1/11/2018 – Tryfon Gavriel — a.k.a. Kingscrusher — will start a weekly banter series on blitz.chessbase.com. He will commentate while playing against ChessBase Account members in his live stream on YouTube, Wednesdays at 20:00 CET (2 pm EST). "I will try and give you greater enthusiasm for the game and in particular the dynamic aggressive aspects of playing chess", writes Kingscrusher. "If you want to be a dynamic aggressive player, I may be able to encourage you..."
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Banter Blitz with Kingscrusher
Tryfon Gavriel also known as "Kingscrusher" is a FIDE Candidate Master (CM), British Regional Chess Master, and run a popular Youtube channel for many years with over 80k+ subscribers.
He will play against Chessbase Account members on blitz.chessbase.com. While blitzing he will let you know what he thinks about the position. It'll be a YouTube Live stream that you can follow here starting at 20:00 CET (2 pm EST), every Wednesday.
On blitz.chessbase.com playing chess is one click away. Pick your time control and get your opponent. It's that simple! "It's pretty responsive," Kingscrusher notes near the top of his first show using the web blitz feature.
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Here's the first stream from January 10th (we pick it up after the first game, when there was a small technical hitch with his webcasting software):
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