From the visionary creator of Blunders comes a brand new video series that will dazzle, amaze and confuse you.
Prepare to enter a world of cutlery so devastating that you won’t want to go into the kitchen for weeks.
Witness a world where average Chess players are given puzzles just above their ratings. . .
Clock Timer Music: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Monkeys/Monkeys/All_of_Your_Toys
From the visionary creator of Blunders comes a brand new video series that will dazzle, amaze and confuse you.
Prepare to enter a world of cutlery so devastating that you won’t want to go into the kitchen for weeks.
Witness a world where average Chess players are given puzzles just above their ratings. . .
Clock Timer Music: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Monkeys/Monkeys/All_of_Your_Toys
From the visionary creator of Blunders comes a brand new video series that will dazzle, amaze and confuse you.
Prepare to enter a world of cutlery so devastating that you won’t want to go into the kitchen for weeks.
Witness a world where average Chess players are given puzzles just above their ratings. . .
Clock Timer Music: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Monkeys/Monkeys/All_of_Your_Toys
The final leg of the 2017 Grand Chess Tour is upon us with Round 1 of the London Chess Classic today. Watch your favorites, GM Hikaru Nakamura, GM Fabiano Caruana, GM Wesley So, GM Levon Aronian, GM Ian Nepomniachtchi, GM Magnus Carlsen, GM Mickey Adams, GM Sergey Karjakin, GM Vishy Anand, and GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave vie for the 2017 Grand Chess Tour and 2017 London Chess Classic Winners' Crown. Commentary provided by GM Cristian Chirila, GM Yasser Seirawan, and WGM Jennifer Shahade, with GM Maurice Ashley reporting live from London.
Day Six of 2017 Champions Showdown, GM Magnus Carlsen and GM Ding Liren are bringing up the rear and catching up to the other Players who finished their rounds on Sunday, November 12. Hikaru Nakamura vs Veselin Topalov. Fabiano Caruana vs Alexander Grischuk. Wesley So vs Leinier Dominguez. Coverage provided by the commentary team of Maurice Ashley, Yasser Seirawan, and Jennifer Shahade.
National Master Jim McLaughlin tackles two tactical themes with tons of positions from Siegbert Tarrasch. Remove the defender to pick up a hanging piece, plus expose pieces that seem to be defended but actually are not defended.
2017.11.14
National Master Jim McLaughlin tackles two tactical themes with tons of positions from Siegbert Tarrasch. Remove the defender to pick up a hanging piece, plus expose pieces that seem to be defended but actually are not defended.
2017.11.14
Day Five of 2017 Champions Showdown, GM Magnus Carlsen and GM Ding Liren are bringing up the rear and catching up to the other Players who finished their rounds yesterday, Sunday, November 12. Hikaru Nakamura vs Veselin Topalov. Fabiano Caruana vs Alexander Grischuk. Wesley So vs Leinier Dominguez. Coverage provided by the commentary team of Maurice Ashley, Yasser Seirawan, and Jennifer Shahade.
Grandmaster Varuzhan Akobian shows a game from the 2017 Spring Classic, where he won Group A. See how he defeated GM Sandro Mareco of Argentina.
2017.11.09
Sandro Mareco vs Varuzhan Akobian, St. Louis Spring Classic (Group A) (2017): D30 Queen's gambit declined
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Ben Simon covers the final day of this GM- and IM-norm event, where two players have earned title norms. Learn about what it takes to earn a chess title. Hear from IM John Michael Burke and Justin Wang.
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