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Greetings Chess Players. My name is Chris Torres and this is my daily chess musing for January 17, 2021. Today was another great day for chess and especially so for Nils Grandelius who is off to a perfect start in the 2021 Tata Steel Chess Tournament. The grandmaster who hales from Sweden is the onlyContinue reading “TATA STEEL CHESS: Round 2 Recap”

[Event “U.S. Girls Junior Championship”][Date “2019.07.18”][Round “7.1”][White “Wu, Rochelle”][Black “Cervantes Landeiro, Thalia”][Result “1-0”][Annotator WIM Rochelle Wu, Chris Torres] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 {Playing c4 makes perfect sense for white as black did not match their center pawn but e4 is off the table because of the knight on f6.} 2…g6 {This could either lead to theContinue reading “Master Chess Theatre: The Ever Grünfeld Game”

If you did any drills on chess.com then you can get points for them. Fill out the form below and let us know how many of each drill you have done. Loading…

First go to DailyChessMusings.com Scroll down to the date. It will not be active until an hour before the camp starts. After you go to the correct day scroll down to your group. To watch the opening livestream for the day click on Opening Message. To join the tournament for the day click on JoinContinue reading “Chess Camp Assignments & Tournaments”

Give your son or daughter the gift of chess this Holiday Break by having them train with some of the best chess coaches money can buy… without paying a dime. Whether your child is new to chess, a tournament player, getting ready for international competition, or just looking for the best possible training environment andContinue reading “Free Chess Camp with Highly Acclaimed Coaches”

Watch Here Thank you to all of our participants. I was so thrilled to see how well you did. I am posting the point totals below. Some of them we did not have a name or Chess.com Username for. If you think your points are wrong because we do not have your name or UsernameContinue reading “Free Thanksgiving Break Chess Camp Awards”

November 28, 2020 [Event “Correspondence game 1986 US vs. East Germany”][Date “1986”][White “Heinz Engl”][Black “James Eade”][Result “0-1”] Correspondence game 1986 US vs. East Germany match. Engl was White. 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4 5.e5 h6 6.Be3 Ne4 7.Qg4 g6 8.a3 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 Nxc3 10.Bd3 Nc6 11.h4 Qe7 12.h5 g5 13.Nh3 Bd7 14.f4Continue reading “Special Guest FM James Eade”

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The start of DailyChessMusings.com Free Thanksgiving Chess Camp is now just days away! Your child will find their assignments in the group they selected as their experience level. Please have him or her join me live on our YouTube page at 11:00 am Pacific for our Welcome Meeting each day of the camp. Immediately after the meeting, students should check their group’s dailyContinue reading “Free Thanksgiving Chess Camp Instructions”

Here is the notation to go with the games covered in the Analyze That! for November 13 Halloween Blitz Extravaganza 1 Chess.com 2020.10.31 Round 4 White Jollification Black royalknight101 0-1 1.e4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.cxd5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.cxd5 Nf6 5.Qa4+ 3…cxd5 4.Qb3 dxe4 5.Bc4 e6 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.d3 exd3 8.Be3 Nc6 9.O-O-O Be7 10.Rxd3 Qc7Continue reading “Analyze That! November 13 Games”

Hi All,I forgot to post before, but I am on vacation this week. I will not be posting a new lesson tomorrow. I will be back next week and will have new assignments. For this week you can play in the tournaments and play any practice games. You can get bonus points for doing anyContinue reading “No Chess Tomorrow, 10/14”

[Event “Corus Group C”][Site “Wijk aan Zee NED”][Date “2004.01.24”][Round “12”][White “Magnus Carlsen”][Black “Sipke Ernst”][Result “1-0”][BlackElo “2474”][ECO “B19”][EventDate “2004.01.10”][WhiteElo “2484”] 1.e4 { Magnus opens with a center pawn. } 1…c6 { Ernst Responds with the Caro-Kann Defence. In the Caro-Kann it is black’s intention to confront white’s center with d5. } 2.d4 { When your oponentContinue reading “A Magnus Opus”

Watch the Livestream Here 1.) Requirements  a.) Sign up at DailyChessMusings.com b.) Join Chess.com Membership is free, but we need to know your user name so we can keep track of who is in the tournaments. c.) Join the Daily Chess Musings Club After you join Chess.com, go here and join our club. This letsContinue reading “What You Need to Know About Our Chess Clubs”