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Exiting the Comfort Zone | Prepare Like A Pro - GM Illia Nyzhnyk

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CCSCSL Staff
on September 26, 2024 in

Grandmaster Illia Nyzhnyk teaches a chess class about knocking your opponent out of their comfort zone.

2024.09.26
Kevin Su vs. Illia Nyzhnyk, 2022: B12 Caro-Kann, advance variation
Nyzhnyk vs. Andrew Hong, 2021: A33 English, symmetrical, Geller variation

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BLITZ! U.S. Chess Champ Fabiano Caruana vs. Erik Tkachenko

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CCSCSL Staff
on September 24, 2024 in

U.S. Champion Fabiano Caruana visit the Saint Louis Chess Club to face the area's best players in the Club's weekly Saturday Night Blitz Tournament. Watch Fabi go head-to-head with Erik "Mr. Tactics" Tkachenko, with GM Varuzhan Akobian and NM Caleb Denby on the move-by-move.

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Sara Herman's Most Violent Chess Attacks | Road to 2000

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CCSCSL Staff
on September 24, 2024 in

Club Staff Sara Herman demonstrates just how vicious one can strive to be at the chess board.

2024.09.24
Sara Herman vs. Alan-Addin Moussa, 2019: B10 Caro-Kann, two knights variation
Herman vs. Navneet Ramkumar, 2022: B56 Sicilian
Nathan Yan vs. Herman, 2022: B90 Sicilian, Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack
Herman vs. Matthew Wofford, 2023: E01 Catalan, closed

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US Champion Fabiano Caruana vs Erik Tkachenko

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CCSCSL Staff
on September 23, 2024 in

US Champion 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 Erik "Mr. Tactics" Tkachenko

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