The Washington Post cancelled Chess Grandmaster Lubomir Kavaleks Online Chess Column this month, and I would like you to write an email and send it to the Post at letters@washpost.com (their letter to the editor through email) asking them to reconsider their decision. Mr. Kavaleks contributions to the chess world are impressive, and having chess columns in various forms of media is important for the game we all love. Other notable publications that continue to have chess columns include the New York Times online, for example. They have a column called "Gambit" by Dylan mcclain. Feel free to post what you sent the Washington Post in the comment section below. Hopefully Mr. Kavalek will get his column back. If he does I will be removing this video so that the Washington Post doesnt receive unnecessary emails in the future. To read Mr. Kavalek's last posted article, visit tinyurl.com
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This video series is going to focus on Grandmaster level chess tactics. This particular video features a tactical line used by William Steinitz against Johannes Hermann Zukertort in the first World Chess Championship played in 1866.
This video series focuses on Grandmaster level chess tactics. This particular video features an interesting tactical line by V. Anand in a match he played against A. Morozevich in 2007. The full match PGN is available on my chess blog which you can access from my main YouTube channel page.
This video series focuses on legendary players (both past and present) from the world of chess. The first video in this series talks about Grandmaster Boris Gulko, one of the very few people in the world that holds a positive score against one of the greatest chess champions of all time, Gary Kasparov. Aside from chess, Boris Gulko has led an extremely interesting life! He won the USSR Chess Championships in 1977. Sadly, as an avid anti-communist living in the USSR, his chess career was put ...
I like to post live blitz matches once and awhile to mix things up. There's a new format to my live chess videos now, with analysis and discussion after the game. I welcome your thoughts on the various positions and moves played.
