Play the Sicilian: Scheveningen | Chess and Psychology - IM Dorsa Derakhshani | lichess.com
International Master Dorsa Derakhshani continues her series on her favorite ways to play against the Sicilian Defense with White.
2021.11.24
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Alex Moellering's 1400 Journey | Road to 2000
Club Chess Associate Alex Moellering substitutes this week. Get in the mind of the mysterious masked 1400 on his journey to a 2000 chess rating.
Alex's 1400 Journey | Road to 2000 | lichess.org
Club Chess Associate Alex Moellering substitutes this week. Get in the mind of the mysterious masked 1400 on his journey to a 2000 chess rating.
2021.11.23
Alex Moellering vs. Luke Herbst, 2012: B06 Robatsch (modern) defence
Moellering vs. Tyrell Perry, 2014: B30 Sicilian defence
Moellering vs. Kevin Ding, 2014: C44 Scotch gambit
Mike Kummer vs. Moellering, 2020: E81 King's Indian, Saemisch, 5...O-O
Moellering vs. N.N., ???: C03 French, Tarrasch
Moellering vs. N.N., ???:
The Art of Losing a Tempo | Insane in the Endgame - GM Bryan Smith
Grandmaster Bryan Smith teaches a chess endgame class about triangulation and related squares, and switching the player to move on the same position. Learn about zugzwang and waiting moves.
2021.11.23
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Luigi Centurini position
Bryan Smith vs. Nelson Castaneda, 2009
Walter Henneberger vs Aron Nimzowitsch, Swiss Championship (1931)
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1273732
Smith vs. Dennis Wagner, 2015
A Shot of Scotch #3: Scotch Gambit, Dubois-Reti & Nakhmanson | Chess Openings Explained
Nick Risko continues his series on the Scotch Game or Scotch Opening. Learn Black's Nf6 response to the Scotch Gambit and the Nakhmanson Gambit. Originally on Twitch.
2021.09.27
C44 Scotch gambit, Dubois-Reti defence
C56 Two knights defence
A Shot of Scotch #2: Scotch Gambit, Bc5 Lines | Chess Openings Explained
Nick Risko continues his series on the Scotch Game or Scotch Opening. Learn the London Defense of the Scotch Gambit: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Bb4+ and more. Originally on Twitch.
2021.09.20
C44 Scotch gambit
C44 Scotch gambit, Vitzhum attack
C44 Scotch gambit, Cochrane-Shumov defence
C53 Giuoco Piano, Ghulam Kassim variation
A Shot of Scotch #1: Third Move Sidelines | Chess Openings Explained
Nick Risko begins his series on the Scotch Game or Scotch Opening. See the deviations beginning on Black's third move. It's 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4. Originally on Twitch.
2021.09.13
C44 Scotch opening
Napoleon Bonaparte vs Henri Gatien Bertrand, St. Helena (1820): C44 Scotch, Lolli variation
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1250609Foi
The Kan Sicilian: Main Lines | Chess and Psychology - IM Dorsa Derakhshani
International Master Dorsa Derakhshani continues her series on her favorite ways to play against the Sicilian Defense with White, with the main lines of the Kan (or Paulsen).
2021.11.17
B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) variation
B46 Sicilian, Taimanov variation
Maneuver to Break Through! | Insane in the Endgame - GM Bryan Smith
Grandmaster Bryan Smith shows Mikhail Botvinnik and Vasily Smyslov's 17th game from the 1957 World Chess Championship. Bryan then presents a complicated knight break-through composition.
2021.11.16
Mikhail Botvinnik vs Vasily Smyslov, Botvinnik - Smyslov World Championship Match (1957)
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1032437
Play Chess Like a 2000! | Road to 2000 - NM Caleb Denby
National Master Caleb Denby shows his games from the 2016 Indianapolis Open when he was rated 2000. The mysterious masked Caleb confesses that at that rating, it's all about who sees the most "tricks."
2021.11.16
Caleb Denby vs. Jason Scott Daniels, 2016: A88 Dutch, Leningrad, main variation with c6
Maggie Feng vs. Denby, 2016: A07 Reti, King's Indian attack (Barcza system)
