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Get Cocky with the Cochrane Gambit | Chess Openings Explained

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. . .

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2017 Champions Showdown: Day 6

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.

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2017 Champions Showdown Day Six

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.

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2017 Champions Showdown: Day 5

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

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2017 Champions Showdown: Day 4

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

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2017 Champions Showdown Day Five

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.

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2017 Champions Showdown: Biggest Pet Peeve?

National Master Julian Proleiko explains why Black playing a6 on move four is good to play in the Slav. This is the first of three lectures where Julian deals with a complex where Black puts his pawns on d5 and c6.

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2017 Champions Showdown: Nakamura vs. Topalov

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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