Grandmaster Ben Finegold tours through two games from the 19th century. McDonnell has pawns thrown at him by La Bourdonnais in the first unofficial world championship match and Paul Morphy executes a smothered mate on an oddly-named opponent.
Grandmaster Ben Finegold takes your submissions. The more love you give him, the more love he gives you... Nah. Send in your games to Info@SaintLouisChessClub.org.
2017.06.29
Garrett Thomas Deutermann vs. chesswonderjpn: B23 Sicilian, closed, 2...Nc6
Duncle2016 vs. Deutermann: E90 King's Indian, 5.Nf3
NN vs. JHSalvatico, 2017: D05 Colle system
Marcantonio Savelli vs. NN, 2015: C21 Danish gambit, Collijn defence
An interesting topic often argued about by chess players of all levels: What is the best time control for top level chess? I think it is important that both fast and slower chess are played by the world’s elite.
Grandmaster Ben Finegold shares his endgame victories with the class. An endgame against a young Eric Hansen is also explored.
Join The Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis as we host the 2017 U.S. Junior/Girls Junior Closed Championship Round 9. This year marks the first year of hosting the U.S. Girls Junior Championship along with the U.S. Junior Closed Championship. GM Cristian Chirila, WGM Tatev Abrahamyan, and GM Alejandro Ramirez will be providing live on the spot Commentary.
7.17.2017 uschesschamps.com
Join The Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis for Round Seven of the 2017 U.S. Junior/Girls Junior Closed Championship. This is the first year we host the U.S. Girls Junior Championship along with the U.S. Junior Closed Championship. GM Cristian Chirila, WGM Tatev Abrahamyan, and GM Alejandro Ramirez provide live Commentary.
2017.07.15
USChessChamps.com
Join The Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis for Round Eight of the 2017 U.S. Junior/Girls Junior Closed Championship. This is the first year we host the U.S. Girls Junior Championship along with the U.S. Junior Closed Championship. GM Cristian Chirila, WGM Tatev Abrahamyan, and GM Alejandro Ramirez provide live Commentary.
2017.07.16
USChessChamps.com
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Day Five in Leuven Belgium brings us to the last day of the Your Next Move Grand Chess Tour 2017 and the final day of Blitz. Join in to watch the excitement as Blitz Rounds 10-18 are met head on.. This is the second year of Your Next Move being on the Grand Chess Tour Circuit. Tune in with GM Yasser Seirawan, IM Jovanka Houska, Gm Cristian Chirila and GM Maurice Ashley, and GM Nigel Short for some exciting live coverage of the Your Next Move Grand Chess Tour 2017.
7.2.2017
grandchesstour.org
GM Maurice Ashley captures the top moments of the Blitz Rounds. Pieces were flying and Players were scrambling to capture the win during the first day of Blitz Rounds.
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