Grandmaster Dariusz Swiercz reviews the games of Radoslaw Wojtaszek from the ongoing 2021 Polish Chess Championship. See the first game of the final match of the 16-player knockout between Wojtaszek and Wojciech Moranda.
Grandmaster Dariusz Swiercz gives his take on sacrificing one's knight on d5, usually from the Sicilian Defense. See when it's good and when it's bad.
Grandmaster Dariusz Swiercz teaches a chess class on a topic of his choice.
2021.05.05
The Corporate Chess League crowns a champion of its Spring league! Join GM Josh Friedel for the move-by-move. Who will win: Edward Jones, World Wide Technology, Enterprise, or Maritz?
2021.05.20
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Grandmaster Dariusz Swiercz teaches a chess class on a topic of his choice.
2021.05.05
Grandmaster Dariusz Swiercz reviews the best games played this week in world class chess.
2021.05.05
International Master Dorsa Derakhshani analyzes Magnus Carlsen's victory over Hikaru Nakamura from 2013 Tata Steel in Wijk aan Zee, a round robin that the future world champion eventually won.
2021.05.05
Magnus Carlsen vs Hikaru Nakamura, Tata Steel Group A (2013): B32 Sicilian, Labourdonnais-Loewenthal (Kalashnikov) variation
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Grandmaster Dariusz Swiercz analyzes his favorite games from the 2021 New In Chess Classic, a dual-stage online tournament and the fifth leg of the Champions Chess Tour.
National Master Caleb Denby poses unconventional chess studies and puzzles. Solve a kriegspiel puzzle (also known as blind chess). Deal with zugzwang, underpromotion, retrograde analysis, plus see a study by Caleb himself.
2021.05.04
Support us on Thursday, May 6 during Give STL Day! It is the mission of the Saint Louis Chess Club, an educational organization, to maintain a formal program of instruction to teach the game of chess and to promote and support its educational program through community outreach and local and national partnerships to increase the awareness of the educational value of chess.
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OUR MISSION It is the mission of the Saint Louis Chess Club, an educational organization, to maintain a formal program of instruction to teach the game of chess and to promote and support its educational program through community outreach and local and national partnerships to increase the awareness of the educational value of chess.
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