by National Life Master Loal Davis Boris Spassky The “English” is used as the name of an Opening – and also the name of a Defense. One of the most brilliant players is history, and of course a World Champion, dismantles the “English” then plays the “English”. … Continue reading
by National Life Master Loal Davis The Cambridge Springs Tournament of 1904 was one of the highlights in the career of Frank James Marshall. He won the tourney in convincing fashion and that led to his match for the World Championship a few years later. There is fortunately/unfortunately… Continue reading
Bill Wright Saint Louis Open April 28-30, 2017 | Round 1 starts at 7:00 p.m. Format: 5SS, G/90 + 30 second increment. Two Sections: Open (FIDE Rated) & U2000. Registration: Free entries for GMs and IMs. Entry Fee: $100, $80 if registered by 4/25. Registration: 3:00-6:30 p.m. on Friday… Continue reading
by National Life Master Loal Davis Images from official site (Link Below) Levon Aronian wins the GRENKE Chess Classic for 2017 by a point and a half as every game this round was drawn. Such was the fighting spirit in each and every game that I have included all… Continue reading
by National Life Master Loal Davis Images courtesy of Derrick Bartotto Well – That’s it. Levon Aronian wins with Grenke Chess Classic for 2017 with a round to spare. After this current sixth round he is one and a half points in the lead. One round to go.… Continue reading
by National Life Master Loal Davis Images courtesy of Derrick Bartotto Levon Aronian Aronian takes the tournament lead by a full point. In the following game there may be opposite colored Bishops, but the two extra Pawns turns out to be too much. [Event “GRENKE Chess Classic 2017”][Site… Continue reading
by National Life Master Loal Davis Images courtesy of Derrick Bartotto Vachier-Lagrave beats Hou in a very respectable Spanish Game ending. [Event “GRENKE Chess Classic 2017”][Site “?”][Date “2017.04.19”][Round “4”][White “Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime”][Black “Hou, Yifan”][Result “1-0”][PlyCount “135”][EventDate “2017.04.15”][SourceDate “2017.04.19”] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3… Continue reading
by National Life Master Loal Davis Images courtesy of Derrick Bartotto The “One That Got Away”. “GRENKE Chess Classic 2017”Round “3”White “Hou, Yifan”Black “Carlsen, Magnus” 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 e5 7. Nf3 Be7… Continue reading
by National Life Master Loal Davis Images courtesy of Derrick Bartotto There were three decisive games in the second round. Yifan Hou won again and leads the pack. Fabiano Caruana bounced back from his loss yesterday, and Vachier-Lagrave notched the remaining win of this round. [Event “GRENKE Chess… Continue reading
by National Life Master Loal Davis Images courtesy of Derrick Bartotto The New Classical section of the Korchnoi Zurich Chess Challenge for 2017 has completed. See the Official Site (link below) to see the previous features of this tourney and the remaining Blitz games. The Classical section finished with… Continue reading
