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How to Find the PERFECT Mate! | Beginner Breakdown

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CCSCSL Staff
on March 21, 2022 in

Love is in the air! Alex Moellering shows how to find the perfect soulmate, roommate, and checkmate, using examples from famous matches. See tricks, traps, and sacrifices beginners can play in the opening and middlegame.

Originally on Twitch
2022.03.01

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Surveying the Scene | Beginner Breakdown

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CCSCSL Staff
on March 18, 2022 in

Alex Moellering discusses how to evaluate a given chess position. Learn about counting material, when material value changes, piece activity, and more. The mysterious masked Alex gives real examples.

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Young Jeffery's 2019 World Cup | Prepare Like A Pro - WGM Thalia Cervantes

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CCSCSL Staff
on March 17, 2022 in

Woman Grandmaster Thalia Cervantes looks at Jeffery Xiong's game against Igor Lysyj from the first round of the 2019 Chess World Cup, the largest knockout tournament in the game. Xiong made it all the way to the quarterfinals.

2022.03.17
Igor Lysyj vs Jeffery Xiong, World Cup (2019): D26 Queen's Gambit Accepted, classical variation, 6.O-O
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1972007

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