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Puzzles: Attack Your Opponent's King | Tactics Time!

National Master Jim McLaughlin explores many ideas to attack your opponent's king. Themes include: queenside castling dangers, bishop pair attacks, smothered mates, and back-rank mates. As usual, the positions come from Siegbert Tarrasch's 1935 book.

2018.01.02

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KeshavJindal19 Wins with White & Black | Viewers' Choice

National Master Julian Proleiko substitutes for the GM and analyzes three viewer submission games. Keshav has the first and last games.

2017.12.28
KeshavJindal19 vs. pjhealey: B31 Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (with ...g6, without ...d6)
xxanizxx vs. brne: D00 Queen's pawn, Mason variation
WhyDraw vs. KeshavJindal19: C13 French, classical, Anderssen variation

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U.S. and U.S. Women’s Chess Championship to be Held at the Saint Louis Chess Club

SAINT LOUIS (January 8, 2018) – For the tenth consecutive year, the Saint Louis Chess Club will host the U.S. Chess Championship and U.S. Women’s Chess Championship. Since the 2009 Championships, the Chess Club has awarded more than two million dollars in prize money, with an additional $294,000 on the line for this year’s 24 competitors.

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King & Pawn vs. King: Take the Opposition | Endgame Exclam!!

National Master Jim McLaughlin substitutes for the GM to teach several essential endgames. Learn when you can and how you can promote a pawn when it is the only material on the board. Plus, we add rooks to learn the Philidor (drawing) and Lucena (winning) positions.

2017.12.26

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Young Stars Program goes Global

The Kasparov Chess Foundation (KCF) and The Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis (CCSCSL) have run the very successful Young Stars – Team USA for the past six years. The Team USA program has helped develop several American chess prodigies from across the country.

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Ben Simon Wins Big at the Holiday Bash | Viewers' Choice - GM Denes Boros

Grandmaster Denes Boros analyzes three viewer submissions, including a big upset by video producer Ben Simon at the Club's 2017 Holiday Bash. Submit your games at info@saintlouischessclub.org.

2017.12.21
Egorka25 vs. theones: D85 Gruenfeld, modern exchange variation
Krystian Furmanski (1558 FIDE) vs. Piotr Rutkowski (1542 FIDE), 2016: B90 Sicilian, Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack
Dennis E Humphries (1700 USCF) vs. Ben Simon (1458 USCF), 2017: C78 Ruy Lopez, Moeller defence

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