Grandmaster Denes Boros is amused by openings named for cities, but Brooklyn needs some love! See why and how to play the Brooklyn variation of the Alekhine Defense, where the knight retreats back home to g8 on the second move.
Grandmaster Denes Boros reviews Shakhriyar Mamedyarov's games from the 2021 Superbet Chess Classic in Romania. The Azeri went on a three-game winning streak en route to winning the event.
Grandmaster Denes Boros teaches a chess class on a topic of his choice.
2021.06.17
Laurent Fressinet vs Magnus Carlsen, World Blitz Championship (2014): B02 Alekhine's defence, Brooklyn defence
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1759253
David J Eggleston vs Vladimir Fedoseev, Abu Dhabi Masters (2016): B02 Alekhine's defence, Brooklyn defence
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1828963
From June 18-22, watch EXCLUSIVELY on KasparovChess.com and Kasparovchess on Twitch.
Since 2016, the Paris Rapid and Blitz tournament has been a part of the Grand Chess Tour. Through the support of KasparovChess, Vivendi, and Colliers International, Paris hosts the second stop on the 2021 Grand Chess Tour and promises five days of excitement and fireworks. Eleven elite grandmasters will compete in 9 rounds of rapid chess and 18 rounds of blitz chess for a total prize fund of $150,000.
Grandmaster Denes Boros reviews the best games from this week in world class chess.
2021.06.17
Grandmaster Denes Boros teaches a chess class on a topic of his choice.
2021.06.17
International Master Dorsa Derakhshani continues her June chess series on Magnus Carlsen. See a game from the 2017 London Chess Classic, where Carlsen's 2021 world championship challenger Ian Nepomniachtchi defeated him.
Watch the previous Carlsen videos!
https://youtu.be/YxQA1IXpad4
https://youtu.be/LsfL3Qm7y2o
International Master Dorsa Derakhshani continues her June chess series on Magnus Carlsen.
Watch the previous Carlsen videos!
https://youtu.be/YxQA1IXpad4
https://youtu.be/LsfL3Qm7y2o
2021.06.16
Grandmaster Denes Boros dissects two major piece endgames by Anatoly Karpov and Harry Nelson Pillsbury from the Carlsbad pawn structure.
National Master Caleb Denby hosts a live seven round G/3 tournament on Chess.com. All medal winners will receive Free Entry into "Summer Slam Bash" (online) on 6/23. All players are entered into a Raffle (held on 6/23) for a free one Hour GM Lesson via Skype. Full details: https://saintlouischessclub.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=11585
2021.06.15
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