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February Chess Puzzle Answer Key

Find out the answers for the February chess puzzles. Be sure to follow us on Facebook and Twitter for your chance to figure out each Sunday chess puzzle! 

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January Chess Puzzle Answer Key

Follow the link for all the January chess puzzle answers and this month's theme! Follow us on Facebook and Twitter to try to solve the Sunday chess puzzles. 

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Smothered Mate: Learn the Pattern | Tactics Time!

Ben Simon covers the best of the second and third rounds of the GM and IM Norms tournament. Hear from FM Justus Williams from the IM section. Which future chess superstars will emerge from the two fields?

2017.02.17
Aaron Grabinsky vs. Justus Williams, 2017: A45 Queen's pawn game
USChessChamps.com

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Blunders #2 with Catherine & Ryan

Ben Simon covers the best of the first round of the GM and IM Norms tournament. Hear from IM Cemil Can "JJ" Ali Marandi and FM Josh Colas. Which future chess superstars will emerge from the two fields?

2017.02.16
Cemil Can Ali Marandi vs. Nikhil Kumar, 2017: B12 Caro-Kann, Tartakower (fantasy) variation
Joshua Colas vs. Aaron Grabinsky, 2017: A00 Benko's opening
USChessChamps.com

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Blunders #1 with Catherine & Ryan

Jonathan Schrantz and Mike Kummer determine the order of pairings for the seasonal GM and IM Norm tournaments (2/16 - 2/21). Two Club members face each other on André Breton and Nicolas Calas's "Wine Glass Set and Board," on display at the World Chess Hall of Fame.

Ten random glasses (the pieces) have a seed number attached to them. When one is captured, that number is assigned to two players.

http://uschesschamps.com/2017-winter-invitational/overview

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Save Hopeless Positions | Endgame Exclam!! - Eric Rosen

Catherine Leberg and Ryan Chester show their horrible mistakes in games they've played online. Have you done worse? This video is meant for children and beginners of all ages. Not for advanced players!

2016.11.06

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Morphy's Night at the Opera | Tactics Time!

Jonathan Schrantz analyzes the Botvinnik variation if the Semi-Slav Defense, with the most popular continuation, 16. Na4. See games from Alexei Shirov and Magnus Carlsen.

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