2017 Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz: Día cuatro
Caleb Denby tours through the flank opening 1.b3, popularized by Danish grandmaster Bent Larsen. See three of the most classic games of Larsen's Opening.
Blog
Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz Day Three Recap with GM Maurice Ashley
Day Three proved to be topsy turvy for the Grand Chess Tour Chess Players. GM Hikaru Nakamura and GM Fabiano Caruana end up tied for second place while Levon Aronian pulls ahead of the pack to land in first place.
Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz - GM Yasser Seirawan and GM Garry Kasparov on Master Class
Day Three proved to be topsy turvy for the Grand Chess Tour Chess Players. GM Hikaru Nakamura and GM Fabiano Caruana end up tied for second place while Levon Aronian pulls ahead of the pack to land in first place.
Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz Autograph Session
Day Three proved to be topsy turvy for the Grand Chess Tour Chess Players. GM Hikaru Nakamura and GM Fabiano Caruana end up tied for second place while Levon Aronian pulls ahead of the pack to land in first place.
2017 Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz: Day 3
Grandmaster Josh Friedel gives his take on this Candidates quarterfinal game from the 1993 World Championship cycle. This is the first tiebreaker game.
2017.07.13
Vassily Ivanchuk vs Artur Yusupov, Brussel (1991): E67 King's Indian, fianchetto, classical variation
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1060180
2017 Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz: Día tres
Grandmaster Josh Friedel analyzes a game from a self-deprecating, funny 1000-level player. The game is a loss, a departure from most submissions. Learn along with John Moorman.
2017.07.13
N. N. vs. Dr John Michael Moorman: B20 Sicilian defence
2017 Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz: Day 2 Recap
Grandmaster Josh Friedel looks at one of his favorite games, between Greg Serper and Greek champion Nikolaidis. Serper literally sacrificed all of his pieces for the victory.
2017.07.06
Grigory Serper vs Ioannis Nikolaidis, St Petersburg Open (1993): E70 King's Indian, Kramer system
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1289099
2017 Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz: Day 1 Recap
Grandmaster Ben Finegold explains what it takes for a checkmate puzzle to be good, and what themes to be looking for. If it's a good puzzle, the first move is never check.
2017.06.11
Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz Day 2 Recap with GM Maurice Ashley
With Record Numbers of views for Day One of the Rapid Rounds, Day two brought promise for some extraodinary playing on the rapid rounds. GM Garry Kasparov ended on a note of 2 draws and one loss. The wildcard GM Ian Nepomniachtchi had two draws and one win against GM Garry Kasparov putting him in first place.
Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz Day One Recap with GM Maurice Ashley
With Record Numbers of views for Day One of the Rapid Rounds, Day two brought promise for some extraodinary playing on the rapid rounds. GM Garry Kasparov ended on a note of 2 draws and one loss. The wildcard GM Ian Nepomniachtchi had two draws and one win against GM Garry Kasparov putting him in first place.
