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2021 Saint Louis Corporate Chess League: Virtual Spring #2

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CCSCSL Staff
on March 17, 2021 in

The Corporate Chess League continues its Spring league! Join Mike Kummer for the move-by-move. Mike Kummer plays for Maritz as well! How will Mike commentate and play at the same time? Not very well. At the end, Kummer will select the most outstanding game of the tournament. The winner of the most outstanding game will receive a special gift!

2021.03.25
Chess.com

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Spot Opportunities for Tactics | Road to 2000 - NM Caleb Denby

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CCSCSL Staff
on March 16, 2021 in

National Master Caleb Denby explains his process for finding tactics naturally in games. Half of the process of solving a tactic is actually identifying a tactic. See Caleb's own examples, as well as a game from the 2021 Magnus Carlsen Invitational.

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Sicilian, Pin Variation | Chess Openings Explained

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CCSCSL Staff
on March 15, 2021 in

Nick Risko gives his take on the Pin Variation of the Sicilian Defense. In a rebuttal to Yasser Seirawan's 2013 lecture on the topic, Nick explains why he does not think the variation is good for Black to play.

2021.03.15
B40 Sicilian, Pin, Koch variation

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