SAINT LOUIS, September 12, 2023 - GM Sam Sevian won the 2023 Champions Showdown: Chess 9LX after a brilliant final day, where he defeated a competitive field including legendary former World Champion Garry Kasparov and World No. 2 Fabiano Caruana to take home the $37,500 first place prize. Chess 9LX was hosted by the Saint Louis Chess Club at the World Chess Hall of Fame September 8-11, 2023.
Grandmaster Victor Mikhalevski shows his beautiful chess ideas, mostly his own games and positions inspired by his games.
Alex Moellering shows how to neutralize your opponent when they fianchetto their bishop. A fianchetto is when a player pushes their b- or g-pawn one square and places a bishop on the longest diagonal now available.
2023.09.12
Grandmaster Victor Mikhalevski shows his beautiful chess ideas, mostly from his own games.
2023.09.12
Gregory Kaidanov vs Victor Mikhalevski, SPICE Cup (2008)
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Sam Sevian talks to Sabina Foisor before the start of the 2023 Chess 9LX. This didn’t air on the program.
2023.09.07
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Ray Robson talks to Sabina Foisor before the start of the 2023 Chess 9LX. This didn’t air on the program.
2023.09.07
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Jeffery Xiong talks to Sabina Foisor before the start of the 2023 Chess 9LX. This didn’t air on the program.
2023.09.07
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Sam Shankland talks to Sabina Foisor before the start of the 2023 Chess 9LX. This didn’t air on the program.
2023.09.07
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Sam Sevian talks to Cristian Chirila after going 2-0-1 and winning the event on the third day of the 2023 Chess 9LX.
2023.09.10
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Live from the World Chess Hall of Fame, the sixth Chess 9LX event is a 10-player Fischer Random chess (Chess960) round robin rapid tournament (pairings below). Today are the final three rounds, plus playoffs if necessary. Join GMs Yasser Seirawan, Cristian Chirila, and IM Nazi Paikidze for the move-by-move.
2023.09.10
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LIVE GAMES: https://lichess.org/broadcast/2023-champions-showdown-chess9lx/round-7/c...
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