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FM Title achieved! Free Live events scheduled!

FM Title achieved! Free Live events scheduled!

FM alexsuper1987
| Apr 7, 2016

Hi chess friends! In the month of April I reachied 2302 elo points and now I'm a new Fide Master, in the last 6 months I took over 100 elo points   , it was possible thanks at a good training and a good constancy. All my tournaments in this p...

My report about Cappelle-La-Grande

My report about Cappelle-La-Grande

FM alexsuper1987
| Mar 2, 2016

Hi :) Between 13-20 february 2016 I played the wonderful open of Cappelle La Grande, over 500 players played this tournament :). My performance was very good 2383! And I didn't reach the title of fide master only for a point! In fact my rating n...

Chess Openings - Dutch Defence, Hopton Attack II

Chess Openings - Dutch Defence, Hopton Attack II

FM alexsuper1987
| Feb 24, 2016

Hi everyone :) I made a new video series about openings, for my youtube channel, this time I focused my attention about the Dutch Defence- Hopton Attack, it's a nice way to play against the Dutch In this series I will share my knowledge about th...

Solution Puzzle #3

Solution Puzzle #3

FM alexsuper1987
| Feb 11, 2016

Hi!  I'm happy to share the solution about the puzzle #3 with my explanation   Click here to see the first puzzle (here the solution) Click here to see the second puzzle (here the solution)   are you ready for the next puzzle?    If you l...

Basic Endgames - Knight #1

Basic Endgames - Knight #1

FM alexsuper1987
| Feb 4, 2016

Hi chess friends!  This is the first video about a new video series, I named it "Basic endgames". In this series you will see all the endgame positions that you must know! In this first video , I focused my attention about the knights. What do...

Notable Game #1 - Moiseenko vs Lu

Notable Game #1 - Moiseenko vs Lu

FM alexsuper1987
| Jan 29, 2016

Hi chess friends!  This is the first video about a new video series, I named it "notable games". I selected very interesting games and I made a short comment about it. What do you think about it? Some tips?      Do you like the video? Fol...

Chess Openings - Dutch Defence, Hopton Attack

Chess Openings - Dutch Defence, Hopton Attack

FM alexsuper1987
| Jan 24, 2016

Hi everyone :) I made a new video series about openings, for my youtube channel, this time I focused my attention about the Dutch Defence- Hopton Attack, it's a nice way to play against the Dutch                   In this series I will ...

Training Games!

Training Games!

FM alexsuper1987
| Jan 20, 2016

Hi chess friends :) my name is Alessandro Santagati and my rating is 2262  I'm very interested to play training games (15'+10'', 30+30'' and 45+30'') in this period (20 January-10 February). So if someone is interested can contact me I seek pl...

Qatar Masters Open: Carlsen vs Yu

Qatar Masters Open: Carlsen vs Yu

FM alexsuper1987
| Dec 29, 2015

Hi! Magnus Carlsen won the Qatar Masters Open 2015, winning the tie-break against the chinise grandmaster Yu. It's the first game in which Carlsen made a very nice attack :D Here my comment about the game Are you italian?

6th Place- Etna Chess Festival

6th Place- Etna Chess Festival

FM alexsuper1987
| Dec 9, 2015

Hi everyone, I recently played the Etna Chess Festival, and at the end I did a good performance (2290 fide) and I took 7 points, now my rating is 2269. http://vesus.org/results/open-a-gt-1900-2deg-festival-internazionale-dell039etna/standing/ I...

Annotated game #8

Annotated game #8

FM alexsuper1987
| Nov 27, 2015

Hi :), this is the video number 8 about the series "annotated games", would you like to have an annotated game for free in my channel? Comment on my youtube channel with your pgn! Do you like my videos? You can subscribe for free following this...

Great result at the Malta Chess Open!

Great result at the Malta Chess Open!

FM alexsuper1987
| Nov 23, 2015

Hi chess friends! In this post I will talk about my wonderful experience at the Malta Chess Open 2015, in which I was 3rd of 205 players! The tournament was played between 15-21 November, in Sliema. Round 1 [draw] 16 118 Reinhardt,Joachim 1808...

First place at Agrigento!

First place at Agrigento!

FM alexsuper1987
| Nov 11, 2015

Hi chess friends!  Last week I won the tournament of Agrigento, here the standing http://vesus.org/results/open-a-integrale-1deg-festival-di-scacchi-cittagrave-di-agrigento/standing/   I'm to share with you a game about round number 4  Here...

Fide World Cup 2015, Giri vs Svidler

Fide World Cup 2015, Giri vs Svidler

FM alexsuper1987
| Nov 3, 2015

Hi everyone! I'm very happy to share with you an annotated game about the Chess World Cup 2015, I hope that you will enjoy it.  Soon I will load other games about it! Would you like to be informed about my videos? join my channel now!   Are...

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