Positions
Ushenina – Girya. Bishop and knight checkmate
Former Women’s World Chess Champion Anna Ushenina fails to checkmate with Bishop+Knight. This happened during the Geneva Women’s Grand Prix Round 4. Ushenina – Girya Geneve, 2013
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FIDE Candidates Tournament 2022 (round 5): Remarkable draws
For a second time in this year’s edition of the Candidates Tournament, all four games in a single round finished drawn at the Palacio of Santoña in Madrid. It was not for a lack of […]
Chess opening
Ruy Lopez – Exchange Variation
The Exchange Variation of the Ruy Lopez is a chess opening that begins with the moves: e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 Bb5 a6 Bxc6 Black may recapture on c6 with either pawn; although 4…bxc6 is playable, […]
Chess opening
Evans Gambit
The Evans Gambit is a chess opening characterised by the moves: e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 Bc4 Bc5 b4 The Evans Gambit is an aggressive line of the Giuoco Piano. White offers a pawn to divert […]
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Finals Match vs Aronian Goes Down to The Last Second
Hikaru meets SuperGM Levon Aronian in the week 5 Rapid Chess Championship finals.
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Wilhelm Steinitz
William Steinitz (born Wilhelm Steinitz; May 14, 1836 – August 12, 1900) was an Austrian and later American chess player, and the first official World Chess Champion, from 1886 to 1894. He was also a […]
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The Warlord vs The Sensei | Bullet Chess Champs 2022
Hikaru Nakamura vs Daniel Naroditsky in the Semi-Finals of the Bullet Chess Champs 2022.
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Magnus Carlsen Queen Sacrifice against Anish Giri | Meltwater CCT Finals (2021)
Carlsen, Magnus (2855) – Giri, Anish (2712) Scond Blitz Game, Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Finals 2021 The 2021 Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Finals is a 10-player round-robin taking place from September 25 to October 4 […]
Chess opening
Sicilian Defense: Open, Lasker-Pelikán Variation
Сhess games with annotations Schlechter – Lasker (1/2-1/2) Vienna & Berlin, 1910 Robatsch – Larsen (0-1) Halle, 1963 Anand – Kramnik (1-0) Cap d’Agde, 2003 Polzin – Chuchelov (1-0) Germany, 2005 Karjakin – Topalov (0-1) […]
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How to Work With Stockfish
In this video I’ll be discussing how to most effectively utilize engines for chess analysis. My main advice is to feed your own ideas for the engine to analyze. This is a much more efficient […]