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2017 Sinquefield Cup: Nick Ragone on Your Move Chess
Grandmaster Varuzhan Akobian explores bishop endgames. Evaluate opposite-colored bishop positions. When the bishops are on the same color, learn to bully a bishop from a long diagonal to a short one to...
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Force that Bishop to the Short Diagonal! | Endgame Exclam!! - GM Varuzhan...
Grandmaster Varuzhan Akobian explores bishop endgames. Evaluate opposite-colored bishop positions. When the bishops are on the same color, learn to bully a bishop from a long diagonal to a short one to...
View Article2017 Sinquefield Cup/August Chess Puzzle Answer Key
Find out the answers to all the chess puzzles from the Sinquefield Cup Cup Chronicle and the August puzzles featured on Facebook and Twitter! CCSCSL StaffChess Puzzles
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Polish Immortal: Glucksberg-Najdorf | Games to Know by Heart - GM Varuzhan...
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.CCSCSL Staff
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Larsen's Opening: 1.b3 | Chess Openings Explained
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.CCSCSL Staff
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Scholastic Tournament Blog: Dog Day Duels
Dog Day Duels. The name says it all. Even after spending a summer full of sun, fun and naps, the competitive spirit of chess players remains high. During the scorching heat at summer’s end and...
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Dog Day Duels Tournament Results
PlaceK-12 OpenU8001Parkway SouthwestArgo2Hixon Middle SchoolOakbrook Elementary3Parkway NortheastCCSCSL StaffScholastic News
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Play the Panov-Botvinnik Attack | Chess Openings Explained
Caleb Denby explores the Panov-Botvinnik Attack, an exchange variation of the Caro-Kann Defence that begins with 4.c4. See the continuations thereafter.CCSCSL Staff
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Ethan Gagliano plays up against the Paulsen Sicilian | Viewers' Choice - WGM...
Woman Grandmaster Anna Sharevich analyzes an audience member's game. Ethan (URS 1475) defeated the Kan (or Paulsen) Sicilian of his opponent (URS 1813).2017.08.11 Ethan A Gagliano vs. Jonathan Lee,...
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Rules of Knight Endgames and Bishop Endgames | Endgame Exclam!! - GM Elshan...
Grandmaster Elshan Moradiabadi looks at endgames featuring the knight and ones featuring the bishop. Knight themes include: don't lose a tempo, envision the destination, support the pawn from behind,...
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The Art of Zugzwang | Endgame Exclam!! - WGM Sabina Foisor
Ben Simon covers the best of the first round of this international tournament. Twenty players from 11 nations compete in two round robins with a combined $36,000 prize fund. Hear from GM Dariusz...
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HOW TO WIN WHEN YOU’RE LOSING!!
If you are among those who expect this article to have a miraculous way of teaching you how to turn the events from lost to glory, I am sorry to disappoint. I haven’t been able to find such a way just...
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2017 Fall Chess Classic: Round 1
Ben Simon covers the best of the first round of this international tournament. Twenty players from 11 nations compete in two round robins with a combined $36,000 prize fund. Hear from GM Dariusz...
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2017 Fall Chess Classic: Round 2
Ben Simon covers the best of the second round of this international tournament. Twenty players from 11 nations compete in two round robins with a combined $36,000 prize fund. Hear from GM Yaroslav...
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2017 Fall Chess Classic: Round 3
Ben Simon covers the best of the third round of this international tournament. Twenty players from 11 nations compete in two round robins with a combined $36,000 prize fund. Hear from GM Josh...
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2017 Fall Chess Classic: Rounds 4 & 5
Ben Simon covers the best of the sixth round of this international tournament. Twenty players from 11 nations compete in two round robins with a combined $36,000 prize fund. Hear from GM Georg...
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2017 Fall Chess Classic: Round 6
Ben Simon covers the best of the sixth round of this international tournament. Twenty players from 11 nations compete in two round robins with a combined $36,000 prize fund. Hear from GM Georg...
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HOW TO DRESS LIKE A GRANDMASTER
By International Master Vitaly Neimer Grandmasters at the opening ceremony of the Sinquefield Cup and Pinned! challengeCCSCSL StaffGrandmaster Blog
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2017 Sinquefield Cup: Favorite Movie?
Grandmaster Alejandro Ramirez asks the players to name their favorite movie.CCSCSL Staff
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2017 Fall Chess Classic: Round 7
Ben Simon covers the best of the eighth round of this international tournament. Twenty players from 11 nations compete in two round robins with a combined $36,000 prize fund. Hear from GM Ruifeng Li...
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