Live from the World Chess Hall of Fame, the seventh Chess 9LX event is a 10-player Fischer Random chess (Chess960) rapid round robin tournament (players below). Today are the first three rounds. Join a commentary team TBA for the move-by-move.
Fabiano Caruana visited the Saint Louis Chess Club to face some of the area's best players in the Club's weekly Saturday Night Blitz Tournament. Watch him go head to head with Julian Proleiko.
Understand the position, and proceed the attack for white
Be careful...looks can be deceiving
Play on the queenside, on the center, and now on the kingside.
Seirawan vs Benjamin
Three times with the same opening, it's time for refutation by GM Yasser Seirawan against GM Boris Spassky
Having a little fun with NM Ralph Tan
Three times with the same opening, it's time for refutation by GM Yasser Seirawan against GM Boris Spassky
Club Staff Sara Herman shows four games from August 2022 where she was White against the Scandinavian Defense, and won them all! The Scandinavian starts with 1.e4 d5.
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Sara Herman vs. Senthi Ravichandra, 2022: B01 Scandinavian (centre counter) defence
Herman vs. Brian Wall, 2022: B01 Scandinavian defence
Herman vs. Brian Wall, 2022: B01 Scandinavian, Pytel-Wade variation
National titles are on the line as America's best chess players compete in Saint Louis for the U.S. & U.S. Women's Championships. From October 11-24, see 24 players across both tournaments (fields below) fight for more than a $400,000 prize fund. Can Caruana and Yip defend their titles?
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