National Master Caleb Denby analyzes Jeffery Xiong vs. Jorden van Foreest from the 2020 Tata Steel Masters.
2020.01.16
Jeffery Xiong vs Jorden van Foreest, Tata Steel Masters (2020): B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky attack, Sokolsky variation
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1990226
Grandmaster Joel Benjamin reviews the best games played recently in chess. See a game each from the Cairns Cup, the Prague Festival, and the Aeroflot Open.
Grandmaster Joel Benjamin shows games that demonstrate the advantage of having two bishops out of the opening. See one of the earliest true examples featuring Steinitz, to a modern example from Kasparov.
Grandmaster Joel Benjamin reviews the best games this week in chess.
2020.02.20
Grandmaster Joel Benjamin teaches a class on a subject of his choice.
2020.02.20
Grandmaster Joel Benjamin reviews the best games this week in chess.
2020.02.20
Grandmaster Joel Benjamin teaches a class on a subject of his choice.
2020.02.20
National Master Caleb Denby equips you with the tools to get on the road to a 2000 chess rating. See Caleb win, lose, and draw at the 2020 World Amateur Team & U.S. Team East tournament in Parsippany, N.J. (known as USATE).
2020.02.19
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Arslan Otchiyev vs. Caleb Denby, 2020: B18 Caro-Kann, classical, 6.h4
Denby vs. Alexander Meng, 2020: E20 Nimzo-Indian, Kmoch variation
Andrew Tang vs. Denby, 2020: A45 Queen's pawn game
Three-time U.S. Champion Grandmaster Joel Benjamin talks about two endgames where one must determine if liquidation is best. See a Yasser Seirawan win at the '94 Moscow Olympiad, and then a scholastic encounter.
2020.02.18
Filemon Cruz vs Yasser Seirawan, Olympiad (1994)
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1459045
Mary Tracy vs. Daniel Mero, 2019
The quintet of U.S. Chess Championships is rapid and online this year. Can Hikaru Nakamura, Jennifer Yu, Alexander Shabalov, and Carissa Yip successfully defend their titles? It's 17 days of scintillating national championship chess like you've never seen before.
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