Grandmaster Elshan Moradiabadi analyzes a submission from Lenhardt, which was probably played in the German League.
2019.04.18
NN vs. Lenhardt: A81 Dutch defence, Blackburne variation
NN vs. Henry Rankin, 2019
Caleb Denby analyzes Game 1 of his recent rapid and blitz match against Jonathan Schrantz. This was the only game Caleb lost, as he went on to win the match 4.5-2.5.
2019.04.17
Jonathan Schrantz vs. Caleb Denby, 2019: B19 Caro-Kann, classical, Spassky variation
https://lichess.org/study/gS12Ixg2
Grandmaster Elshan Moradiabadi shows two painful losses, including one against WGM Maria Velcheva in Dubai in 2004. Elshan shows how overconfidence can kill.
It's the strongest expert chess match ever! Chess Club personalities Jonathan Schrantz and Caleb Denby settle their score with two rapid games and four blitz games. Join GM Denes Boros, Ben Simon, and Dennis LaRue for the move-by-move.
https://lichess.org/study/gS12Ixg2
2019.04.12
Grandmaster Elshan Moradiabadi analyzes viewer-submitted games, including a neat Chess.com blitz loss from Daniel Kolár.
2019.04.11
Daniel Kolár vs. NN: B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3
Emanuel Lasker vs Jose Raul Capablanca, Moscow (1936): B58 Sicilian, classical
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1283521
Grandmaster Aman Hambleton presents 5 difficult tactics problems. Through the power of friendship, the class is able to overcome the challenge.
2019.03.17
FIDE Master Sunil Weeramantry shows two games where a king is “pulled” into opposing territory to be checkmated. See a game he played as a kid in 1963, and a win by his stepson Hikaru Nakamura.
2019.04.02
Sunil Weeramantry vs. Fiaccabrino, 1963: C53 Giuoco Piano, close variation
Michal Vladimirovich Krasenkow vs Hikaru Nakamura, Casino de Barcelona (2007)
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1477101
Grandmaster Maurice Ashley recaps the finish to the U.S. Chess Championships. Hikaru Nakamura is the king again, while Jennifer Yu has won her first U.S. Women's title.
2019.03.31
USChessChamps.com
Check out the results of our April schoalstic tournament, Spring Fever!
It has been nearly five years since I was last in Saint Louis. In 2014, shortly after I became a Grandmaster, I was invited to be the Grandmaster-In-Residence at the Saint Louis Chess Club – a position I had not even known existed.
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