Nov 18, 2009 GM Khachiyan |
NEW! The Scheveningen Continued 
GM Khachiyan goes over a positional game of his in the Sicilian Scheveningen variation, discussing plans for black and white. Again he plays for a version of the e5-break, and shows the resulting isolated pawn to be a strength rather than a weakness, as he harnesses the power of the rook on d1 and his space advantage.
Length: 31 min | Views: 678 | Comments: 7
Category: Strategy | Level: Intermediate-Advanced
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| Nov 12, 2009GM Khachiyan |
Positional Sacrifice; FM Banawa v. GM Khachiyan
GM Khachiyan continues his theme of positional sacrifice, with another game full of dramatic blows. An opening pawn sacrifice to fight for control of an important central square escalates as a misplaced king forms the basis for a series of surprising tactical blows and sacrifices.
Length: 19 min | Views: 1048 | Comments: 12
Category: Strategy | Level: Intermediate-Advanced
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| Nov 9, 2009GM Khachiyan |
Positional Sacrifice; GM Khachiyan v. Matikozian
GM Khachiyan examines a complicated and beautiful game from his own recent chess practice. Follow the grandmaster's thought process step by step through the game, and learn about true long-term positional sacrifices.
Length: 24 min | Views: 1108 | Comments: 8
Category: Strategy | Level: Intermediate-Advanced
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| Nov 2, 2009GM Khachiyan |
Fighting for Initative 2
GM Melik Khachiyan loves the Gruenfeld and uses a recent tournament game to illustrate the moment when a player leaves opening theory and turns his attention to domination. During this lecture we are reminded of the power of winning in the development and maintaining pressure afterwards. Melik shows us the slightest window of opportunity must be recognized to convert the advantage.
Length: 20 min | Views: 1005 | Comments: 7
Category: Strategy | Level: Intermediate-Advanced
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| Oct 29, 2009GM Khachiyan |
Two Games with GM Pavel Blatny; White
The second piece to GM Melik's intellectual creation on video! In this session he shares his game with GM Pavel Blatny where he had the white pieces and battled versus the Modern opening/ Gurgenidze variation-- A favorite of his present opponent. Watch to learn: how to deal with the modern, critical moments in the middlegame, and witness complete human brilliance on the chessboard... pssst a clue: d5!!
Length: 24 min | Views: 992 | Comments: 9
Category: Amazing Games | Level: Intermediate-Advanced
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| Oct 23, 2009GM Khachiyan |
Fighting for Initative
You’ve got to fight! For your right! To gain…initiative. Yes, what the Beastie Boys don’t know about chess could fill Chessbase but fortunately for Chess.com, GM Melik Khachiyan is here to show us how to fight for your initiative. Using 2 master level games of his own, GM Khachiyan navigates quickly through sharp opening lines, offering insight into the methods of maintaining initiative.
Length: 33 min | Views: 2465 | Comments: 12
Category: Strategy | Level: Intermediate-Advanced
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| Oct 19, 2009GM Khachiyan |
Two Games with GM Pavel Blatny; Black
GM Khachiyan analyzes a very strong and complete positional game of his, demonstrating a unique line of play for black in the closed sicilian, which he has specialized in for some time.
Length: 29 min | Views: 1015 | Comments: 5
Category: Amazing Games | Level: Intermediate-Advanced
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| Oct 12, 2009GM Khachiyan |
The Break Point 2
GM Khachiyan's second look at decisive moments. Going over a game of his, he explains the thought process by which a grandmaster identifies a critical moment. Then he shows how in a very complicated position, he came to understand what the key factor was, and suddenly the right move came to him. As in the first video on Breaking Points, he emphasizes the value and impact of a surprise move on the following part of the game.
Length: 20 min | Views: 1084 | Comments: 6
Category: Amazing Games | Level: Intermediate-Advanced
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| Oct 5, 2009GM Khachiyan |
The Break Point
GM Khachiyan teaches a lesson on the value of surprise moves that change the nature of the game. He analyzes a game of his against Armenian Grandmaster Petrosian. In this game, white comes to a crossroads, where it seems they must defend against the opponent's threats to penetrate along the open c-file...
Length: 22 min | Views: 1439 | Comments: 10
Category: Strategy | Level: Intermediate-Advanced
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| Sep 29, 2009GM Khachiyan |
Counter Attack 4
GM Khachiyan examines a game of his against the very strong GM Ehlvest. An overly ambitious opening move as black placed him in imminent danger of a quick loss. How do you respond to such bad news? Do you retract the bad move, and hope to recover, or do you try to justify the bad move as much as possible?
Length: 20 min | Views: 1032 | Comments: 6
Category: Strategy | Level: Intermediate-Advanced
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