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2021 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships: Preview

Saint Louis hosted the 2021 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships. Eventual National Champion Gable Steveson of Minnesota joins GMs Irina Krush and Maurice Ashley to demonstrate the undeniable parallels between chess and wrestling.

2021.03.18-20
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The Ideal Botvinnik World Championship Game | Chess and Psychology - IM Dorsa Derakhshani

International Master Dorsa Derakhshani analyzes the fourth game between Mikhail Botvinnik and Sam Reshevsky from the quintuple round robin 1948 World Chess Championship. The tournament decided Botvinnik as the new champion, as the title was vacant due to Alexander Alekhine's death.

2021.03.24
Samuel Reshevsky vs Mikhail Botvinnik, FIDE World Championship Tournament (1948): C18 French, Winawer, classical variation
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Sicilian Defense, Rossolimo Attack | Chess Openings Explained

Nick Risko teaches the Rossolimo Variation of the Sicilian Defense, which is 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5. White's usual intention is to play Bxc6, giving Black doubled pawns.

 2021.03.22
B30 Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)

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