Isaac Schrantz Plays the People!
Isaac Schrantz and friends play live chess on Lichess.org.
2019.01.16
Isaac Schrantz and friends play live chess on Lichess.org.
2019.01.16
Grandmaster Varuzhan Akobian relives his final round game of the 2017 U.S. Championship. With a win against Nakamura, Akobian is the champ. A draw secures a three-way playoff. A loss… well, let’s talk about that.
2019.01.08
Hikaru Nakamura vs Varuzhan Eduardovich Akobian, US Championship (2017): A07 Reti, King's Indian attack, Yugoslav variation
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1870514
Join us on YouTube for a live event with computer chess expert Jacob Wilkins and GM Dénes Boros as they discuss the finer details of neural-network based engines vs. the human mind.
January 26th at 3pm CST
The Cairns Cup features ten of the top female players from around the world. Competing from February 6-16, 2019, the participants will play for $150,000 in prizes. Join GMs Yasser Seirawan, Maurice Ashley, and WGM Jennifer Shahade for the move-by-move.
2019.02.06
USChessChamps.com
Grandmaster Varuzhan Akobian shows us a game from GM Viswanathan Anand. The Indian world champion uses tactical ideas to gain an advantage, but plays some quiet moves before cashing in his lead.
2018.12.30
Review the Chess Club's calendar of tournaments and events for 2019!
2018 U.S. Champion Grandmaster Sam Shankland gives a lecture on how enticing or forcing your opponent to push a pawn can lead to a victory. Every pawn push creates weak squares or an open king.
Purchase Sam's book: https://samshankland.com/
2018.11.29
A streamed event that features Ryan Chester!
2019.01.09
A streamed event that features Jonathan Schrantz!
2019.01.08
Grandmaster Varuzhan Akobian takes us back to the romantic era of the royal game, where gambits and sacrifices were king. See two games from the 19th century, featuring Paul Morphy and writer Josep Tolosa.