Ben Simon covers the best of the seventh round of this international tournament. Twenty players from 11 nations compete in two round robins with a combined $36,000 prize fund. Hear from GMs Wenjun Ju and Alex Shabalov.
Grandmaster Alejandro Ramirez asks the players to name their favorite movie.
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Ben Simon covers the best of the sixth round of this international tournament. Twenty players from 11 nations compete in two round robins with a combined $36,000 prize fund. Hear from GM Georg Meier.
2017.09.11
Georg Meier vs. Vladislav Kovalev, 2017: A05 Reti, King's Indian attack
https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/fall-chess-classic-2017-a/...
There were previously many articles about the international importance of our city as the official “chess capital of the United States of America.” Today I would like to tell you about how Saint Louis chess has changed for the perspective of people who live in the city. In my five years of being in Saint Louis, chess has become unbelievably popular among the locals.
Ben Simon covers the best of the weekend rounds of this international tournament. Twenty players from 11 nations compete in two round robins with a combined $36,000 prize fund. Hear from GMs Daniel Naroditsky and Antonios Pavlidis.
Ben Simon covers the best of the third round of this international tournament. Twenty players from 11 nations compete in two round robins with a combined $36,000 prize fund. Hear from GM Josh Friedel.
2017.09.08
Alexander Shabalov vs. Joshua E Friedel, 2017
https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/fall-chess-classic-2017-b/...
Ben Simon covers the best of the second round of this international tournament. Twenty players from 11 nations compete in two round robins with a combined $36,000 prize fund. Hear from GM Yaroslav Zherebukh and GM Alejandro Ramirez.
Ben Simon covers the best of the first round of this international tournament. Twenty players from 11 nations compete in two round robins with a combined $36,000 prize fund. Hear from GM Dariusz Świercz and GM Angel Arribas Lopez.
Grandmaster Elshan Moradiabadi looks at endgames featuring the knight and ones featuring the bishop. Knight themes include: don't lose a tempo, envision the destination, support the pawn from behind, and knights cause "landmine" squares.
Woman Grandmaster Sabina Foisor looks at endgames with a zugzwang theme. Zugzwang describes a situation where a player is forced to make an unsavory move, when they would rather not move at all.
2017.08.22
Erich Cohn vs Akiba Rubinstein, St. Petersburg (1909)
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1119725
Hansen vs. Aaron Nimzowitsch, 1923
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