Move being on the Grand Chess Tour Circuit. Tune in with GM Yasser Seirawan, IM Jovanka Houska, Gm Cristian Chirila and GM Maurice Ashley, and GM Nigel Short for some exciting live coverage of the Your Next Move Grand Chess Tour 2017.
7.1.2017
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Join The Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis as we host the 2017 U.S. Junior/Girls Junior Closed Championship. This is the first year we host the U.S. Girls Junior Championship along with the U.S. Junior Closed Championship. GM Cristian Chirila, WGM Tatev Abrahamyan, and GM Alejandro Ramirez provide live Commentary. Join us for the first rounds July 8, 2017 at 1;00 p.m. CST
2017.07.08
USChessChamps.com
Caleb Denby teaches you to play the Shirov Attack in the Advance Caro-Kann, characterized by 4.Nc3. See games from top grandmasters that put the Shirov Attack on display.
Grandmaster Ben Finegold looks at three memorable games from the decades around the turn of the 20th century. The "Gold Coin Game" Levitsky-Marshall is included. Did spectators really throw money at the board in appreciation?
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