Chess Lessons From The “Immortal Game”

About Nemo

A former youth world chess champion and current holder of the titles Woman Grandmaster and FIDE Master, Qiyu “Nemo” Zhou started her chess journey at age 3 when she saw a friendly-looking chess piece in a storefront window. In the years since, she’s won tournaments all over the world, been a five-time Finnish national youth champion, and won the Canadian national championship. She owns one of the fastest-growing live stream channels on Twitch and contributes strategy videos for Chess.com, all while pursuing a double-major at the University of Toronto and spreading her love—and mastery—of chess across the globe.

About the class

The most famous chess match ever played, the “Immortal Game” from 1851, has been studied by the world’s greatest chess champions for over 170 years. Join one of those champions, Nemo Qiyu Zhou, to break down the lasting lessons that she and other masters have taken from it. Students will examine key strategies and mistakes that players can make in their opening; the importance of developing and protecting pieces; and the power of even minor pieces to create checkmates. Aspiring champions will explore one of the great moments in chess history, learn important strategies for their own games, and find out why Nemo calls the Immortal Game “how not to play chess in 2022.”