Dennis Monokroussos writes:
Alexander Morozevich has been exciting chess fans for over a decade now as
not only one of the strongest but most imaginative players around. Not only
can he defeat anyone, he can do it playing practically anything: the Chigorin,
the Albin, 3...Be7 in the French, the King's Gambit, the Evans Gambit...and
on occasion he'll play normal openings too. It's not just that he plays unusual
openings; his creative play extends to all phases of the game. This, his fighting
spirit and streaky results all contribute to making him the fan favorite he
is today.

As an example to illustrate what he is capable of, we'll have a look at his
impressive win over Vladimir Kramnik in last year's Tal Memorial. Choosing a
main line – the 6.Qc2 Anti-Meran with the Shabalov/Shirov Gambit (7.g4),
he went right into the heart of Kramnik's preparation and proved himself more
than up to the task. Kramnik played very well for a while, and the balance between
Morozevich's initiative and Kramnik's extra pawn remained intact for a good
while. As it turned out, Kramnik blinked first, and his single inaccurate move
was all Morozevich needed to take over – and he did, going on to win with
brutal attacking play.
We'll look at this outstanding game tonight – Wednesday night –
at 9 p.m. ET (3 a.m. CET Thursday morning for European late-nighters). Just
log on to the Playchess server, go to the Broadcasts room and look for Morozevich-Kramnik
under the games tab. It's as simple as that, and I look forward to seeing you
there.
Dennis Monokroussos'
Radio ChessBase
lectures begin on Wednesdays at 9 p.m. EST, which translates to 02:00h
GMT, 03:00 Paris/Berlin, 13:00h Sydney (on Thursday). Other time zones
can be found at the bottom of this page. You can use Fritz or any Fritz-compatible
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You can find the exact times for different locations in the world at World
Time and Date. Exact times for most larger cities are here.
And you can watch older lectures by Dennis Monokroussos offline in
the Chess Media System room of Playchess:
Enter the above archive room and click on "Games" to see the lectures.
The lectures, which can go for an hour or more, will cost you between one and
two ducats.
That is the equivalent of 10-20 Euro cents (14-28 US cents).

Monokroussos in Mexico: World Championship 2007
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Dennis Monokroussos is 41, lives in South Bend, IN, where
he teaches chess and occasionally works as an adjunct professor of philosophy
at the University of Notre Dame and Indiana University-South Bend.
At one time he was one of the strongest juniors in the U.S. and has reached
a peak rating of 2434 USCF, but several long breaks from tournament play have
made him rusty. He is now resuming tournament chess in earnest, hoping to reach
new heights.
Dennis has been working as a chess teacher for ten years now, giving lessons
to adults and kids both in person and on the internet, worked for a number of
years for New York’s Chess In The Schools program, where he was one of
the coaches of the 1997-8 US K-8 championship team from the Bronx, and was very
active in working with many of CITS’s most talented juniors.
When Dennis Monokroussos presents a game, there are usually two main areas
of focus: the opening-to-middlegame transition and the key moments of the middlegame
(or endgame, when applicable). With respect to the latter, he attempts to present
some serious analysis culled from his best sources (both text and database),
which he has checked with his own efforts and then double-checked with his chess
software.