The 2015 US Chess Championship and a 70+ minute documentary on Boris Gelfand.
Annex Chess Club is pleased to announce a lecture series by GM Eric Hansen, Canada's #2 ranked player, and GM Robin van Kampen, one of the top rising talents in Holland. These lectures will include chess analysis and stories of the “trials and tribulations” of playing chess professionally.
The RA Chess Club welcomes GM Eric Hansen and GM Robin van Kampen.
On April 19th they will give a co-lecture and Q&A, followed by a simul by GM van Kampen. Their lecture will focus on trials and tribulations of trying to make it as a professional chess player in Europe.
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.
2015 CAMPBELLVILLE ACTIVE
This week's Canadian Tactic comes from the game Dougherty - Vettese (Guelph Fall ProAm, 2014).
It's a reversed Dragon, where Black has played ambitiously with ...f6, and now White can trigger some tactics against d5.
What happens on 10.Nxe5 and on 10.Ng5?
Submitted by Keith MacKinnon on Tue, 03/24/2015 - 23:33
In case you weren't aware, the top Canadian woman, WIM Yuanling Yuan, recently participated in the Women's World Championship in Sochi, Russia.
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