April 2019 Chess Puzzle Answer Key
Find the answers to the chess puzzles posted on Facebook and Twitter this month!
Find the answers to the chess puzzles posted on Facebook and Twitter this month!
One of the main concerns of professionals in competitive fields is the amount of popularity of their profession. While some sports and activities are well-established, other sports have to reform or reshape their market base. Thanks to Internet and its global impact, millions of people are involved with chess on a daily basis.
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
Grandmaster Elshan Moradiabadi demonstrates how endgames have hardly changed since the beginning of the game. Explore pawn races and other common themes.
Grandmaster Elshan Moradiabadi analyzes viewer submissions. Send yours to info@saintlouischessclub.org.
Caleb Denby looks at two of his games from the 2017 Saint Louis Open, an event where he earned 70 USCF rating points.
2019.04.24
https://lichess.org/study/hqB3nMJJ
Caleb Denby vs. Michael Brooks, 2017: A41 Robatsch defence, Rossolimo variation
Denby vs. Katerina Nemcova, 2017: A90 Dutch defence
Grandmaster Elshan Moradiabadi shows games from the GRENKE Classic and more. Identify turning points and identify the bias each player lets influence his decisions.
Does Jonathan Schrantz Beat a Grandmaster on lichess.org? Watch to find out!
2019.04.23
Jonathan Schrantz vs. GM Ianchester1: E20 Nimzo-Indian, Kmoch variation