Beginner's Guide to Calculation and Move Selection | Beginner Breakdown | lichess.org
Alex Moellering teaches a beginner chess class on calculation and move selection.
2023.01.10
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Make Decisions in Complex Positions | Grandmaster's Choice - GM Igor Novikov
Grandmaster Igor Novikov teaches a chess class on decision-making in complicated positions, using his own game against Larry Christiansen in the 2022 U.S. Senior Championship in Saint Louis.
2023.01.10
Igor Novikov vs Larry Christiansen, U.S. Senior Championships (2022): D37 Queen's Gambit Declined, 4.Nf3
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The Grand Chess Tour Returns In 2023
Saint Louis, MO (Monday, January 9, 2023) – The Grand Chess Tour (GCT), a circuit of international events, each demonstrating the highest level of organization for the world's best players, will return again in 2023. Tour participants will compete for a total prize fund of $1.4 million over the course of the 2023 season. The prize money for each of the two classical tournaments will be $350,000 and $175,000 per event for rapid and blitz. In addition, a bonus prize fund totalling $175,000 will be awarded to the top three overall tour finishers.
Chess Preparation for Dlugy | Prepare Like A Pro - GM Igor Novikov
Grandmaster Igor Novikov teaches a chess class on opening preparation, using his win over Max Dlugy from the first U.S. Senior Championship.
2023.01.05
Maxim Dlugy vs Igor Novikov, U.S. Senior Championships (2019): D00 Queen's pawn, Mason variation
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Chess Preparation for a Specific Variation | Prepare Like A Pro - GM Igor Novikov
Grandmaster Igor Novikov teaches a chess class on opening preparation.
2023.01.05
Forcing Moves Revisited | Beginner Breakdown
Alex Moellering teaches a beginner chess class on forcing moves.
A forcing move is not always a check. See zugzwangs, waiting moves, and more!
2023.01.03
Paul Morphy vs Duke Karl / Count Isouard, Paris (1858): C41 Philidor's defence
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C03 French, Tarrasch
A45 Paleface attack
Alex Moellering vs. N. N., ???: B22 Sicilian, Alapin's variation (2.c3)
Chess Analysis in Pre-Computer Times | Grandmaster's Choice - GM Igor Novikov | lichess.org
Grandmaster Igor Novikov shows his longest analysis ever, beginning from the opening tabia and lasting until the end of the game.
2023.01.03
Forcing Moves Revisited | Beginner Breakdown | lichess.org
Alex Moellering teaches a beginner chess class on forcing moves.
2023.01.03
Spassky vs. Fischer '72: Critical Moments | Grandmaster's Choice - GM Elshan Moradiabadi
Grandmaster Elshan Moradiabadi looks back at the most important moments from the 1972 World Chess Championship match between Soviet champion Boris Spassky and American challenger Bobby Fischer. See what made Fischer's win so special, as a part of the World Chess Hall of Fame's "1972 Fischer/Spassky: The Match, Its Origin, and Influence," on exhibit until April 30, 2023.
JJ's Best White London System Games #2 | Prepare Like A Pro - GM JJ Ali Marandi
Grandmaster Cemil Can Ali Marandi looks at even more of his favorite London System games that JJ himself played as White. Watch Part 1: https://youtu.be/EgNI3jGvduQ.
