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
ESPN
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
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1032195
International Master Dorsa Derakhshani teaches a chess class on a topic of her choice.
2021.03.24
National Master Caleb Denby shows two exciting games from the 2021 Magnus Carlsen Invitational, the fourth leg of the Champions Chess Tour. See wins from Magnus Carlsen himself and Ian Nepomniachtchi.
Grandmaster Steven Zierk looks at surprising checkmates in chess endgames. See compositions and real games.
2021.03.23
Genrikh Kasparyan study
Leonid Kubbel study
Vladimir Simagin vs. David Bronstein, ???
Alexander Zakharov vs Alexander I Petrushin, USSR (1973)
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1330066
National Master Caleb Denby equips you with the tools to get on the road to a 2000 chess rating.
2021.03.23
Ian Nepomniachtchi vs Magnus Carlsen, Magnus Carlsen Invitational (2021): B40 Sicilian defence
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=2030445
Grandmaster Steven Zierk teaches a chess endgame class.
2021.03.23
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)
Nick Risko teaches a specific chess opening.
2021.03.22
B30 Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)
National Master Caleb Denby shows you the hardest checkmate-in-one ever.
2021.03.02
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