Grandmaster Alex Yermolinsky shares his greatest chess preparation (up to that point) from the early 1980s with games against Alexsander Shashin.
2022.11.17
Alex Yermolinsky vs. Alexsander Shashin, 1980: E98 King's Indian, orthodox, Aronin-Taimanov, 9.Ne1
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Yermolinsky vs. Shashin, 1981: E98 King's Indian, orthodox, Aronin-Taimanov, 9.Ne1
Grandmaster Alex Yermolinsky examines the Classical Variation of the King's Indian Defense. The Classical Variation is 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Be2 e5.
Grandmaster Alex Yermolinsky looks at games from young German grandmaster Vincent Keymer, who performed well at the 2022 Chess Olympiad in August.
Grandmaster Alex Yermolinsky looks at games from young German grandmaster Vincent Keymer, who performed well at the 2022 Chess Olympiad in August.
Grandmaster Alex Yermolinsky looks at games from a young grandmaster who performed well at the 2022 Chess Olympiad in August.
2022.11.29
Alex Moellering teaches a beginner chess class on pawns.
2022.11.29
Alex Moellering teaches a beginner chess class on pawns.
See the pawns' relationships with the rooks, bishops, and knights.
Alex Moellering teaches a beginner chess class on skewers. A skewer is an attack upon two pieces in a line and is similar to a pin. A skewer is sometimes described as a "reverse pin."
Grandmaster Alex Yermolinsky looks at games from young Uzbek grandmaster Nodirbek Abdusattorov, who performed well at the 2022 Chess Olympiad in August.
Alex Moellering teaches a beginner chess class on skewers. A skewer is an attack upon two pieces in a line and is similar to a pin. A skewer is sometimes described as a "reverse pin."
2022.11.22
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