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Chess.com is excited to announce the winners of the 2023 Create Your Own Course contest, authors IceBreaker and Benedictine! Their courses, Killer Kings: The King as a Fighting Piece in Chess and Advanced Chess Patterns, are now available on Chessable, presented by the legendary GM Maurice Ashley.

The Create Your Own Course contest is Chessable's yearly competition that encourages members to publish a course. In 2023, we received so many strong submissions that we couldn't pick just oneso we went ahead and elected two winners!

Below, you can learn more about the 2023 contest winners and their courses:

"I was super excited to work with this material right away," said presenter GM Maurice Ashley about this course. "This is the kind of stuff that all of us fierce tacticians, gladiators, wannabe Tal-like tacticians want to learn everything about."

Try out the free Killer Kings lesson with 41 minutes of free video presented by Ashley by clicking the button below:

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IceBreaker's course will teach you how to turn your seemingly fragile king into a close-quarters fighting powerhouse that will take you to victory. Strengthen your nerves and get ready to reset your mindset to look at the king in an entirely new way. Turn your king into a war general and learn how to use its full potential while never compromising its safety!

Among other things, Killer Kings will help you:

A FIDE-rated expert, IceBreaker is an adult improver passionate about getting better. With many Chessable courses already under his belt, IceBreaker was twice a finalist for the Spanish edition of previous Create Your Own Course contests.

Are you ready to turn your king into an unstoppable fighting machine? Then click here to try the free sample of Killer Kings: The King As A Fighting Piece In Chess.

Tactics decide most chess games. The question is: will you be the one delivering the decisive blows, or will you be on the receiving end of them? Benedictine's Advanced Chess Patterns course is here to build your tactical muscle, so that you can always find winning combinations and defend against your opponent's threats!

Start working on your tactics with the Advanced Chess Patterns' free lesson, featuring 29 minutes of free video presented by Ashley:

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Benedictine's course will take your chess to the next level using "isolation chess exercises." You'll first drill a tactical pattern in its bare bones, with very few pieces on the board, and learn to recognize it instantly. Only after you internalize that pattern, you'll move on to more complex tactical exercises resembling real game positions.

A follow-up to Benedictine's Common Chess Patterns course, Advanced Chess Patterns is perfect for intermediate to advanced players who want to improve. In this course, you'll learn to:

Benedictine is an experienced Chessable author who has published multiple courses. His thousands of students have awarded him over 2,200 star-studded ratings, with his Common Chess Patterns course being among his most popular releases.

Are you ready to take your tactics to the next level? Then click here to try out Benedictine's Advanced Chess Patterns free lesson!

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Announcing The 2023 Create Your Own Course Winners - Chess.com

Playing chess helps combat social isolation and promotes brain health. Connect with AARP New York as we present Beyond the Basics of Chess, a 4-part virtual series with National Master, John Michael Silvederio.

AARP members and guests will be guided through the complex and exciting game of chess, with lessons designed to help participants build new chess skills in an easy-to-follow format.

Sign up to gain new skills to help level up your chess game!

*All virtual sessions are Mondays from 6 7 p.m.

Monday, August 5, 2024 | Part 1: Checkmate Patterns Register: https://events.aarp.org/chess1

Monday, August 12, 2024 | Part 2: Defending Against Mate Register: https://events.aarp.org/chess2

Monday, August 19, 2024 | Part 3: Tactics (1) Register: https://events.aarp.org/chess3

Monday, August 26, 2024 | Part 4: Tactics (2) Register: https://events.aarp.org/chess4

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The SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Poland is the third stage of the 2024 Grand Chess Tour. The tournament features rapid and blitz chess.

The tournament will run from July 10 until July 14 with the well-known tour format of rapid and blitz chess: 9 rounds of rapid played on the first three days of action, followed by 18 rounds of blitz played on the final two days.

The time control in the rapid section is 25 minutes for the game plus 10-second increments per move. In the blitz section, it is 5 minutes for the game plus 2-second increments per move.

The event features a prize fund that amounts to $175,000, with $40,000 reserved for the winner. Grand Chess Tour points will also be awarded.

Attack like a Super Grandmaster

In this Fritztrainer: Attack like a Super GM with Gukesh we touch upon all aspects of his play, with special emphasis on how you can become a better attacking player.

Commentary by Yasser Seirawan,Evgenij Miroshnichenko and Jovanka Houska

Master Class Vol.17 - Boris Spassky

In this video course, experts including Dorian Rogozenco, Mihail Marin, Karsten Mller and Oliver Reeh, examine the games of Boris Spassky. Let them show you which openings Spassky chose to play, where his strength in middlegames were and much more.

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SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Croatia - Live! - Chess News | ChessBase

IM Aksel Bu Kvaloy is Norway's new national champion, copying the feat of GMs Simen Agdestein and Magnus Carlsen by winning the title at age 15.

The Norwegian Championship took place from June 28 to July 5 in the mountain resort of Gol, drawing 514 players across 17 sections. The Elite group had 18 players, of whom six were GMs, eight IMs, and four FMs.

