Grandmaster Igor Novikov teaches a chess class on opening preparation., using his game against Shelby Getz from the online 2020 U.S. Senior Championship.
2023.01.12
Shelby D Getz vs Igor Novikov, US Senior Championship (2020): A00 Anderssen's opening
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Alex Moellering teaches a beginner chess class on calculation and move selection.
Identify threats, look at candidate moves, avoid blunders, plan the "big picture," and more.
2023.01.10
C42 Petrov, Nimzovich attack
Grandmaster Igor Novikov teaches a chess class on opening preparation.
2023.01.12
Alex Moellering teaches a beginner chess class on calculation and move selection.
2023.01.10
Grandmaster Igor Novikov teaches a chess class on decision-making in complicated positions, using his own game against Larry Christiansen in the 2022 U.S. Senior Championship in Saint Louis.
2023.01.10
Igor Novikov vs Larry Christiansen, U.S. Senior Championships (2022): D37 Queen's Gambit Declined, 4.Nf3
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Saint Louis, MO (Monday, January 9, 2023) – The Grand Chess Tour (GCT), a circuit of international events, each demonstrating the highest level of organization for the world's best players, will return again in 2023. Tour participants will compete for a total prize fund of $1.4 million over the course of the 2023 season. The prize money for each of the two classical tournaments will be $350,000 and $175,000 per event for rapid and blitz. In addition, a bonus prize fund totalling $175,000 will be awarded to the top three overall tour finishers.
Grandmaster Igor Novikov teaches a chess class on opening preparation, using his win over Max Dlugy from the first U.S. Senior Championship.
2023.01.05
Maxim Dlugy vs Igor Novikov, U.S. Senior Championships (2019): D00 Queen's pawn, Mason variation
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Grandmaster Igor Novikov teaches a chess class on opening preparation.
2023.01.05
Alex Moellering teaches a beginner chess class on forcing moves.
A forcing move is not always a check. See zugzwangs, waiting moves, and more!
2023.01.03
Paul Morphy vs Duke Karl / Count Isouard, Paris (1858): C41 Philidor's defence
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C03 French, Tarrasch
A45 Paleface attack
Alex Moellering vs. N. N., ???: B22 Sicilian, Alapin's variation (2.c3)
Grandmaster Igor Novikov shows his longest analysis ever, beginning from the opening tabia and lasting until the end of the game.
2023.01.03
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