During Week 6 of the official PRO Chess League, the Saint Louis Arch Bishops faced the only team with a perfect score, the San Diego Surfers. These elite teams were closely matched and saw a tied score all the way until the final round.
Jonathan Schrantz challenges you to find the best move. Find a mate or win material with pins, forks, skewers, and more. If you find a good move, see if you can find an even better one.
2017.01.16
Grandmaster Yasser Seirawan dissects an endgame from the Club's Saturday Night Special on March 4. FM Justus Williams had white against WCM Thalia Cervantes.
2017.03.07
Justus Williams vs. Thalia Cervantes, 2017: D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 3.Nf3
Dennis LaRue demonstrates the exchange sacrifice: when a rook is given up for a minor piece and positional compensation. Perhaps no player is more closely associated with the concept than is Petrosian.
2017.03.07
Boris Spassky vs Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian, Petrosian - Spassky World Championship Match (1966): A46 Queen's pawn, Torre attack
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1106720
Jonathan Schrantz shows you how to play the Leningrad variation of the Dutch Defence, an opening rarely seen in top level play. In this second part, learn the 7...c6 branch.
Grandmaster Varuzhan Akobian reviews a Tigran Petrosian game from the 1956 USSR Championship. Petrosian's positional artwork was inspirational to Akobian.
2017.03.02
Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian vs Vladimir Simagin, Ch URS (1956): A15 English opening
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1106312
Jonathan Schrantz substitutes for the grandmaster in the debut of this viewer submission lecture. See a game where a player resigned in an engine-declared superior position at the 2016 Wisconsin Memorial.
2017.03.02
Corey A Larson vs. Timothy N Trachok, 2016: A57 Benko gambit
Emily Trask as white, 2017: B20 Sicilian defence
Catherine Leberg and Ryan Chester show their horrible mistakes in games they've played online. Have you done worse? This video is meant for children and beginners of all ages. Not for advanced players!
2017.02.08
Grandmaster Varuzhan Akobian shows two of his endgames from the 2017 Gibraltar Chess Festival. Find the methods Var used in only slightly better positions.
2017.02.28
Eesha Karavade vs Varuzhan Akobian, Tradewise Gibraltar (2017)
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1859960
Pere Garriga Cazorla vs Varuzhan Akobian, Tradewise Gibraltar (2017)
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1860326
Dennis LaRue features games that prominently exhibit double attacks, also known as forks and discovered attacks. A double attack consists of two attacks made with one move.
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