National Master Caleb Denby looks at special games from notable local players Doug Eckert, Thalia Cervantes, Julian Proleiko, and Jonathan Schrantz. Several of these players will compete online against the San Francisco Mechanics' Institute on April 15, 2020.
The Saint Louis Chess Club faces off against the San Francisco Mechanics' Institute Chess Club in a 19-on-19 online challenge. Each pair plays twice at G/20+2. The first team to 19.5 points wins. Join NM Caleb Denby for the move-by-move.
2020.04.15
Chess.com
STL Team: IM Aaron Grabinsky, FM Justus Williams, FM Thalia Cervantes, NM Julian Proleiko, FM Doug Eckert, WCM Rachael Li, and 14 more
SF Team: FM Kyron Griffith, FM Josiah Stearman, FM Eric Li, IM Elliott Winslow, WFM Natalia Tsodikova, WCM Ruiyang Yan, and 14 more
International Master Dorsa Derakhshani teaches a class all about the Maróczy Bind. The Bind is a White response to the Sicilian Defense, characterized by white pawns on c4 and e4, with White's d-pawn having been exchanged for Black's c-pawn.
National Master Caleb Denby profiles the exchange Caro-Kann and how to play against White's main line Bd3 and the Panov-Botvinnik Attack.
The Saint Louis Chess Club faces off against the San Francisco Mechanics Institute in a 20-on-20 online challenge. Each pair plays twice at G/20+2. The first team to 20.5 points wins. Join NM Caleb Denby for the move-by-move.
2020.04.15
Chess.com
National Master Caleb Denby analyzes his game as Black against Andrew Tang from the World Amateur Team (USATE) in 2020.
2020.02.20
Andrew Tang vs. Caleb Denby, 2020: A45 Queen's pawn game
Producer: Danny Machuca
National Master Caleb Denby analyzes Humpy Koneru vs. Alexandra Kosteniuk from the Cairns Cup in 2020.
2020.02.20
Humpy Koneru vs Alexandra Kosteniuk, Cairns Cup (2020): E51 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 e8g8, 5.Nf3 d7d5
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1991940
International Master Dorsa Derakhshani demonstrates how to double up White's pawns with the Nimzo-Indian Defense. For more on the Nimzo from Dorsa: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dMtuxZ2uQk.
International Master Dorsa Derakhshani teaches a lecture on a topic of viewers' choice. VOTE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCM-ONC2bCHytG2mYtKDmIeA/community?lb=Ug...
2020.04.09
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