2018 Champions Showdown: Kasparov’s Interview | Day 3
Grandmaster Garry Kasparov shares his thoughts after his games on Day 3.2018.09.13 USChessChamps.comCCSCSL Staff
View Article2018 Fall Chess Classic: Round 9
The 2018 Fall Chess Classic is the third of four tournaments each year featuring international chess professionals. The Fall Chess Classic is comprised of two 10-player Round Robin tournaments. Over...
View Article2018 Fall Chess Classic: Round 8
The 2018 Fall Chess Classic is the third of four tournaments each year featuring international chess professionals. The Fall Chess Classic is comprised of two 10-player Round Robin tournaments. Over...
View Article2018 Fall Chess Classic: Round 7
The 2018 Fall Chess Classic is the third of four tournaments each year featuring international chess professionals. The Fall Chess Classic is comprised of two 10-player Round Robin tournaments. Over...
View Article2018 Fall Chess Classic: Round 6
The 2018 Fall Chess Classic is the third of four tournaments each year featuring international chess professionals. The Fall Chess Classic is comprised of two 10-player Round Robin tournaments. Over...
View Article2018 Fall Chess Classic: Round 5
The 2018 Fall Chess Classic is the third of four tournaments each year featuring international chess professionals. The Fall Chess Classic is comprised of two 10-player Round Robin tournaments. Over...
View Article2018 Fall Chess Classic: Round 4
The 2018 Fall Chess Classic is the third of four tournaments each year featuring international chess professionals. The Fall Chess Classic is comprised of two 10-player Round Robin tournaments. Over...
View Article2018 Fall Chess Classic: Round 3
The 2018 Fall Chess Classic is the third of four tournaments each year featuring international chess professionals. The Fall Chess Classic is comprised of two 10-player Round Robin tournaments. Over...
View Article2018 Fall Chess Classic: Round 2
The 2018 Fall Chess Classic is the third of four tournaments each year featuring international chess professionals. The Fall Chess Classic is comprised of two 10-player Round Robin tournaments. Over...
View Article2018 Fall Chess Classic: Round 1
The 2018 Fall Chess Classic is the third of four tournaments each year featuring international chess professionals. The Fall Chess Classic is comprised of two 10-player Round Robin tournaments. Over...
View ArticleA Beginner Opening Lesson | Chess Openings Explained
National Master Jim McLaughlin takes us through a few games that share similar openings. He points out how the move order and small differences can lead to an advantage for either side.2018.09.17CCSCSL...
View Article2014 U.S. Championship: Ray Robson vs. Akobian | Strategy Session - GM...
Grandmaster Varuzhan Akobian shows his seventh round game against GM Ray Robson from the 2014 U.S. Championship in Saint Louis. This game was part of Akobian's amazing four-game winning streak.CCSCSL...
View ArticlePRO Chess League 2017: Akobian vs. Sebastian Mihajlov - GM Varuzhan Akobian
Grandmaster Varuzhan Akobian shows a game from the 2017 PRO Chess League season. It was an online rapid game between Akobian of the Saint Louis Arch Bishops and IM Mihajlov of the Norway Gnomes.CCSCSL...
View Article2000 Pripis Memorial: Akobian vs. Igor Zaitsev - GM Varuzhan Akobian
Grandmaster Varuzhan Akobian shows his game against the legendary GM Igor Zaitsev and Zaitsev’s King’s Indian defense at the 2000 Pripis Memorial in Moscow. CCSCSL Staff
View ArticleCommunity Engagement at the Balloon Festival
by Dan Todd, Scholastic Instructor The Saint Louis Chess Club’s booth was buzzing with visitors in the children’s area, of the 2018 Forest Park Balloon Festival. The oldest and most well-attended FREE...
View ArticleScholastic Tournament Blog: 2018 Back-To-School Bash
As the summer heat dissipates and the fall breeze floats through, students go into full-on school mode as every school is in session. Even during these hectic times of homework and sports, 160...
View Article2017 Spring Classic: Jeffery Xiong vs. Akobian | Strategy Session - GM...
Grandmaster Varuzhan Akobian shows his game as Black against GM Jeffery Xiong at the 2017 Spring Chess Classic, at the Saint Louis Club. The game helped earn Akobian the top prize at this seasonal...
View ArticleSlav Defense Exchange Variation | Chess For Knights - GM Varuzhan Akobian
Grandmaster Varuzhan Akobian goes over lines in the Slav Defense where white can play for an advantage. He also points out some common mistakes that black can make. See if you can remember the ideas of...
View ArticleIntense Chess!
Mike Kummer plays NM Julian Proleiko in the first ever "Intense Chess" game for a chance to earn millions of dollars in the Bahamas!CCSCSL Staff
View ArticleGrandmaster Tactics and a Double Stalemate Study | Puzzler's Paradise - GM...
Grandmaster Varuzhan Akobian encourages us to write out full lines before answering these tactics from Grandmaster games. Pause the video when you see the puzzle, take your time to write out the...
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