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The Process of Intuitive Play | Understanding Practical Chess - FM Thalia Cervantes

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CCSCSL Staff
on April 11, 2021 in

FIDE Master Thalia Cervantes teaches a class on chess intuition, the capacity to come up with a plausible explanation for why a move has been made. See Thalia's game from the 2017 Carlos Torre Repetto Memorial. Tap into your intuition, and learn more about how chess works through the process of intuitive play.

2021.02.07
Jorge Marcos Gomez vs. Thalia Cervantes, 2017: A05 Reti, King's Indian attack

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Ivanchuk's Imagination at 2004 Olympiad | Chess and Psychology - IM Dorsa Derakhshani

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CCSCSL Staff
on April 08, 2021 in

International Master Dorsa Derakhshani analyzes an imaginative game from Vassily Ivanchuk, as he plays against the Kalashnikov Sicilian of Teimour Radjabov at the 2004 Chess Olympiad in Calvia.

2021.04.07
Vassily Ivanchuk vs Teimour Radjabov, Calvia Olympiad (2004): B32 Sicilian, Labourdonnais-Loewenthal (Kalashnikov) variation
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1313971

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