Grandmaster Jesse Kraai looks back on the 1834 unofficial world championship matches between Alexander McDonnell and Louis-Charles Mahé de La Bourdonnais. Numerous times during the match, a position arose from the Grand Prix attack.
Caleb Denby equips you with tools to get on the road to a 2000 rating.
2019.06.12
Caleb Denby shows three of his games that demonstrate how to think when the opening is done and the middlegame begins.
Grandmaster Jesse Kraai entertains with games and styles from before the 20th century.
2019.06.13
Caleb Denby equips you with tools to get on the road to a 2000 rating.
2019.06.12
After losing his first Blitz Bounty, does club instructor Dennis LaRue have any dignity left to lose? Why would he accept a challenge to a four-round G/5;d0 Blitz match for $36 and two Powerball tickets from a player 250 points higher rated than him?
2019.06.07
Does club instructor Dennis LaRue have any dignity left to lose? Why would he accept a challenge to a 4 Round G/5;d0 Blitz match for $36 and two power-ball tickets from a player 250 points higher rated than him? Tune in on Friday June 7th at 5:30 pm to find out.
Blitz bounty is back! Watch the 2018 Mid-America Mixed Doubles Champion, Dennis LaRue (1263 uscf) play against some over-rated teenager, Michael Pugachev (1511 uscf), in four rounds of rated blitz.
Grandmaster Alex Lenderman relives games where he lost due to his own bad pieces or failing to restrict his opponents’ pieces.
Grandmaster Alex Lenderman buzzes through nine thrilling games that perfectly exhibit the swashbuckling Romantic style of the 19th century.
Grandmaster Alex Lenderman analyzes viewer submissions. Send yours to Info@SaintLouisChessClub.org.
Grandmaster Alex Lenderman shows four games he lost, due to a lack of a sense of danger. Alex’s 2018 loss to Fabiano Caruana is included.
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