Day Five of 2017 Champions Showdown, GM Magnus Carlsen and GM Ding Liren are bringing up the rear and catching up to the other Players who finished their rounds yesterday, Sunday, November 12. Hikaru Nakamura vs Veselin Topalov. Fabiano Caruana vs Alexander Grischuk. Wesley So vs Leinier Dominguez. Coverage provided by the commentary team of Maurice Ashley, Yasser Seirawan, and Jennifer Shahade.
National Master Julian Proleiko explains why Black playing a6 on move four is good to play in the Slav. This is the first of three lectures where Julian deals with a complex where Black puts his pawns on d5 and c6.
Grandmaster Varuzhan Akobian shows a beautiful game between Lev Polugaevsky and Rashid Nezhmetdinov from the 1958 Russian Championship. Plus, see mating net puzzles.
2017.11.09
Lev Polugaevsky vs Rashid Gibiatovich Nezhmetdinov, Sochi 28th RSFSR ch (1958): A54 Old Indian, Ukrainian variation
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1111459
Grandmaster Varuzhan Akobian shows a game from the 2017 Spring Classic, where he won Group A. See how he defeated GM Sandro Mareco of Argentina.
2017.11.09
Sandro Mareco vs Varuzhan Akobian, St. Louis Spring Classic (Group A) (2017): D30 Queen's gambit declined
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1876418
Ben Simon covers the final day of this GM- and IM-norm event, where two players have earned title norms. Learn about what it takes to earn a chess title. Hear from IM John Michael Burke and Justin Wang.
Ben Simon picks up this GM- and IM-norm event in progress. Learn about what it takes to earn a chess title. Hear from FM Carissa Yip.
2017.11.20
Matthew Larson vs. Carissa Yip, 2017
https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/st-louis-invitational-2017...
Day Four of 2017 Champions Showdown, witness your favorite players battle it out against their hand-chosen opponents. Hikaru Nakamura vs Veselin Topalov. Fabiano Caruana vs Alexander Grischuk. Wesley So vs Leinier Dominguez. Last, but certainly not least, Magnus Carlsen vs Ding Liren. Each set battling it out with rounds of rapid and blitz. Coverage provided by the commentary team of Maurice Ashley, Yasser Seirawan, and Jennifer Shahade.
Day Four of 2017 Champions Showdown, witness your favorite players battle it out against their hand-chosen opponents. Hikaru Nakamura vs Veselin Topalov. Fabiano Caruana vs Alexander Grischuk. Wesley So vs Leinier Dominguez. Last, but certainly not least, Magnus Carlsen vs Ding Liren. Each set battling it out with rounds of rapid and blitz. Coverage provided by the commentary team of Maurice Ashley, Yasser Seirawan, and Jennifer Shahade.
Day Four of 2017 Champions Showdown, witness your favorite players battle it out against their hand-chosen opponents. Hikaru Nakamura vs Veselin Topalov. Fabiano Caruana vs Alexander Grischuk. Wesley So vs Leinier Dominguez. Last, but certainly not least, Magnus Carlsen vs Ding Liren. Each set battling it out with rounds of rapid and blitz. Coverage provided by the commentary team of Maurice Ashley, Yasser Seirawan, and Jennifer Shahade.
Day Four of 2017 Champions Showdown, witness your favorite players battle it out against their hand-chosen opponents. Hikaru Nakamura vs Veselin Topalov. Fabiano Caruana vs Alexander Grischuk. Wesley So vs Leinier Dominguez. Last, but certainly not least, Magnus Carlsen vs Ding Liren. Each set battling it out with rounds of rapid and blitz. Coverage provided by the commentary team of Maurice Ashley, Yasser Seirawan, and Jennifer Shahade.
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