2017 Spring Fever Tournament Results
PlaceK-6 StandingsK-12 Standings1Oak Brook ElementaryParkway Southwest Middle2Glenridge ElementaryHazelwood West High School3
View ArticleScholastic Tournament Blog: Spring Fever Chess Tournament
by Richard Pointer, Scholastic Coordinator This past Sunday, scholastic chess returned to Saint Louis University with the 2017 Spring Fever Tournament. As word has spread about our tournaments, new...
View ArticleImaginative Compositions | Endgame Exclam!! - GM Elshan Moradiabadi
Grandmaster Elshan Moradiabadi challenges viewers with endgames that feature rooks, perhaps the most difficult pieces with which to navigate. All positions come from real games.
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April Chess Puzzle Answer Key
by Danny MachucaTheme: Boden's Mate Puzzle 4-2-17White to moveW:Canal B: N.N.Simultaneous game 1934Answer: 1. Qxc6+, bxc6; 2. Ba6# ------------------------------------------------Puzzle 4-9-17
View ArticleWilliam Wedding draws Nigel Short! | Viewers' Choice - GM Elshan Moradiabadi
Grandmaster Elshan Moradiabadi challenges viewers with endgames that feature rooks, perhaps the most difficult pieces with which to navigate. All positions come from real games.
View ArticleGiri-Morozevich 2012, Rubinstein-Lasker 1909 | Games to Know by Heart - GM...
Grandmaster Elshan Moradiabadi challenges viewers with endgames that feature rooks, perhaps the most difficult pieces with which to navigate. All positions come from real games.
View ArticleRooks: Don't be a Tempo Behind | Endgame Exclam!! - GM Elshan Moradiabadi
Grandmaster Elshan Moradiabadi challenges viewers with endgames that feature rooks, perhaps the most difficult pieces with which to navigate. All positions come from real games.
View ArticleBill Wright Saint Louis Open: 5-way tie in the Open Section and Youngster Ye...
By Isaac Schrantz The 2017 edition of the Bill Wright Saint Louis Open shows the continued growth of chess in Saint Louis. The open section had a total of 22 participants, 36 being titled, which...
View ArticleFrench Defense Game: The Critical Moments | Viewers' Choice - GM Elshan...
Dennis LaRue takes away the trickery of the "Fried Liver" attack and looks at the best ways to play the Two Knights Defense for both sides. An alternate name for the defense is the Chigorin...
View ArticleLeinier DomÃnguez vs. Ildar Ibragimov, 2012 | Games to Know by Heart - GM...
Dennis LaRue takes away the trickery of the "Fried Liver" attack and looks at the best ways to play the Two Knights Defense for both sides. An alternate name for the defense is the Chigorin...
View ArticleTwo Knights Defense with 4. Ng5 | Chess Openings Explained
Dennis LaRue takes away the trickery of the "Fried Liver" attack and looks at the best ways to play the Two Knights Defense for both sides. An alternate name for the defense is the Chigorin...
View ArticleSimplify into a Winning Endgame | Strategy Session with Jonathan Schrantz
Jonathan Schrantz looks at endgames where a player must determine the result if the last remaining major and minor pieces are liquidated. Calculation here must be incredibly precise.2017.04.20 Luke...
View ArticleTips To Recover From a Disastrous Tournament
It happens to everyone. You spent weeks (months?) preparing for a big event hoping to win big bucks. The tournament started. You got off to a bad start. You never recovered. The tournament was a total...
View ArticleIt's not Scary, Gambit like Milner-Barry | Chess Openings Explained
Jonathan Schrantz teaches the Milner-Barry Gambit, where White sacrifices the d-pawn in the advance French. However, if Black accepts too early, a trap awaits.
View Article2017 Spring Chess Classic: Day 1
Ben Simon covers the best of the third day of this international tournament. Twenty-six players from eleven nations compete in two ten-player round robins and one six-player double round robin with a...
View Article2017 Spring Chess Classic: Day 2
Ben Simon covers the best of the third day of this international tournament. Twenty-six players from eleven nations compete in two ten-player round robins and one six-player double round robin with a...
View Article2017 Spring Chess Classic: Day 3
Ben Simon covers the best of the third day of this international tournament. Twenty-six players from eleven nations compete in two ten-player round robins and one six-player double round robin with a...
View Article2017 Spring Chess Classic: Day 4
Ben Simon covers the best of the fourth day of this international tournament. Twenty-six players from eleven nations compete in two ten-player round robins and one six-player double round robin with a...
View Article2017 Spring Chess Classic: Days 5 & 6
Ben Simon covers the best of the weekend of this international tournament. Twenty-six players from eleven nations compete in two ten-player round robins and one six-player double round robin with a...
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