2019 Cairns Cup – Round 2
by GM Josh Friedel Today’s round was far less bloody than the first round, but it was certainly not short of interesting games. There were time scrambles, advantages passed back and forth, and plenty of other action. In the end, only GM Khotenashvili was able to break through and score a victory, thus bouncing back […]
2019 Cairns Cup – Round 1
by GM Josh Friedel At the opening ceremony of the Cairns Cup Tuesday evening, the players promised to do all they could to play fighting chess. They certainly didn’t disappoint. The first round of the Cairns Cup was a bloody affair, with most of the players taking lots of risk and playing aggressive chess. There […]
Saint Louis Chess Club to Host Inaugural Cairns Cup from February 5-16, 2019
For more information, contact: Kiley Herndon Phone: (314) 309-0799 [email protected] Saint Louis Chess Club to Host Inaugural Cairns Cup from February 5-16, 2019 All-Female Tournament to Provide Unparalleled Tournament Experience for Women Worldwide SAINT LOUIS, January 25, 2019 – Women the world over will descend upon the Saint Louis Chess Club to compete in the […]
2018 Champions Showdown Recap – Day 4
With 8 blitz games left to play in final day of the Champions Showdown, chess fans got to witness countless entertaining and heart wrenching battles. Due to the nature of blitz and Chess960, a plethora of blunders and time scrambles were seen across all of the matches. While no match was fully clinched going into […]
2018 Champions Showdown Recap – Day 3
By Eric Rosen Day 3 of the Champions Showdown showed clear leaders emerging from all of the matches, with some extending their leads quite far. Upon the selection of another random position, the players delved into their usual analysis. The selected position wasn’t so random however for Sam Shankland, as he played a series of […]
2018 Champions Showdown Recap – Day 2
by Eric Rosen Day 2 of the Champions Showdown was filled with blunders and brilliancies as players battled it out from a fresh starting position. At 12 PM, players huddled around the laptop as Tony Rich revealed the initial setup that would be played for the next 4 games. Photo by Lennart Ootes Once the […]
2018 Champions Showdown Recap – Day 1
by Eric Rosen The first day of the Champions Showdown kicked off with intrigue and excitement as ten of the world’s top players faced off in Chess 960. The day began at 12 PM as Chess Club Executive Director, Tony Rich used the random position generator from chessgames.com to determine the starting position for the […]
Saint Louis Chess Club to Host Champions Showdown Chess 960 September 11–14
For more information, contact:Kiley HerndonPhone: (314) 309-0799 [email protected] Saint Louis Chess Club to Host Champions Showdown Chess 960 September 11–14 Exhibition matches feature ten chess champions, including legendary World Champion Garry Kasparov SAINT LOUIS, MO, August 24, 2018 – The Saint Louis Chess Club will bring ten of the top chess players in the world, […]
2018 U.S. Junior Championships – Round 9
Awonder Liang and Carissa Yip entered the day only needing a draws to clinch their respective championships. Conversely, Advait Patel and Jennifer Yu, the only players within a point of the leaders, faced must-win games with everything on the line. U.S. Junior Championship Awonder Liang gained a comfortable advantage from the opening against Akshat Chandra, […]
2018 U.S. Junior Championships – Round 8
It was the leaders’ day at the U.S. Junior Championships! Awonder Liang and Carissa Yip have extended their leads with just one game to go. U.S. Junior Championship Awonder Liang faced one of his closest rivals, Praveen Balakrishnan, in a 70-move close battle. In the middlegame, Balakrishnan advanced many of his pawns assertively, gaining extra […]