 | 5th Short Chess Game: Gibaud - Lazard Interesting chess game presented by Serguei Vorojtsov. Subscribe to my channel & newsletter at http://vorojtsov.com/mail-list-sv/?p=subscribe High resolution videos are available here: http://vorojtsov.com/shop/ -------------------------------------------- Frederic Lazard born 1883 was a player, problemist and author. He was the winner of one of the shortest master games on record (see A Gibaud vs F Lazard, 1924) and published in 1929 a book of his problems and endgames studies, 'Mes problemes et etudes d'echecs'. He also finished 1st= with Andre Cheron in the 1926 French Championship. He was Paris champion in 1911. |
 | 7th Short Chess Game: Faber - Webbink Interesting chess game presented by Serguei Vorojtsov. Subscribe to my channel & newsletter at http://vorojtsov.com/mail-list-sv/?p=subscribe High resolution videos are available here: http://vorojtsov.com/shop/ -------------------------------------------- Derren Brown beats 9 chess players simultaneously. This is a video cut from "Trick of The Mind" series aired in the UK. The clip here is taken directly from Season 1 -- Episode 1. This is one of my favorite segments done by Derren. It explains for the most part how he did achieve the feat, and the trick is quite clever. Don't get too hung up on the ending though; it's merely a trick. Derren Brown, chess, mentalism, memory, mnemonic trick of the mind, feat, brain, britain, bbc, magic, illusion, david blaine, cards Derren influences two guys who work in the advertising industry. derren brown, animals, advertising, stuffed, influence, subliminal, taxidermy, taxi, journey, persuasion, skills, cats, harp, heaven |
 | 3rd Short Chess Game: David Bronstein - NN Interesting chess game presented by Serguei Vorojtsov. Subscribe to my channel & newsletter at http://vorojtsov.com/mail-list-sv/?p=subscribe High resolution videos are available here: http://vorojtsov.com/shop/ ------------------------------------------- David Ionovich Bronstein (February 19, 1924 -- December 5, 2006) was renowned as a leading chess grandmaster and writer. Described as a creative genius and master of tactics by pundits and plaudits the world over, Bronstein provided ample evidence that chess should be regarded as part science, part art. |
 | Chess Tactics: S. Levitsky - Frank Marshall (Breslau, 1912) Interesting chess game presented by Serguei Vorojtsov. Subscribe to my channel & newsletter at http://vorojtsov.com/mail-list-sv/?p=subscribe High resolution videos are available here: http://vorojtsov.com/shop/ -------------------------------------------- Frank James Marshall (August 10, 1877 -- November 9, 1944), was the U.S. Chess Champion from 1909-1936, and was one of the world's strongest chess players in the early part of the 20th century. -------------------------------------------- Stepan (Stefan) Levitsky (Levitski, Lewitzki) (25 April 1876, Serpukhov -- 21 March 1924, Glubokaya) was a Russian chess master. In 1899 he took 3rd in Moscow (All Russian Masters' Tournament, 1st RUS-ch, Mikhail Chigorin won). In 1903 he took 8th in Kiev (3rd RUS-ch, Chigorin won). In 1905/06 he tied for 8-11th in Sankt Petersburg (4th RUS-ch, Gersz Salwe won). In 1907 he took 2nd, behind Eugene Znosko-Borovsky, in St Petersburg. He lost a match to Simon Alapin (0 : 5) at St Petersburg 1907. Stepan Levitsky won at Sankt Petersburg 1911 (All-Russian Amateur Tournament). In July--August 1912, he tied for 13-14th in Breslau (18th DBS--Congress, Rubinstein and Oldrich Duras won). In August--September 1912, he took 3rd in Vilna (8th RUS-ch, Akiba Rubinstein won). In 1913 he lost a match to Alexander Alekhine (3 : 7) in Sankt Petersburg. In 1913/14, he took 13th in St Petersburg (9th RUS-ch, Alekhine and Aron Nimzowitsch won). He introduced the Queen's Bishop Attack, known as the Levitsky Attack (1.d4 d5 2.Bg5) in the Queen's Pawn Game (D 00). |
 | Chess Problem 5: White (Black) to Move and Mate in 2 (2) Chess Problem 5: White (Black) to Move and Mate in 2 (2). Chess recording made with Anand. |
 | Chess Tactics: Evans - Reshevsky (USA, 1963), Part 2/2 Interesting chess game presented by Serguei Vorojtsov. Subscribe to my channel & newsletter at http://vorojtsov.com/mail-list-sv/?p=subscribe High resolution videos are available here: http://vorojtsov.com/shop/ -------------------------------------------- Larry Melvyn Evans (born March 23, 1932) is an American chess grandmaster and journalist. He has won the U.S. Chess Championship four times. -------------------------------------------- Samuel Herman (Sammy) Reshevsky (born Szmul Rzeszewski, November 26, 1911, Ozorków near Lodz, (then Russian Empire, today Poland) - died April 4, 1992, New York, USA) was a leading American chess Grandmaster. He won the U.S. Chess Championship six times outright, and lost a playoff for the title in 1973. Reshevsky was a Candidate for the World Chess Championship three times (1948, 1953, and 1968). Reshevsky was also a chess author. |
 | 8th Short Chess Game: Tanner - Shabalov Interesting chess game presented by Serguei Vorojtsov. Subscribe to my channel & newsletter at http://vorojtsov.com/mail-list-sv/?p=subscribe High resolution videos are available here: http://vorojtsov.com/shop/ -------------------------------------------- Alexander Shabalov (born September 12, 1967) is an American chess grandmaster, the multiple winner of the U.S. Chess Championships; he is the current US Champion. He is of Latvian origin, and like his fellow Latvians Alexei Shirov and Mikhail Tal he is known for courting complications even at the cost of objective soundness. As of the June 2007 rating supplement Shabalov had a United States Chess Federation rating of 2671, ranking him 7th best among American chess players and 81st in the world. Currently, Alexander Shabalov regularly lectures chess players of all ages at the House of Chess, a store that he runs at the Ross Park Mall in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He has been known to play against anyone who shows up, and to be similarly obliging to autograph-seekers. |
 | Chess Tactics: Esteban Canal - NN (Simul, Budapest, 1934) Interesting chess game presented by Serguei Vorojtsov. Subscribe to my channel & newsletter at http://vorojtsov.com/mail-list-sv/?p=subscribe High resolution videos are available here: http://vorojtsov.com/shop/ -------------------------------------------- Esteban Canal (April 19, 1896 in Chiclayo, Peru -- February 14, 1981 in Varese, Italy) was a leading Peruvian chess player who had his best tournament results in the 1930s. FIDE made him an honorary Grandmaster in 1977. Canal had an even record against Max Euwe. -------------------------------------------- Canal played his most famous game, sometimes called the "Peruvian Immortal," at a simultaneous exhibition. In just 14 moves, he sacrificed both his rooks and his queen to finish with Boden's mate. |
 | Chess Traps #3: King's Gambit Declined Trap This video looks at a possible trapping line played by black in the King's Gambit Declined. The trap offers up a free pawn to the white player that has devastating consequences if taken. The video also covers white's best option to avoid the trapping lines and create a comfortable position from which to work from. |
 | Exploring Fischer's Openings #1: King's Pawn vs French Exploring Fischer's opening strategies versus various openings. This video looks at his King's Pawn opening versus Bent Larsen's French Defence. The match was played in 1971 in Denver, with Fischer winning. |
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