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2017 U.S Junior Championships: Round 4

Nine American juniors face nine of the best juniors from the rest of the world in this team event with two sections: U17 and U14. In this evening session, the U17 players play their second round and the U14 players play their first round. Join GMs Alejandro Ramirez, Maurice Ashley, & WGM Jen Shahade for the move-by-move.

2017.07.26
USChessChamps.com

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Chicago vs. Memphis

On a beautiful Saturday in the U.S. Chess Capital, two teams from cities on the opposite spectrum of Interstate 270 ventured to the premier Saint Louis Chess Club. Ten players from Chicago took on ten players from Memphis in a double round robin USCF Blitz rated event.  In a double robin, each player faces each member of the opposing team twice (one game with white, one with black.)  The match consisted of a whopping 200 games.  The winner of the match would amass 100.5 game points.  

 

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2017 U.S. Junior Championships: Round 3

Nine American juniors face nine of the best juniors from the rest of the world in this team event with two sections: U17 and U14. This morning, the U17 players play their first round. Join GMs Alejandro Ramirez, Maurice Ashley, & WGM Jen Shahade for the move-by-move.

2017.07.26
USChessChamps.com

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2017 U.S. Junior Championships: Round 2

Join the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis for the Opening Ceremony of the first ever Match of the Millennials. The Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis (CCSCSL), in cooperation with the Kasparov Chess Foundation (KCF), U.S. Chess Federation, World Chess Federation (FIDE) and FIDE Trainers’ Commission are proud to announce the Match of the Millennials. Hosted at the CCSCSL from July 26th through the 29th, eight American players will face some of the best juniors from around the world.

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2017 U.S. Junior Championships: Round 1

Grandmaster Ben Finegold shows winning ideas from his past games, including how Magnus Carlsen gave him the smack-down in the PRO Chess League Championship.

2017.06.11

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The Shirov Attack in the Advance Caro-Kann | Chess Openings Explained

Grandmaster Josh Friedel reviews viewer-submitted games, up to the points at which they are no longer competitive.

2017.07.06
RajeevLochan vs. LuvUngar: B01 Scandinavian defence
Mac2224 vs. SamTheBeast666: D00 Queen's pawn, Mason variation
N. N. vs. Stefan Traunig: B02 Alekhine's defence, Scandinavian variation
clydefrog vs. edzilber: B06 Robatsch (modern) defence

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Benefits of Chess to Family Court – Juvenile Division

Mr. Chen [Scholastic Coordinator], I wanted to take a moment and mention our appreciation of your efforts on our behalf here at the Family Court in the City of St. Louis. We are filled with gratitude over the generosity that the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis (CCSCSL) has shown the Family Court – Juvenile Division.

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2017 Summer Showdown Tournament Results

Sunday, June 25th marked yet another successful scholastic tournament in the Chess Club and Scholastic Center (CCSCSL) monthly tournament series. In order to compete in this Summer Showdown chess tournament, 92 students convened at The Center for Global Citizenship on the SLU campus to determine the best of the best in June.

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Scholastic Tournament Blog: Summer Showdown Recap

Sunday, June 25th marked yet another successful scholastic tournament in the Chess Club and Scholastic Center (CCSCSL) monthly tournament series. In order to compete in this Summer Showdown chess tournament, 92 students convened at The Center for Global Citizenship on the SLU campus to determine the best of the best in June.

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