National Master Caleb Denby looks at his favorite chess endgames from the first part of the World Championship Candidates tournament from March 2020.
2020.08.05
Wang Hao vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, World Championship Candidates (2020)
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1993360
Kirill Alekseenko vs Anish Giri, World Championship Candidates (2020)
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1993359
Grandmaster Varuzhan Akobian presents difficult studies that look impossible, yet a method to victory or draw exists.
2020.08.04
International Master Dorsa Derakhshani talks about when a material advantage matters in a chess game. See her game against Anna Muzychuk in 2016.
2020.08.04
Dorsa Derakhshani vs Anna Muzychuk, Beautiful Minds (2016): B33 Sicilian, Pelikan, Chelyabinsk variation
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1853208
International Master Dorsa Derakhshani shares two of her Najdorf games against fellow Saint Louis University students Benjamin Bok and Robby Kevlishvili.
2020.08.03
Dorsa Derakhshani vs. Robby Kevlishvili, 2015: B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4
https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2015-culturalvillage/06-Derakhshani_Dors...
Derakhshani vs. Benjamin Bok, 2015: B90 Sicilian, Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack
International Master Dorsa Derakhshani teaches a chess openings class, substituting for NM Caleb Denby.
2020.08.03
National Master Caleb Denby analyzes Fabiano Caruana vs. Leinier Dominguez from the first Clutch Chess | Champions Showdown online event in 2020.
2020.05.27
Fabiano Caruana vs Leinier Dominguez Perez, Clutch Champions Showdown (2020): A08 Reti, King's Indian attack
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1996957
Grandmaster Varuzhan Akobian analyzes his game against Russian GM Nikolai Kabanov from the World U-20 Championship in 2000.
2020.07.30
Varuzhan Eduardovich Akobian vs Nikolai Kabanov, Wch U20 (2000): E61 King's Indian defence, 3.Nc3
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1628959
National Master Caleb Denby teaches the concept of corresponding squares. Understanding the analogous spaces to each square is important while navigating the endgame.
2020.07.30
National Master Caleb Denby teaches a chess class on a topic of his choice.
2020.07.30
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