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American n°2 Levon Aronian and French n°1 Alireza Firouzja played an incredible game at the Superbet Chess Classic! After a crazy Bongcloud-like novelty 19.Ke2??, Levon managed to escape with a study-like draw thanks to an unbelievable Zugzwang!

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♔ Replay this game ➡️https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/grand-chess-tour-superbet-classic-2022/3/1/4

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0:00 - Intro
5:28 - 19.Ke2??
16:36 - The missed win
25:31 - Grigoriev's study
31:02 - The final great move

The Scotch Opening is one of the most popular at the amateur's level. In this video, I show you the best sideline for Black, which is rare, dangerous, and correct according to the computer!

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0:00 - Intro
0:35 - The problem with the other lines
4:20 - 5.Nd2? and 5.Bd2
8:19 - 5.Nc3
15:00 - 5.c3 Bc5 6.Nxc6
26:00 - 5.c3 Bc5 6.Be3

Ellen Gilbert, née Strong (April 30, 1837 – February 12, 1900), was arguably the best woman chess player and the best correspondence chess player of both genders of the 19th century!

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♔ The article linked to this video ➡️https://chess24.com/en/read/news/forgotten-genius-ellen-gilbert-the-first-queen-of-chess
Sources I used:
"The Queen of Chess": The Correspondence Chess of Ellen Gilbert by Neil R. Brenne ➡️ https://web.archive.org/web/20090206133529/http://correspondencechess.com/campbell/articles/a051107.htm
Mate in 35 by "Batgirl" ➡️https://www.chess.com/blog/batgirl/mate-in-35
The Queen of Chess by "Batgirl"➡️https://www.chess.com/article/view/ellen-gilbert-queen-of-chess
Yet Another Chess Problem Database ➡️https://www.yacpdb.org/

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0:00 Intro
01:23 Gilbert vs. Berry
04:25 Hotchkin vs. Gilbert
17:25 Showalter vs. Gossip
20:05 Gilbert vs. Gossip
21:04 Gossip vs. Gilbert
23:58 Mate in 3 by J. Zim
24:50 Mate in 3 by E. Gilbert
25:35 Outro

I had the privilege of playing the Chinese super Grandmaster Ding Liren! The World #2 gave a simul on chess24 against 7 opponents! Max Euwe's Chess Master Vs. Chess Amateur was one of my favorite books as a kid and I've used this concept many times as a trainer. Now I know what it feels like to be the amateur! 😅

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♔Watch Ding's simul ➡️https://youtu.be/uPXQ51yzS7s

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0:00 Opening
06:10 First mistake
14:54 Small combination
27:13 g5!??!
30:15 The decisive mistake

1.f3 is the 2nd worst possible first move, but Magnus Carlsen loves playing it! With it, the World Champion won against Wesley So and drew against Jan-Krzysztof Duda! Is 1.f3 refuted?

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0:00 Intro
0:40 1st plan
02:10 2nd plan played By Magnus Carlsen & Simon Williams
06:24 3rd plan Carlsen vs. Duda
10:30 The refutation

This is the question that all non-players ask chess players: how many moves ahead can you calculate. Richard Reti answered, "only one move, but the best one”. The most famous combination of Garry Kasparov, against Veselin Topalov in 1999, lasts 14 moves. But in this video, we will, you will calculate 100 moves ahead! And I promise I’m not lying. Let's get started!

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0:00 - Intro
0:32 - Yosha's study
10:15 - Otto Blathy's study

Vincent Keymer made a name for himself in the public eye at 13 yo by winning the 2018 Grenke Chess Open in front of 49 GMs, including 4 +2700! I show you his 5 most remarkable victories!

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♔ The article linked to this video ➡️https://chess24.com/en/read/news/vincent-keymer-s-5-most-impressive-wins

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0:00 Intro & Keymer-Martirosyan
02:59 Keymer-Giri
07:14 Rapport-Keymer
12:25 Keymer-Gelfand
17:48 Keymer-Meier

I show you 4 ideas that you should master to destroy your opponents' castled king in the Italian Game, the most played opening!

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0:00 - Intro
01:40 - White pins; Black castles
13:30 - Black pins; White castles
22:00 - White unpins with h3 & g4
36:00 - h3 before O-O
42:12 - Bonus exercise

The Scandinavian Defense is a very popular opening at the amateur level. In this video, I show you the most aggressive idea you can try against it! It's so efficient that in half of the games played online with this trap, White is winning as soon as move 7!

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0:00 - Intro
0:26 - First moves
03:53 - 7.Qh5??
06:45 - 7.Bxh7!!
09:55 Black's best defense

At the Reykjavik Open 2022, Grandmaster Johann Hjartarson failed to play what would have been the most incredible bishop underpromotion in chess history! I take the opportunity to look at the 5 most amazing bishop underpromotions!

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♔ The article linked to this video ➡️ https://chess24.com/en/read/news/the-5-most-amazing-bishop-underpromotions
♗Tim Krabbé's website ➡️ https://timkr.home.xs4all.nl/chess/chess.html
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00:00 - Intro
00:40 - Caruana vs. Robson
01:23 - Grischuk vs. Hua
02:54 - Chan vs. Depasquale
04:08 - Reshko vs. Kaminsky
07:30 - Kholmov vs. Ehlvest
10:32 - Sokolsky vs. Ravinsky
18:12 - Hjatarson vs. Andersen
20:15 - Bonus: Boniface vs. Pugh