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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.
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.
Grandmaster Varuzhan Akobian shows a beautiful game between Lev Polugaevsky and Rashid Nezhmetdinov from the 1958 Russian Championship. Plus, see mating net puzzles.
2017.11.09
Lev Polugaevsky vs Rashid Gibiatovich Nezhmetdinov, Sochi 28th RSFSR ch (1958): A54 Old Indian, Ukrainian variation
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1111459
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
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1876418
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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