International Master Dorsa Derakhshani teaches a class all about the Maróczy Bind. The Bind is a White response to the Sicilian Defense, characterized by white pawns on c4 and e4, with White's d-pawn having been exchanged for Black's c-pawn.
National Master Caleb Denby profiles the exchange Caro-Kann and how to play against White's main line Bd3 and the Panov-Botvinnik Attack.
The Saint Louis Chess Club faces off against the San Francisco Mechanics Institute in a 20-on-20 online challenge. Each pair plays twice at G/20+2. The first team to 20.5 points wins. Join NM Caleb Denby for the move-by-move.
2020.04.15
Chess.com
National Master Caleb Denby analyzes his game as Black against Andrew Tang from the World Amateur Team (USATE) in 2020.
2020.02.20
Andrew Tang vs. Caleb Denby, 2020: A45 Queen's pawn game
Producer: Danny Machuca
National Master Caleb Denby analyzes Humpy Koneru vs. Alexandra Kosteniuk from the Cairns Cup in 2020.
2020.02.20
Humpy Koneru vs Alexandra Kosteniuk, Cairns Cup (2020): E51 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 e8g8, 5.Nf3 d7d5
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1991940
International Master Dorsa Derakhshani demonstrates how to double up White's pawns with the Nimzo-Indian Defense. For more on the Nimzo from Dorsa: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dMtuxZ2uQk.
International Master Dorsa Derakhshani teaches a lecture on a topic of viewers' choice. VOTE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCM-ONC2bCHytG2mYtKDmIeA/community?lb=Ug...
2020.04.09
National Master Caleb Denby dissects an endgame concept called mutual zugzwang, where both players may lack any good moves. See a king and three pawns vs. king and three pawns setup popularized by the Internet Chess Club (ICC).
2020.04.08
National Master Caleb Denby analyzes some games from the 2020 Chess.com Computer Chess Championship semifinals. How do human chess principles appear in computer games?
2020.04.08
Leela Chess Zero vs. Komodo, 2020: A48 King's Indian, Torre attack
Leelenstein vs. Stockfish, 2020: A56 Benoni defence, Hromodka system
Stockfish vs. Komodo, 2020: E64 King's Indian, fianchetto, Yugoslav system
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