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Once again, a fantastic chess year is coming to an end. As usual, Svitlana gathered some of her absolute favourite tactics, for the viewer and Arne to solve. Happy new year everybody, and see you in 2024!

Today's episode is about two Dutch grandmasters playing the French defence. Friso Nijboer is facing Jan Timman, and the position is quickly advancing to a very interesting middle game. A tactical masterpiece is ready to be solved by the viewer!

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Magnus Carlsen faced Levon Aronian several times in his career. The game Svitlana chose to analyse together with us, points out some crucial initiative decisions by Magnus, which made him win the game. Sacrificing one pawn to gain some advantage is a common practice. But sacrificing two pawns is already quite exceptional.

Every now and then, Svitlana talks about a new opening. This time, it is the suspicious Budapest Gambit. To Arne's disappointment - if you play the opening correctly, some variants seem to move to a very calm middle- and endgame, rather than setting the board on fire. It might be interesting to get to know the Gambit a bit better because it is actually quite sound.

The City of London is currently in its second phase of a 25-year Mobility Master Plan that aims to reshape the city’s transportation landscape including refining bus routes in and

Svitlana is taking us through the Panov Attack against the Caro-Kann Defence. The aggressive opening turns out to be an ambitious variation, full of attacking potential, if you can live with an isolated queen pawn. The basics are well explained, and should motivate you to look a bit deeper into this surprising Caro-Kann counter.

NORWAY — Debi Irons will be dancing while Danielle Tran plays the keyboard during the annual fundraising gala. Cottage Street Creative Exchange brings dancers from around the neighborhood and the state of Maine together for an evening of music, dance, and reverie to raise money for the Globalocal non-profit. Gala favorites Cait Bushnell Catering and […]

Cottage Street Creative Exchange will host the annual fundraising gala from 6-9 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 4, on the 2nd and 3rd floors of the Art Moves Dance Studio building on Cottage Street at Temple Street in downtown Norway. The event will bring dancers from around the neighborhood and the state of Maine together for […]

One of the strongest national chess tournaments is still running, and it looks as if Fabiano Caruana can win the US Championship trophy in 2023. Svitlana found some exciting tactics and invites everybody to guess the correct, or best move. Especially the women's section was not shying back!