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Today in Chess | Zugdidi vs. Saint Louis

Eight scholastic players from the Saint Louis Chess Club play students from the Zugdidi Chess School in the country of Georgia in a friendly one-round rapid match on lichess.org. Join Mike Kummer & Ben Simon for the move-by-move.

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Blitz! | Preview Episode - Jonathan Schrantz

While testing our new Studio B audio/video equipment
Jonathan calls upon the chess audience for ideas on what to call our new weekly "Blitz!" segment all while playing a "friendly" game of chess against a 2200+ rated opponent.

Blitz! Episode 0 Game:
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2018.02.04"]
[White "VampireChicken"]
[Black "hannibal4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2106"]
[BlackElo "2227"]

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Ultimate Machine War! | AlphaZero vs. Stockfish (Part 1) - IM Vitaly Neimer

International Master Vitaly Neimer examines the relationship between chess players and engines, and how it has changed. See a game from the AlphaZero-Stockfish match. Should humans fear AlphaZero?

2018.03.20
AlphaZero (Computer) vs Stockfish (Computer), AlphaZero - Stockfish (2017): E15 Queen's Indian, Nimzovich variation (exaggerated fianchetto)
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1899416

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Scholastic Chess at The Moto Museum!

A scholastic chess tournament was held at The Moto Museum. The students were treated to 3 or 4 rounds of chess, with motorcycles in between. Isaac Schrantz interviews Scholastic Manager Kareem Talhouni about this fun day.

2018.02.21

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Fabi Wins!! | Candidates Tournament 2018

Let the party begin! Grandmaster Fabiano Caruana clinches the challenger's spot in the World Chess Championship 2018. Upon hearing the news from Berlin, Fabi's parents, Santina and Lou Caruana, celebrate with the Chess Club staff in Saint Louis.

This is a behind-the-scenes look at the closing moments of the final round in the Candidates Tournament.

2018.03.27

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Scholastics Chess Curriculum Update

As work on the third level of the 12-level curriculum nears completion, we present the following refresher on the Instructional Standards the curriculum is built upon, and the vision for the curriculum’s value to instructors.

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Irina Krush

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