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facebook.comPRO Chess League Guide - Chess.com
Chess.com modernised chess last week. They announced a new online and international chess league that will take place every Wednesday, starting today, at 4pm GMT. The time control is 15 minutes each. Participating are 48 teams from all over the world, each one representing a city or country. Included are 5 of the top 7 players such as World Champion Magnus Carlsen, #2 Fabiano Caruana, #4 Wesley So, #5 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and #7 Hikaru Nakamura Representing Ireland are the Dublin Desperados, consisting of the recent Kilkenny 40th Annual congress winner GM Sébastien Mazé as well as IM Sam Collins, IM Alex Lopez, FM Stephen Jessel, FM Conor O'Donnell, Killian Delaney, Carl Jackson, Henry Li and Eoghan Casey. There is too much information to put in one Facebook post but if you interested in following the league, chess.com have put up a league guide: https://www.chess.com/article/view/pro-chess-league-guide Go back the Irish boys by tuning into the live commentary of their first match today via chess.com/tv at 4:30pm
Put Your Bishop Behind Your Pawn - Chess.com
I've been wondering if a fianchettoed bishop staring at the back of a pawn is good or bad. This article on chess.com sheds some light on the idea of a bishop behind a pawn. https://www.chess.com/article/view/put-your-bishop-behind-your-pawn
Karjakin, Sergey vs. Carlsen, Magnus | Carlsen-Karjakin World Chess Championship 2016
If you missed any of the lengthily World Chess Championships, Don't worry. Magnus Carlsen & Sergey Karjakin are tied after 12 games and will settle the title with 4 games of blitz. Each person getting just 25 minutes per game. Tune in at 7pm GMT tonight: https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/carlsen-karjakin-world-chess-championship-2016/2/1/1
How To Watch Carlsen vs Nakamura Tomorrow
Magnus Carlsen & Hikaru Nakamura are playing 3 hours worth of online blitz and bullet games on chess.com at 6pm GMT today. The time controls are 1-3 minutes of both standard and chess960. Here is how you can watch: https://www.chess.com/article/view/how-to-watch-carlsen-vs-nakamura If you can't watch it live, message me and I'll try find a rerun link!
Game study • lichess.org
Yesterday we took a look at one of the most interesting games I've ever seen - Carl Hamppe vs Philipp Meitner taking place in 1872. https://en.lichess.org/study/JGE1gIHF Feel free to make an account and discuss the game in via the link above! Lichess is an open-source website I recommend to all.
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