Leuven's Your Next Move tournament is the first leg of the 2018 Grand Chess Tour. This is the first of three days of rapid play. Join GMs Yasser Seirawan, Alejandro Ramirez, Nigel Short, Maurice Ashley, and IM Jovanka Houska for the move-by-move.
2018.06.12
GrandChessTour.org
International Arbiter Mike Kummer shows a bizarre checkmate that makes him spontaneously combust
For the full game:
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1012681
The Saint Louis Chess Club hosted the Show Me Classic this past Saturday on May 26, 2018. Since it was a four round tournament, the event provided a nice start to the Memorial Day weekend.
As a scholastic chess instructor, I have the pleasure of working at a variety of chess related activities throughout the Saint Louis area.
Woman Grandmaster Sabina Foisor shows some examples of Mikhail Tal tactically crushing his opponents. Can you play like the great Mikhail Tal and find the winning moves?
2018.05.13
Find the answers to the May chess puzzles that were posted on Facebook and Twitter!
Woman Grandmaster Sabina Foisor continues to show us instructive positions from her past games. This time, mostly from the winning side.
2018.05.13
The 2018 Summer Chess Classic's final day! Will playoffs be necessary? Join IM Eric Rosen & WGM Katerina Nemcova for the move-by-move.
USChessChamps.com
2018.05.23
The 2018 Summer Chess Classic consists of two 10-player round robin tournaments with a $22,000 Prize Fund for the 2600-strength A Group and a $14,000 Prize Fund for the 2500-strength B Group. Join IM Eric Rosen & WGM Katerina Nemcova for the move-by-move.
USChessChamps.com
2018.05.22
As the school year comes to an end, ideas for summer break begin to grow in everyone’s minds. Even with thoughts of fun in the sun, 180 dedicated young chess players gathered at Lindbergh High School on May 19 for the Mayhem In May Scholastic Chess Tournament.
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