How Different is a Master from a Grandmaster? | Road to 2000 – NM Caleb Denby

May 19, 2021 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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National Master Caleb Denby dives into the minds of the best grandmasters in the United States and contrasts them with the thinking of chess masters (specifically National Masters and FIDE Masters in the 2200-2400 range).

2021.05.18
Kazim Gulamali vs Varuzhan Akobian, 41st Annual World Open (2013): B00 King’s pawn opening
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Rentala Nagendra vs Samuel Shankland, 41st Annual World Open (2013): B20 Sicilian defence
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Alejandro Ramirez Alvarez vs Oscar Maldonado, 41st Annual World Open (2013): E60 King’s Indian, 3.g3
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