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Can you Escape the Scandi? | Road to 2000

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CCSCSL Staff
on October 01, 2024 in

Club Staff Sara Herman shows four games from August 2022 where she was White against the Scandinavian Defense, and won them all! The Scandinavian starts with 1.e4 d5.

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Sara Herman vs. Senthi Ravichandra, 2022: B01 Scandinavian (centre counter) defence
Herman vs. Brian Wall, 2022: B01 Scandinavian defence
Herman vs. Brian Wall, 2022: B01 Scandinavian, Pytel-Wade variation

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2024 U.S. Chess Championships | PROMO

By
CCSCSL Staff
on October 01, 2024 in

National titles are on the line as America's best chess players compete in Saint Louis for the U.S. & U.S. Women's Championships. From October 11-24, see 24 players across both tournaments (fields below) fight for more than a $400,000 prize fund. Can Caruana and Yip defend their titles?

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US Champion Fabiano Caruana vs Julian Proleiko

By
CCSCSL Staff
on September 30, 2024 in

US Champion Fabiano Caruana visited the Saint Louis Chess Club to face some of the area's best players in the Club's weekly Saturday Night Blitz Tournament. Watch him go head to head with Julian Proleiko.

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