Submitted by Felix Dumont on Tue, 04/28/2015 - 20:22
This week's GOTW features a great attack by White in a Slav Defense. Still, as you will see, the best lessons to learn from this game are perhaps not tactical, but positional.
Submitted by Keith MacKinnon on Mon, 04/20/2015 - 23:54
The winner of this year's Mauricie Open in Trois Rivieres is Olivier Kenta Chiku-Ratte. His crucial win came in the fourth round against IM Jean Hebert, the highest rated player in the event.
Submitted by Felix Dumont on Sun, 04/12/2015 - 10:37
This week's GOTW will be of great interest to our more agressive players (not to say barbaric!). White took a gamble and it paid off. But does this mean the sacrifice was sound? Not according to the computer. But over the board, anything can happen!
Submitted by Michael Kleinman on Sun, 04/05/2015 - 22:58
This week, I present an instructive game played at the Philadelphia open http://chessevents.com/philadelphiaopen/. Although the Canadian, IM Gerzhoy lost, I present this gane for its instructional value. Enjoy.
Submitted by Felix Dumont on Sun, 03/29/2015 - 13:47
This week's GOTW is an incredible attacking game by GM Sambuev, who was not afraid two sacrifice two pawns against a much lower rated opponent. While your favourite engine will not like White's plan, GM Sambuev showed that practical chances are often much better than a theoretical advantage.
Submitted by Felix Dumont on Sun, 03/15/2015 - 20:43
This week's GOTW features an interesting opening in which both players had both interesting and doubtful ideas. It resulted in a highly tactical middlegame in which Black showed superior attacking skills.
Submitted by Michael Kleinman on Wed, 03/11/2015 - 21:18
This week, I present another game played by Jonathan Yu at the Gibraltar tournament last month. It is an instructive game because Jonathan was able to win a position that looked completely equal just by continuing to make logical moves.
Submitted by Felix Dumont on Sun, 03/01/2015 - 10:24
This week's GOTW was played at the Père-Noël Open in Montreal. Both players are promising juniors from Montreal, and White decided to play a king's gambit. While the game was mostly one-sided, both players missed important tactics that could have changed the outcome of the game.
Submitted by Keith MacKinnon on Tue, 02/24/2015 - 20:40
NM Jonathan Yu from Toronto was one of the many Canadians at this year's Gibraltar Chess Festival. He scored an impressive 5.5/9 (2409 performance) in the masters tournament and should gain 75 FIDE points for his effort. Here is one of his wins with the Black pieces over a Dutch Fide Master.
