GM Blog: When Chess Meets Psychology
How do you keep a cool head when you face your long-time rival?
How do you keep a cool head when you face your long-time rival?
Jonathan Schrantz challenges you to find the best move. Find a mate or win material with pins, forks, skewers, and more. If you find a good move, see if you can find an even better one.
2017.01.16
Grandmaster Varuzhan Akobian demonstrates the "W Maneuver," his method to checkmate a lone king with only a bishop and a knight. Plus, see two knights and a pawn vs. king, and more.
2017.02.14
Dennis LaRue shows a Danish Gambit game that Jose Raul Capablanca played in a simul. The former world champion gave up pawns in the opening for an attacking edge.
2017.02.14
Jose Raul Capablanca vs Frederick Thomas Downey, Simul, 26b (1911): C21 Danish gambit
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The U.S. Championship will take place between March 28 and April 10, 2017. It is not easy to predict who will be crownded the Champions.
Ben Simon covers the best of the ninth and final round of the GM and IM Norms tournament. Hear from WGM Tatev Abrahamyan, and FM Justus Williams, and newly-anointed IM Joel Banawa.
2017.02.21
Tatev Abrahamyan vs. Nikhil Kumar, 2017
Joel Banawa vs. Michael Brooks, 2017
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Ben Simon covers the best of the eighth round of the GM and IM Norms tournament. Hear from FM Gauri Shankar and FM Doug Eckert. Which future chess superstars will emerge from the two fields?
2017.02.20
Gauri Shankar vs. Vitaly Neimer, 2017
Shankar vs. Aaron Grabinsky, 2017
Joshua Colas vs. Doug Eckert, 2017
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Ben Simon covers the best of the sixth and seventh rounds of the GM and IM Norms tournament. Hear from GM David Berczes and FM Joel Banawa. Which future chess superstars will emerge from the two fields?
2017.02.19
David Berczes vs. Nikhil Kumar, 2017
Doug Eckert vs. Joel Banawa, 2017
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It is never easy to face a legend or your personal idol. The most important thing in these situations is to stay true to your own character and to your own play.