In the spotlight was the 15-year-old seventh seed Kvaloy, who maintained his lead from the start, finishing on an undefeated 6.5/9. He drew his final four games, eventually edging out GM Frode Urkedal on tiebreak points. IM Tor Fredrik Kaasen took third place with 5.5 points.

2024 Norwegian Championship Final Standings

In 1982, Agdestein became the youngest-ever Norwegian Champion at 15 years and seven months, a record that still stands 42 years later. Carlsen was two months older when he took his first and only title in 2006 and hasn't played since. Kvaloy, who turns 16 next month, has now joined the greats to become the third player in history to achieve the title at 15.

"It hasn't quite sunk in yet. To be in the same category as them is really nice," he told Aftenposten. When asked about his motivation for the future, he said: "I just want to have fun and perform in something I enjoy."

I just want to have fun and perform in something I enjoy.

Aksel Bu Kvaloy

Admittedly, this year's Norwegian Championship wasn't the strongest, with the country's top-three ranked players all missing. Norway's new number-two GM Johan-Sebastian Christiansen and two-time champion GM Aryan Tari both prioritized events abroad. In addition, fifth-ranked Agdestein, who won his ninth title last year, was unable to defend his title as he has been competing in 'Mesternes Mester,' an immensely popular Norwegian reality show for former sports stars.

Kvaloy's four wins, all in the first five rounds, secured him a one-point lead. His win in round two was particularly crushing, as he gradually built up a strong attack on the kingside until White was defenseless against the threats.

Kvaloy needed only a draw with White against GM Lars Oskar Hauge in the final round to secure his second GM norm and at least shared first place, but he played aggressively from the opening and achieved an excellent position before offering a draw anyway.

Urkedal, thanks to a win against IM Semen Mitusov, caught up with Kvaloy and also finished on 6.5 points. The first and second tiebreak criteria were equal, but Kvaloy edged ahead on the third tiebreak criterion, the Buchholz score, thanks to a win by 14-year-old FM Havard Haug over GM Torbjorn Hansen.

Kvaloy hails from Norway's West coast city Stavanger and doesn't come from a chess family. His father is Ola Kvaloy, a well-known Norwegian professor in economics, and a vocalist in the local rock band Lano Places. He learned the rules at the age of four thanks to a chess set he found at his grandfather's place, and by watching YouTube videos of NRK's regular chess commentator IM Torstein Bae on his iPad.

He made headlines as a seven-year-old when he became the youngest-ever Under 11 champion in 2016. The following year he became the youngest Norwegian to defeat a titled player.

He completed his IM title before his 15th birthday last year and, with two GM norms and just 15 points shy of the 2500 rating requirement, is a hot candidate to become Norway's 19th grandmaster. Norway's other hot prospect is 19-year-old GM Elham Amar, who completed his title last year.

In an interview with local newspaper Stavanger Aftenblad, Kvaloy said he plans to focus on his chess career for the next few years: "I want to put some effort in to see how strong I can become. A decision on a profession and future career is currently a plan B."

I want to put some effort in to see how strong I can become. A decision on a profession and future career, is currently a plan B.

Kvaloy will get a chance to secure his final norm at the Paleochora Open in Greece, starting July 20.

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15-year-old Follows In Footsteps Of Carlsen, Agdestein To Win Norwegian Title - Chess.com

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Chess.com announced today that it is partnering with CrunchLabs on the CrunchLabs Masters tour, the next leg of its Champions Chess Tour (CCT), which will run from July 17-24. As part of the CrunchLabs Masters, chess pros will compete for a $300,000 prize pool, with winners also having a chance to compete in the CCT finals. Some of the competitors include Magnus Carlsen, Alireza Firouzja, Wesley So and Maxime Vachier Lagrave.

As part of the event, CrunchLabs and Chess.com are also unveiling a bot based on the formers head nerd, YouTuber Mark Rober. The RoberBot is designed to help burgeoning chess players improve their game, according to CrunchLabs. Fans can play against RoberBot while also receiving personalized quotes from Rober. CrunchLabs is also offering a limited-time discount to Chess.com fans who sign up for its subscription boxes.

Rober said in a statement, Its been awesome working with Erik and the Chess.com team and seeing how these Chess Masters dominate the game. The CrunchLabs formula is meant to get people stoked about science while having tons of fun. Similarly, Chess.com brings even more engagement and excitement to the game of chess and allows people to have a good time while learning more about the intricate sport. We cant wait to see who comes out on top at The CrunchLabs Masters.

Erik Allebest, CEO of Chess.com, said of the collaboration, Im a huge fan of both Mark Rober and CrunchLabs, my son and I have spent many years assembling science projects in a box and it has been incredibly bonding. Ive been to the CrunchLabs offices and seen the passion driving their team and the ingenuity they bring to their projects, which we then get to enjoy at home. Were thrilled to be collaborating with the CrunchLabs team.

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