Chess with Sam Collins

Ioan-Cristian Chirila v Irine Kharisma Sukandar

St Louis Winter Classic 2017

St Louis Missouri has become the seat of some of the most interesting and high-profile tournaments in the chess calendar.

The Winter Classic consisted of two round- robin tournaments and featured many of the US’s top talents, including the 16-year-old prodigy Jeffrey Xiong.

One game from the B-group was decided with a sparkling and original attack.

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.g3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bg2 Nb6 6.Nf3 Nc6 ...