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
Grandmaster Denes Boros teaches a chess endgame class.
2021.06.15
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
Grandmaster Denes Boros interviews legend GM Yasser Seirawan about his career, world standings, streaming, and 80s chess! Questions are accepted via chat.
2021.06.16
Nick Risko teaches the Ponziani Opening, which starts with 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3.
2021.06.21
C44 Ponziani opening
C44 Ponziani counter-gambit
C44 Ponziani, Jaenisch counter-attack
C44 Ponziani, Leonhardt variation
C44 Ponziani, Steinitz variation
C44 Ponziani, Fraser defence
Grandmaster Cristian Chirila, Michael Khodarkovsky, and Augusta Dragic present Shakhriyar Mamedyarov with the Superbet Chess Classic trophy after the ninth round of the 2021 Superbet Chess Classic.
2021.06.14
GrandChessTour.org
The second Superbet Chess Classic is the first leg of the 2021 Grand Chess Tour, live from the Sheraton Bucharest Hotel in Romania. Eight of the nine tour players are joined by two wildcards for nine rounds of classical chess. Join GMs Alejandro Ramirez, Yasser Seirawan, Cristian Chirila, Maurice Ashley, and IM Almira Skripchenko for the move-by-move.
2021.06.14
GrandChessTour.org
National Master Caleb Denby recaps some of the best games from the Superbet Chess Classic, the first leg of the 2021 Grand Chess Tour. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov won the tournament by a clear point.
2021.06.15
Nick Risko teaches the Ponziani Opening.
2021.06.21
C44 Ponziani opening
C44 Ponziani counter-gambit
C44 Ponziani, Jaenisch counter-attack
Grandmaster Cristian Chirila interviews Alexander Grischuk during the ninth round of the 2021 Superbet Chess Classic.
2021.06.14
GrandChessTour.org
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