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Join the Saint Louis Chess Club and World Chess Hall of Fame for the 5th Annual Strategy Across the Board gala on Saturday, December 4, 2021 at the Chase Park Plaza, a Royal Sonesta Hotel for an evening of celebrating chess in Saint Louis and around the world.
8:00 p.m. Intimate Evening Program with Co-Hosts Amy Marxkors & Debbie Monterrey
8:00 p.m. Silent Auction Closes
8:30 p.m. Live Auction with Rene Knott
Expert Arjun Puri is back with a dozen more chess items. See twelve of the best Paul Morphy games ever, even those played with piece odds.
Nick Risko continues his series on the Scotch Game or Scotch Opening. As Nick increasingly examines sound lines, take a look at Black's queen moves 4...Qh4 and 4...Qf6. Originally on Twitch.
2021.11.01
C45 Scotch, Pulling counter-attack
C45 Scotch, Steinitz variation
Nick Risko continues his series on the Scotch Game or Scotch Opening. Learn the Göring Gambit. It's 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.c3. Originally on Twitch.
2021.10.25
C44 Scotch, Goering gambit
Nick Risko continues his series on the Scotch Game or Scotch Opening. Learn Black's Nf6 response to the Scotch Gambit and the Nakhmanson Gambit. Originally on Twitch.
2021.09.27
C44 Scotch gambit, Dubois-Reti defence
C56 Two knights defence
International Master Dorsa Derakhshani continues her series on her favorite ways to play against the Sicilian Defense with White.
2021.11.24
B40 Sicilian, Anderssen variation
B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen variation
International Master Dorsa Derakhshani continues her series on her favorite ways to play against the Sicilian Defense with White.
2021.11.24
Club Chess Associate Alex Moellering substitutes this week. Get in the mind of the mysterious masked 1400 on his journey to a 2000 chess rating.
Club Chess Associate Alex Moellering substitutes this week. Get in the mind of the mysterious masked 1400 on his journey to a 2000 chess rating.
2021.11.23
Alex Moellering vs. Luke Herbst, 2012: B06 Robatsch (modern) defence
Moellering vs. Tyrell Perry, 2014: B30 Sicilian defence
Moellering vs. Kevin Ding, 2014: C44 Scotch gambit
Mike Kummer vs. Moellering, 2020: E81 King's Indian, Saemisch, 5...O-O
Moellering vs. N.N., ???: C03 French, Tarrasch
Moellering vs. N.N., ???:
Grandmaster Bryan Smith teaches a chess endgame class about triangulation and related squares, and switching the player to move on the same position. Learn about zugzwang and waiting moves.
2021.11.23
Trébuchet
Luigi Centurini position
Bryan Smith vs. Nelson Castaneda, 2009
Walter Henneberger vs Aron Nimzowitsch, Swiss Championship (1931)
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Smith vs. Dennis Wagner, 2015
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