2019 Cairns Cup: Closing Ceremony
Grandmaster Valentina Gunina is crowned the champion of the first-ever Cairns Cup at the World Chess Hall of Fame.
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2019.02.16
Grandmaster Valentina Gunina is crowned the champion of the first-ever Cairns Cup at the World Chess Hall of Fame.
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2019.02.16
Since I teach, I keep saying to my students: one of the most basic things when calculating in chess is to analyze all possible checks, captures, and threats. We should also start with the checks that we intuitively think are more dangerous, captures of heavy pieces and the most important threats, starting with mate.
Caleb Denby equips you with the planning skills needed to get on the road to a 2000 rating.
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2019.02.13
Starting February 20th thru February 24th, The 2019 Champions Showdown shall be an exhibition event featuring five individual matches: Hikaru Nakamura vs. Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Fabiano Caruana vs. Pentala Harikrishna, Wesley So vs. David Navara, Leinier Dominguez vs. Veselin Topalov and Sam Shankland vs. Richard Rapport. Over five days, the players shall contest games at rapid and blitz time controls. Each matchup will have a prize fund of $60,000 with first place taking $36,000 and second place taking $24,000.
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Jonathan Schrantz accepts live challenges on lichess.org
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Event Date: February 26th, 2019 8:45 P.M.
Club instructor Dennis LaRue tries to avoid embarrassment in a rated blitz match for cash against one of the many children at the club who are responsible for bringing him to his UCSF rating floor!
Hosts: GM Pepe Cuenca & Ben Simon
Players: Dennis LaRue & Jacob Sanders
Event Date: February 26th, 2019 8:45 P.M.
Preview:
Club instructor Dennis LaRue tries to avoid embarrassment in a rated blitz match for cash against one of the many children at the club who are responsible for bringing him to his UCSF rating floor!
Host: Ben Simon
Co-host: GM Pepe Cuenca
Players: Dennis LaRue & Jacob Sanders
International Master Tania Sachdev and WGM Jennifer Shahade discuss prize funds in women's events and the importance of having something for which female players can fight, before the 2019 Cairns Cup.
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International Master Tania Sachdev and WGM Jennifer Shahade discuss sexism in chess, and why gender lines exist in the game, before the 2019 Cairns Cup.
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