Woman Grandmaster Sabina Foisor analyzes viewer submissions, with a focus on the Grünfeld Defence and 1.d4 e5.
2017.08.24
blakeus vs. ShikoBella, 2017: D85 Gruenfeld, exchange variation
Meine Velze vs. multa-tuli, 2017: A40 Queen's pawn, Charlick (Englund) gambit
Nicholas Pinto vs. NN, 2017: A04 Reti opening
Ben Simon covers the best of the final round of this international tournament. Twenty players from 11 nations compete in two round robins with a combined $36,000 prize fund. Hear from the winners, GMs Georg Meier and Josh Friedel.
Find out the answers to all the chess puzzles from the Sinquefield Cup Cup Chronicle and the August puzzles featured on Facebook and Twitter!
Ben Simon covers the best of the eighth round of this international tournament. Twenty players from 11 nations compete in two round robins with a combined $36,000 prize fund. Hear from GM Ruifeng Li and WGM Tatev Abrahamyan.
Ben Simon covers the best of the seventh round of this international tournament. Twenty players from 11 nations compete in two round robins with a combined $36,000 prize fund. Hear from GMs Wenjun Ju and Alex Shabalov.
Grandmaster Alejandro Ramirez asks the players to name their favorite movie.
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Ben Simon covers the best of the sixth round of this international tournament. Twenty players from 11 nations compete in two round robins with a combined $36,000 prize fund. Hear from GM Georg Meier.
2017.09.11
Georg Meier vs. Vladislav Kovalev, 2017: A05 Reti, King's Indian attack
https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/fall-chess-classic-2017-a/...
There were previously many articles about the international importance of our city as the official “chess capital of the United States of America.” Today I would like to tell you about how Saint Louis chess has changed for the perspective of people who live in the city. In my five years of being in Saint Louis, chess has become unbelievably popular among the locals.
Ben Simon covers the best of the weekend rounds of this international tournament. Twenty players from 11 nations compete in two round robins with a combined $36,000 prize fund. Hear from GMs Daniel Naroditsky and Antonios Pavlidis.
Ben Simon covers the best of the third round of this international tournament. Twenty players from 11 nations compete in two round robins with a combined $36,000 prize fund. Hear from GM Josh Friedel.
2017.09.08
Alexander Shabalov vs. Joshua E Friedel, 2017
https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/fall-chess-classic-2017-b/...
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