iChess.net contributor August 22, 2017

Free course on the Chinese School of Chess + ICC Blowout Sale!!

Get the secrets of a chess superpower!! Theirs is a story of meteoric rise. Go back just 20 years and China were virtual nobodies in chess. Now they’re a superpower. What did they do to go from zero to winning the 41st Chess Olympiad, in 2014? Your free 2 hour [...]

iChess.net contributor August 20, 2017

Beatdown! Kasparov makes Nakamura eat his words!

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A few years ago, Nakamura brought in Garry Kasparov for some training, hoping to close the gap on Magnus Carlsen. They worked together for about a year –it didn’t end well. During the 2011 London Chess Classic, Nakamura was asked about how helpful the partnership was proving and, to the [...]

iChess.net contributor August 18, 2017

St Louis Special: Kasparov is Back with GMs Naroditsky and Shankland!

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St Louis Special: Kasparov is Back with GMs Naroditsky and Shankland! After a 12 year hiatus, Garry Kasparov has returned to play an official, rated tournament with the best of the new generation! Considering his legendary status, there were very high expectations of Garry and his results perhaps fell slightly short [...]

The return of Garry Kasparov at St Louis Rapid and Blitz chess tournament

iChess.net contributor August 17, 2017

St. Louis Rapid and Blitz – the Return of Garry Kasparov!

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St. Louis Rapid and Blitz – the Return of Garry Kasparov! St. Louis Chess Club’s annual rapid and blitz competition captured the public’s attention when a special announcement was made a couple of months ago. It wasn’t the participation of the world’s best players – the competitor list of this prestigious event [...]

iChess.net contributor August 13, 2017

3 Best Chess Openings for Club Players

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3 Best Chess Openings for Club Players “Choose an opening… which is sound, regardless of fluctuations in current theory.“, Horowitz and Reinfeld After FM Fell’s advice on the best opening choices for beginners, now GM Damian Lemos will show you which openings to play if you are a Club Player. Damian’s opinion on [...]

iChess.net contributor August 12, 2017

Maxime the magician – how did MVL beat Carlsen… twice?

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What a fantastic finish to the Sinquefield Cup! Going in to the last round, it was Aronian’s trophy to lose. Sat on 5/8, level with Anand and Vachier-Lagrave, the Armenian enjoyed a better tie-break, meaning draws for the top 3 would see him take first place. However, his final opponent [...]

iChess.net contributor August 11, 2017

3 Best Chess Openings for Beginners

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3 Best Chess Openings for Beginners “Your only task in the opening is to reach a playable middlegame.“, GM Lajos Portisch In today’s free video, FM Sebastian Fell will share with you 3 of the best openings for beginners. He starts the video with a very important introduction: “As a [...]

iChess.net contributor August 9, 2017

Build Your Chess Opening Repertoire with GM Sokolov

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Build Your Chess Opening Repertoire with GM Sokolov Creating an opening repertoire shouldn’t be a quick affair. After all, you will be playing the same openings for a long time. And if you don’t get confortable positions, then your will be doomed on the middlegame. Do you know what openings [...]

iChess.net contributor August 8, 2017

Webinar: Unlock the Power of the Rooks! – IM Valeri Lilov

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Webinar: Unlock the Power of the Rooks! – IM Valeri Lilov “Rooks belong on open files” – we all know that. But, once there, what do we do with them? And we all know that getting our rooks to the seventh rank is usually a good idea – but what [...]

iChess.net contributor August 5, 2017

Carlsen Sinques Karjakin and Caruana Rises to #2

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There’s so much great chess going on right now. Hou Yifan has just become the first women to win the Biel Chess Festival in its 50 year history with a 2809 rating performance and some brilliant chess (see one of her games in this week’s tactic at the end of [...]