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Hello, Facebook chess fans!
Merry Christmas!
Our gift is one of my favorite videos, from GM Ben Finegold on Svetozar Gligoric.
It is a very special game.
-Avery

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https://www.chess.com/article/view/maxime-vachier-lagrave-master-of-trapped-rooks

Hello Chess Fans!

This article is really interesting. Maxime's trapped rooks are special. Whenever one of his own rooks are trapped with barely anywhere to go, you'd assume it would be a useless piece. Yet, perhaps not. Here is a list of games his rook has been trapped, yet it still acts as a gamechanger.

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave: Master Of Trapped Rooks In the end of October 2000, I played a traditional chess tournament: Cap d'Agde. It was a memorable event for me. First, it is not every day you mingle with such legends as Anatoly Karpov. Also, the way we entered the stage was quite remarkable. Right before the start of my semifinal match vs. GM Mi...

Since NJIT is located within the United States, I figured that this would be of interest to us, because we're all Americans as well as whatever other culture we identify with.

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/an-american-will-play-for-the-world-chess-championship/

Hello, Chess Fans! Meet Fabiano Caruana.
He will give the Americans a good chance of winning the Chess World Championship of 2018.

Statistically based on previous games,
Caruana has about a 30% chance of beating Carlsen and winning Chess World Champion for USA.

He grew up in Brooklyn; while once joining the Italian team, he has rejoined the American team to be our first World Champion candidate since Bobby Fischer.

An American Will Play For The World Chess Championship For the first time since Bobby Fischer captivated the country, a U.S. grandmaster has a shot at becoming the undisputed world chess champion. Fabiano Caruana, t…