Chess Lesson with NBA Player Gordon Hayward

October 29, 2020 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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I did a beginner/intermediate chess lesson with NBA player Gordon Hayward from the Boston Celtics on stream today. We discussed the King’s Indian, Scandinavian, Caro-Kann, and other openings, as well as pawn structures, various tactics, middlegame strategy, etc.

0:00 Introduction
2:10 Game 1 Analysis
27:44 Game 2 Analysis
40:26 Game 3 Analysis
46:14 Game 4 Analysis
1:01:15 FINAL GAME

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