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World Champions Slam the Steinitz Deferred | Strategy Session - GM Denes Boros
Grandmaster Denes Boros shows how to play as White against the Steinitz Defense Deferred, using the games of four legendary world champions. The deferred Steinitz is where Black plays ...d6 in the Ruy...
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Rigid Pawn Structures in Rook Endgames | Secret Life of Pawns - GM Denes Boros
Grandmaster Denes Boros analyzes rook endgames where pawns are locked in a rigid structure. Explore themes such as attacking with the king and passed pawns.CCSCSL Staff
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Teaching Chess in Schools with a Touch of Gold
Preparing to teach chess classes in schools can be daunting, so here are three ideas that helped me. CCSCSL StaffScholastic News
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Play Like Pal Benko | Play Like a Pro - GM Denes Boros
Grandmaster Denes Boros shows hallmark games from the career of Hungarian living legend Pal Benko. Learn how Benko himself plays the Benko Opening and the Benko Gambit.CCSCSL Staff
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Perpetual Check & Rooks on the 7th Rank | Tactics Time!
National Master Jim McLaughlin challenges you with positions from Siegbert Tarrasch's 1935 book. The themes include perpetual check (a forced repetition to desperately clinch a draw) and rook control...
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Friedel vs. Libiszewski, 6th Washington Int. | Strategy Session - GM Josh...
Grandmaster Josh Friedel shows his strategically-complex game against GM Fabien Libiszewski of France at the 2017 Washington International. The moral of his story: if you don't know what to move, just...
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2018 New Year's Fray Tournament Results
On Saturday, January 20th, the Saint Louis Chess Club held its first scholastic tournament of 2018. Following the excitement of the new year, many students joined in to play in their first ever chess...
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Svidler vs. Hou Yifan, Tata Steel 2018 | Secret Life of Pawns - GM Josh Friedel
Grandmaster Josh Friedel looks at the flexible pawn structure seen in Peter Svidler-Hou Yifan from Wijk aan Zee 2018. It started as a Carlsbad pawn structure but changed.2018.01.18 Peter Svidler vs...
View ArticleJanuary 2018 Chess Puzzle Answer Key
Learn the answers to the Facebook and Twitter chess puzzles from January! CCSCSL StaffChess Puzzles
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Play Like Paul Keres | Play Like a Pro - GM Josh Friedel
Grandmaster Josh Friedel shares his favorites game from Paul Keres, the Estonian grandmaster whom many consider to be the greatest player to never have been world champion. Learn why not to trade from...
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Play the Breyer like Peter Svidler! | Chess Openings Explained
National Master Jim McLaughlin analyzes a model game for the Breyer Variation of the Ruy Lopez: Dmitry Kokarev-Peter Svidler from the 2016 Russian Championship. Understand the reasons behind each move...
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Kamsky vs. Karpov at Linares '91 | Strategy Session - GM Josh Friedel
Grandmaster Josh Friedel shows Anatoly Karpov's impressive victory as Black against top American Gata Kamsky at the 1991 Linares tournament. See how Karpov completely shuts down any aggression before...
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Columbia Elementary's Chess Journey
Last school year, Columbia Elementary welcomed the Saint Louis Chess Club into their school by way of a single instructor, who is referred to with endearment as Queen Thomas. With an everyday...
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Tournament Blog: Winners, Upsets, & More
Over the final weekend of January 2018, the Saint Louis Chess Club hosted an event called “Chess Like It Oughta Be”. The tournament was 5 rounds with a time control of Game in 40 minutes with a 5...
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X-Rays & Pawn Wedges | Tactics Time!
National Master Jim McLaughlin looks at X-ray attacks and pawn wedges. X-rays are when the effect of a queen, rook, or bishop is felt beyond its immediate attack. A pawn wedge is a passed pawn in the...
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Friedel Crumbles the Pawn Clump! | Secret Life of Pawns - GM Josh Friedel
Grandmaster Josh Friedel shows his game with IM Guillermo Vazquez from the 2017 Chicago Open. Vazquez had a "clump" of pawns powering down the board, but Friedel shook them apart for the...
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Carlsen Blunders at Tata Steel, Then Wins it All! | Play Like a Pro - GM Josh...
Grandmaster Josh Friedel exhibits how elite grandmasters blunder and how they handle the fallout. World Champion Magnus Carlsen's 2018 Wijk aan Zee campaign was nearly derailed against English GM...
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Mind Sport Mashup: Learning from Robotics and Chess
When I was at the St. Louis Student Robotics Association’s “Mind Sport Mashup,” I got the opportunity to play an amazing chess player. I had a very fun experience playing the Grandmaster from the...
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A Young Grandmaster’s Reflection On His Time in Saint Louis
Back in July of 2016, my family decided to move from New Jersey to Saint Louis in order to help support my chess ambition. Moving to the chess capital of the country was an exciting change as it...
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Friedel vs. IM Thavandiran, 2017 Chicago Open | Strategy Session - GM Josh...
Grandmaster Josh Friedel shows his game from the 2017 Chicago Open against Canadian IM Shiyam Thavandiran. Friedel stresses the importance of patience and collecting advantages. 2018.01.30 Josh Friedel...
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