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Games from the 2020 USATE | Road to 2000 - NM Caleb Denby | lichess.org

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CCSCSL Staff
on February 19, 2020 in

National Master Caleb Denby equips you with the tools to get on the road to a 2000 chess rating. See Caleb win, lose, and draw at the 2020 World Amateur Team & U.S. Team East tournament in Parsippany, N.J. (known as USATE).

2020.02.19
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Arslan Otchiyev vs. Caleb Denby, 2020: B18 Caro-Kann, classical, 6.h4
Denby vs. Alexander Meng, 2020: E20 Nimzo-Indian, Kmoch variation
Andrew Tang vs. Denby, 2020: A45 Queen's pawn game

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2020 U.S. Chess Championships: Preview

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CCSCSL Staff
on February 18, 2020 in

The quintet of U.S. Chess Championships is rapid and online this year. Can Hikaru Nakamura, Jennifer Yu, Alexander Shabalov, and Carissa Yip successfully defend their titles? It's 17 days of scintillating national championship chess like you've never seen before.

USChessChamps.com

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2020 Cairns Cup: Growing up in Moldova and Armenia

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CCSCSL Staff
on February 18, 2020 in

International Master Almira Skripchenko and WGM Tatev Abrahamyan discuss growing up in Moldova and Armenia, respectively. Hear about how they learned the game and eventually moved to their current countries.

2020.02.05
USChessChamps.com

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Insane in the Endgame - GM Joel Benjamin

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CCSCSL Staff
on February 18, 2020 in

Three-time U.S. Champion Grandmaster Joel Benjamin delivers his first lecture on the Chess Club's YouTube channel! Benjamin is only the third U.S. Chess Hall of Famer (following Seirawan and Ashley) to lecture at the Club.

2020.02.18

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2020 Cairns Cup: Det. Tracy Hallquist Interview

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CCSCSL Staff
on February 18, 2020 in

Grandmaster Alejandro Ramírez interviews the St. Louis Police Department "Do The Right Thing" program's Det. Tracy Hallquist on the last day of the 2020 Cairns Cup.

2020.02.16
USChessChamps.com

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2020 Cairns Cup: Carissa Yip Beats Ju Wenjun!

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CCSCSL Staff
on February 18, 2020 in

The biggest underdog in the 2020 Cairns Cup, Carissa Yip, defeated the Women's World Chess Champion Ju Wenjun in the eighth round. See how it all happened in this highlight.

2020.02.15
USChessChamps.com

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