London Chess Classic Round 4 Game of the Day

Here is the 2011 London Chess Classic Game of the Day video by IM Andrew Martin for round 4. The opening is a King’s Indian Defense between Viswanathan Anand as White and Hikaru Nakamura playing Black.

London Chess Classic Round 3 Game of the Day

Here is the 2011 London Chess Classic Game of the Day video by IM Andrew Martin for round 3. The opening is the Berlin Defense of the Ruy Lopez between Michael Adams as White and Luke McShane playing Black.

Scholastic Team Match Results

Here are the results from the scholastic chess team match between Imagine School at Evening Rose and Fairview Middle School. The match was held at Gamescape in Tallahassee Mall this past Wednesday evening. The match had 5 players from each school play one game against each of the other school’s players. Congratulations to the students … Continue reading →

Solution to Endgame Studies of the Week

Here are the solutions to the Endgame Studies I recently posted. In the future I will be posting weekly endgame studies on Monday’s. White to move and win: 1.f7 [ 1.Bb2 Rxf6 ] 1…Ra6+ [ 1…Rf6 2.Bb2 ] [ 1…Rg8 2.fxg8Q+ Kxg8 3.Ne7+ ] 2.Ba3! [ 2.Kb1 Bxf5+ ] [ 2.Kb2 Rf6 ] 2…Rxa3+ 3.Kb2 … Continue reading →

Chess TV Episode #355

Here is this week’s Chess TV (episode #355). There’s more on the Nimzo-Indian Defense in the Chess Opening School segment, a chess puzzle, and the chess history segment, plus chess news from around the world.

London Chess Classic Rounds 1 and 2 Game of the Day

Here’s a a couple of videos by IM Andrew Martin. The games are from the 2011 London Chess Classic. This first video is the Game of the Day for round 1 and the opening is a Ruy Lopez between Magnus Carlsen as White and David Howell as Black. And here is the Game of the Day for round 2. This opening for … Continue reading →

Endgame Study of the Week (#3)

Here is this week’s endgame study. I’ll post the solution/analysis on Wednesday. White to move and win:

Endgame Study of the Week (#2)

I had planned to posted this earlier in the week. Here is an interesting endgame study for you. It’s White to move and win. I’ll post the solution/analysis on Wednesday. White to move and win:

Ivory Tower Movie Trailer

This looks like a good movie. You can read more about the movie or order it online (It’s being released to DVD on December 7th). Ivory Tower is a Canadian feature film and the directorial debut of Adam Traynor, a musician from the German-based hip-hop group Puppetmastaz. The film was co-written by Canadian pianist and … Continue reading →