The 2020 U.S. Women's Championship is an online national championship event, featuring 12 of the strongest female chess players in America. Over the course of a rapid round robin, these competitors will battle for $100,000 in prize money and the title of 2020 U.S. Women's Chess Champion. Join GMs Yasser Seirawan, Maurice Ashley, and WGM Jen Shahade for the move-by-move.
2020.10.22 USChessChamps.com
International Master Dorsa Derakhshani revisits her games from the 2018 U.S. Women's Championship at the Saint Louis Chess Club. On the eve of the 2020 edition, see Dorsa's most memorable games from her first U.S. national championship.
The 2020 U.S. Women's Championship is an online national championship event, featuring 12 of the strongest female chess players in America. Over the course of a rapid round robin, these competitors will battle for $100,000 in prize money and the title of 2020 U.S. Women's Chess Champion. Join GMs Yasser Seirawan, Maurice Ashley, and WGM Jen Shahade for the move-by-move.
2020.10.21
USChessChamps.com
International Master Kostya Kavutskiy recaps the most important games and critical moments from this year's U.S. Senior Championship, which was played October 17-19, 2020.
IM Kostya Kavutskiy - https://youtube.com/IMKostyaKavutskiy
ChessDojo - https://youtube.com/ChessDojo
See the games covered: https://lichess.org/study/bb016cc2
2020.10.19
USChessChamps.com
Grandmaster Pepe Cuenca looks at artistic endgame compositions by Richard Reti and Bukhuti Gurgenidze. Plus, see Levon Aronian's victory over Magnus Carlsen at 2020 Norway Chess. It was Carlsen's first loss with White in three years.
2020.10.20
Bukhuti Gurgenidze composition
Richard Reti composition
Reti composition
Magnus Carlsen vs Levon Aronian, Norway Chess (2020): D37 Queen's Gambit Declined
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=2010919
National Master Caleb Denby highlights games that utilize basic opening principles and demonstrate how to put said principles to work for oneself. No crazy gimmicks, just solid opening chess principles.
2020.10.19
Caleb Denby vs. Alexander Meng, 2020: E20 Nimzo-Indian, Kmoch variation
George Kvakovszky vs. Denby, 2019: D00 Blackmar-Diemer gambit
SpanishFlash vs. Denby, 2020: B18 Caro-Kann, classical variation
National Master Caleb Denby teaches a chess class on an opening of his choice.
2020.10.19
The 2020 U.S. Senior Championship is an online national championship event, featuring 10 of the strongest chess players in America over the age of 50. Over the course of a rapid round robin, these competitors will battle for $50,000 in prize money and the title of 2020 U.S. Senior Chess Champion. Join GMs Yasser Seirawan, Maurice Ashley, and WGM Jen Shahade for the move-by-move.
2020.10.19
USChessChamps.com
The 2020 U.S. Senior Championship is an online national championship event, featuring 10 of the strongest chess players in America over the age of 50. Over the course of a rapid round robin, these competitors will battle for $50,000 in prize money and the title of 2020 U.S. Senior Chess Champion. Join GMs Yasser Seirawan, Maurice Ashley, and WGM Jen Shahade for the move-by-move.
2020.10.18
USChessChamps.com
The 2020 U.S. Senior Championship is an online national championship event, featuring 10 of the strongest chess players in America over the age of 50. Over the course of a rapid round robin, these competitors will battle for $50,000 in prize money and the title of 2020 U.S. Senior Chess Champion. Join GMs Yasser Seirawan, Maurice Ashley, and WGM Jen Shahade for the move-by-move.
2020.10.19 USChessChamps.com
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