The top four American chess players: Hikaru Nakamura, Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So, and Leinier Dominguez compete on lichess.org. The two last games each day in this knockout are worth more, ensuring no runaway scores. The first six games of the finals are today. Join GMs Yasser Seirawan, Maurice Ashley, and WGM Jen Shahade for the move-by-move.
2020.05.28
https://lichess.org/broadcast/clutch-chess-day-3/gSqBCeNU
USChessChamps.com
Grandmaster Varuzhan Akobian reviews fundamental chess endgame concepts like opposition, the Lucena Position, and opposite-color bishops.
2020.05.26
The top four American chess players: Hikaru Nakamura, Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So, and Leinier Dominguez compete on lichess.org. The two last games each day in this knockout are worth more, ensuring no runaway scores. The first six games of the semifinals are today. Join GMs Yasser Seirawan, Maurice Ashley, and WGM Jen Shahade for the move-by-move.
2020.05.26
https://lichess.org/broadcast/clutch-chess-day-1/3P0rajij
USChessChamps.com
The top four American chess players: Hikaru Nakamura, Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So, and Leinier Dominguez compete on lichess.org. The two last games each day in this knockout are worth more, ensuring no runaway scores. The last six games of the semifinals are today. Join GMs Yasser Seirawan, Maurice Ashley, and WGM Jen Shahade for the move-by-move.
2020.05.27
https://lichess.org/broadcast/clutch-chess-day-2/5f0AIuo5
USChessChamps.com
"Steve the Pirate" provides a beginner analysis of the Italian Game and Giuoco Piano from his unusually quiet rocky shore. As Black, learn how to confront one of the most basic White openings.
2020.04.28
MODEL GAME
Erik van den Doel vs Ivan Sokolov, Dutch Championship (2004): C54 Giuoco Piano
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1296067
National Master Caleb Denby analyzes Viswanathan Anand vs. Wang Hao from Tata Steel in 2011.
2020.03.12
Viswanathan Anand vs Wang Hao, Tata Steel Group A (2011): E25 Nimzo-Indian, Saemisch, Keres variation
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1604385
Grandmaster Denes Boros looks at the best games so far from the ongoing online 12-player super-tournament on Chess24, called the Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge.
Grandmaster Denes Boros talks about an opening that was invented in the last decade: the "Rapport-Jobava System." See namesakes Baadur Jobava and Richard Rapport in action.
The top four American chess players: Hikaru Nakamura, Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So, and Leinier Dominguez compete on lichess.org. The two last games each day in this knockout are worth more, ensuring no runaway scores. The first six games of the semifinals are today. Join GMs Yasser Seirawan, Maurice Ashley, and WGM Jen Shahade for the move-by-move.
2020.05.26
https://lichess.org/broadcast/clutch-chess-day-1/3P0rajij
USChessChamps.com
Grandmaster Denes Boros looks at the best games so far from the ongoing online 12-player super-tournament on Chess24, called the Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge.
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