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A Recap: Chess a never ending show!

I was supposed to write this blog long time ago. Unfortunately, two things prevented me from doing so: first, my second residency this year at the Saint Louis Chess Club, second and main reason for this postponed article, is the never ending schedule of chess events and activities that have hit me up in the past three months!

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Chess in Cuba - The Universal Language

I had the good fortune to visit Havana Cuba in May of 2017. Part of our visit included donating school supplies and other items to an elementary school in Centro Habana. Chess sets and boards donated by the Saint Louis Chess Club generated the most excitement by far.

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2017 Fall Chess Classic: Round 9

Grandmaster Denes Boros shows the 2017 World Cup semifinal armageddon game between Levon Aronian and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. First, see games from Richard Rapport and Baadur Jobava as white that use similar variations.

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2017 Fall Chess Classic: Round 8

Grandmaster Denes Boros is impressed by the viewer submissions this week. Still, focus on the mistakes and improve.

2017.09.28
The Lie,Detector vs. Elijah Stewart: A11 English, Caro-Kann defensive system
Andrew Ackerman (1770) vs. Julian Trujillo (1778): A81 Dutch defence
Nicolas Laure vs. N.N.: B00 Owen defence
David Brychta (2252) vs. Nick Sturgel: B98 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7

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2017 Fall Chess Classic: Round 7

Grandmaster Denes Boros is so impressed by GM James Tarjan's 2017 Isle of Man win over Vladimir Kramnik, he decided to pay tribute to the librarian Tarjan who has come out of retirement.

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2017 Sinquefield Cup: Favorite Movie?

National Master Julian Proleiko deeply explores the Ragozin variation of the Queen's Gambit and Nimzo-Indian. See the old ways and modern styles of Black achieving equality with the Ragozin.

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HOW TO DRESS LIKE A GRANDMASTER

First, a simple question: does it matter how we dress? Yes, it does. Dressing appropriately is one of the many basic etiquettes not only in chess but in many other fields in life such as work, school, and religion. In top chess tournaments, players are required to observe some type of a dress code, usually business casual or smart casual. World championship contenders usually follow the business or informal dress code.

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2017 Fall Chess Classic: Round 6

International Master Vitaly Neimer looks at historical games, significant for the brilliant final move in each one. Vitaly finishes with a game of his own.

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2017 Fall Chess Classic: Rounds 4 & 5

International Master Vitaly Neimer takes two game submissions. George from Greece sends an accurately-played online game. Ken West learns what went wrong against Matthew Manley.

2017.09.21
sergosreseli vs. Georgios Tsirvoulis, 2017: B40 Sicilian defence
Matthew R Manley (1672) vs. Ken West (1402), 2017: A05 Reti opening

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