Thank you for joining us today. Please remember to click on both the links for “JOIN TOURNAMENT” in your group assignments every day to join the tournaments. If you do not join them in advance then you cannot play. Be sure to pay attention after you finish your first game because the next round begins right after everyone has completed the first round.
If you missed the round or had any other issues I am running another tournament. It will begin @ 3:30 Pacific Time
All the chess problems listed are extra. You do not have to do all the problems in one day, or even do them at all. They are meant to fill in time if you happen to finish an assignment and are waiting for the next event to begin.
Absolute Beginner-doesn’t even know the pieces and Beginner-knows the names of the pieces and that is about all
Intermediate -knows how to play and how to castle
Advanced -knows how to play & even knows en passant
Experienced-has taken chess lessons
Tournament-has played more than 25 games in US Chess Federation tournaments
Tournament
| 12:30 PM | Opening Message |
| JOIN TOURNAMENT | |
| 12:40 PM | Episode 3: Meek vs Adbor, 1855 |
| Checking Time: Boden’s Mate | |
| 1:00 PM | Round 5 & 6 g/15 |
| 2:00 PM | Special Guest Francisco Anchondo |
| Extra | Chess Problems |
| or Drills |
Experienced
| 12:30 PM | Opening Message |
| JOIN TOURNAMENT | |
| 12:40 PM | Eposide 4: Potter vs NN, 1870 |
| Checking Time: Anastasia’s Mate | |
| Round 5 & 6 g/15 | |
| 2:00 PM | Special Guest Francisco Anchondo |
| Extra | Chess Problems |
| or Drills |
Advanced
| 12:30 PM | Opening Message |
| JOIN TOURNAMENT | |
| 12:40 PM | Fabiano Caruana vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, 2021 Tata Steel Masters |
| My Quora Answer to: What is your favorite puzzle? | |
| 1:00 PM | Round 5 & 6 g/15 |
| 2:00 PM | Special Guest Francisco Anchondo |
| Extra | Chess Problems |
| or Drills |
Intermediate
| 12:30 PM | Opening Message |
| JOIN TOURNAMENT | |
| 12:40 PM | Checks, Captures and Threats |
| 1:00 PM | Round 5 & 6 g/15 |
| 2:00 PM | Special Guest Francisco Anchondo |
| Extra | Chess Problems |
| or Drills |
Beginner
| 12:30 PM | Opening Message |
| JOIN TOURNAMENT | |
| 12:40 PM | Happy Birthday Bobby Fischer |
| At Odds With My Student | |
| 1:00 PM | Round 3 & 4 g/15 |
| 2:00 PM | Special Guest Francisco Anchondo |
| Extra | Chess Problems |
| or Drills |
Absolute Beginner
To play versus the computer on Chess.com just click the link and select your opponent. You can scroll to see other opponents other than Jimmy. I suggest starting with Martin(250). Once you have beaten him at least 5 times then you can move onto another opponent.
You can also play live games against other players by going to Play Online or Live Chess