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Some people think that chess is about opening preparation and a more advanced computer knowledge than your opponent. Others believe you just need to checkmate your opponent in a wild Sicilian.
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The Passed Pawn is Making a Run for It! | Secret Life of Pawns - GM Denes Boros
Grandmaster Denes Boros shows strong games, including his own, where a passed pawn sealed a victory. A passed pawn is one that has no opposing pawns in its way, including on adjacent files. It is likely to promote.
Play like Emanuel & Edward Lasker | Play Like a Pro - GM Denes Boros
Grandmaster Denes Boros looks at games from the Lasker chess family: world champion Emanuel Lasker and his lesser-known third cousin twice removed, Edward Lasker. Edward only learned he was related upon the death of Emanuel.
Bust the London System! | Strategy Session - GM Denes Boros
Grandmaster Denes Boros teaches his methods to combat the London System, turning it into a "London Defense." Ideas are also explored for the corresponding bishop and pawn formation for Black.
Puzzles: Attack Your Opponent's King | Tactics Time!
National Master Jim McLaughlin explores many ideas to attack your opponent's king. Themes include: queenside castling dangers, bishop pair attacks, smothered mates, and back-rank mates. As usual, the positions come from Siegbert Tarrasch's 1935 book.
2018.01.02
Mikhail Tal's Strategic & Positional Play | Games to Know by Heart
National Master Julian Proleiko substitutes for the GM to look at three
games of world champion Mikhail Tal. The game are all from after the "Magician from Riga's" 1960 reign.
KeshavJindal19 Wins with White & Black | Viewers' Choice
National Master Julian Proleiko substitutes for the GM and analyzes three viewer submission games. Keshav has the first and last games.
2017.12.28
KeshavJindal19 vs. pjhealey: B31 Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (with ...g6, without ...d6)
xxanizxx vs. brne: D00 Queen's pawn, Mason variation
WhyDraw vs. KeshavJindal19: C13 French, classical, Anderssen variation
U.S. and U.S. Women’s Chess Championship to be Held at the Saint Louis Chess Club
SAINT LOUIS (January 8, 2018) – For the tenth consecutive year, the Saint Louis Chess Club will host the U.S. Chess Championship and U.S. Women’s Chess Championship. Since the 2009 Championships, the Chess Club has awarded more than two million dollars in prize money, with an additional $294,000 on the line for this year’s 24 competitors.
King & Pawn vs. King: Take the Opposition | Endgame Exclam!!
National Master Jim McLaughlin substitutes for the GM to teach several essential endgames. Learn when you can and how you can promote a pawn when it is the only material on the board. Plus, we add rooks to learn the Philidor (drawing) and Lucena (winning) positions.
2017.12.26
Attack "King's Rook 7" with the Queen & a Piece, Part 2 | Tactics Time!
National Master Jim McLaughlin continues to look at positions from Siegbert Tarrasch that deal with attacking the h7 and h2 squares, usually to checkmate. The defending side has castled kingside but is vulnerable.
2017.12.26
