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GM Gserper | Pictures of a chess board and chess pieces are very popular in ads for banks, insurance companies and similar businesses. The companies want to underline their wisdom and strategic thinking. Unlike dice, cards, and other games of chance, chess is a game of skill and a stronger opponent generally beats a weaker opponent. I could be totally wrong here, but it seems to m... | Read More

GM dbojkov | GM Dejan Bojkov's student, WIM Ashritha Eswaran, turned in an excellent performance at the 2016 Continental Women's Championship in Lima, Peru. Bojkov brings you her topsy-turvy last-round game in which the advantage shifts back and forth before culminating in an incredible mating net. | Read More

PeterDoggers | Both Anish Giri and Viswanathan Anand scored excellent wins in the second round of the Tal Memorial in Moscow. The two GMs caught Ian Nepomniachtchi in the lead. "Anand, like Karpov did in the past, is showing us that mature players can play some of the most elegant and beautiful games," chess photographer (and author!) David Llada tweeted today. Vishy Anand's win against ... | Read More

NM ChessNetwork | This is video #22 from the "Beginner to Chess Master" playlist. The Vančura defense is an important rook and pawn endgame drawing idea that is specific to a rook pawn on the 6th rank. This concept is well beyond the beginner stage, and is likely one you would only find applied efficiently in a game between two skilled endgame players since it requires prerequisite rook and pawn endgame knowledge.... | Read More