Smith-Morra Gambit and IM Marc Esserman #ushcesschamps #chess #chessopenings #chesscom
IM Nazi Paikidze chats about playing c5 against the author of the book, "Mayhem in the Morra," IM Marc Esserman.
IM Nazi Paikidze chats about playing c5 against the author of the book, "Mayhem in the Morra," IM Marc Esserman.
When your opponents is blitzing out moves and is prepared to write your next move, its possible you have fallen into a trap.
The move g3 played is a small, cute, but highly effective in this position
Daggupati was on the cusp of executing the "novelty of the year" in a dominating position early against Hardaway; but finds himself on the wrong side of his prep in this position
Moving the f-pawn can be disastrous for mortals, but GM Vladimir Akopian drops the f5 bomb in this NICE bishop and rook endgame
In this rook and bishop endgame position between Woodward and Yoo, Nazi, Cristian, and Yasser scope out ways to break through and get the rook involved.
As white prepares to exchange the queens and possibly go for the draw; black has other plans with f5
Live from the World Chess Hall of Fame, the U.S. Junior, U.S. Senior, and U.S. Girls' Junior Championships determine three national champions. Each classical round robin features ten players (listed below). Join GMs Yasser Seirawan & Cristian Chirila, and IMs Nazi Paikidze & Kostya Kavutskiy for the move-by-move.
Iris Mou talks to Kostya Kavutskiy after defeating Ehsani in Round 5 of the 2024 U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship.
2024.07.20
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Andrew Hong talks to Kostya Kavutskiy after defeating Woodward in Round 5 of the 2024 U.S. Junior Championship.
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