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
National Master Caleb Denby teaches an endgame class.
2020.04.08
National Master Caleb Denby analyzes some games from the ongoing Chess.com Computer Chess Championship.
2020.04.08
International Master Dorsa Derakhshani takes you through two of her games (from Zurich 2016 and Sunway Sitges 2016 in Spain), and into her mind in this is special two-hour lecture.
National Master Caleb Denby shows chess puzzles from traditional chess and from variants Atomic Chess, Racing Kings, Three-Check, Anti-Chess, and Horde. What kind of tactics live in a puzzle where the pieces explode?
2020.04.06
Zaven Andriasian vs Ilya Yulyevich Smirin, European Blitz (2015)
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1838440
National Master Caleb Denby shows chess puzzles.
2020.04.06
National Master Caleb Denby profiles the Caro-Kann Defense. See his preferred way to play this Black opening, backed up by elite players.
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