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Today IM Rensch tries to apply his "multi-tasking rambling skills" to someone else's chess games! This month he will kibitz on member KingPatzer's live games, in an attempt to provide advice not only for Mr. David Wagle, but for all chess.com members alike. Our first game starts off with a terrible opening choice by black, but when the "less than perfect" approach is chosen by KingPatzer, the game has the potential to become much more unclear. How does it finish? Watch and find out... | Watch video
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As a perfect follow up to Friday's video, the weekend feature highlights more principles of the "race style" position, and how pawn chains can affect the plan for both sides in any position. In his game against GM Axel Bachman from 2007, GM Khachiyan put on a "positional clinic" for the tactical youngster, highlighting why it's so important to think deeply in a position, and to develop plans around the pawn structure... | Watch video
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After reviewing a highly interesting "comeback" victory by the amazing Mikhail Botvinnik, GM Dzindzichashvili gives us the incredible personal insight and knowledge we have come to expect from him in this video series. Who was Botvinnik "the man"? Roman's thoughts on how Botvinnik conducted himself amidst corruption and politics in the Soviet Union are as fascinating as they are revealing... | Watch video
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In today's Member Analysis video, IM Rensch offers his best "universal approach" for black playing against white's most aggressive 1.e4 openings... but that's just the appetizer! Stick around for his opinion on the importance of time management, why finding the "best move" is not always the "best idea", and why winning is so important... | Watch video
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GM Khachiyan brings us another game from his personal "most memorable" library! This particular battle against GM Sveshnikov -- the infamous opening expert -- left Melik feeling unsure about playing his "best stuff". But when Melik makes the right decision to go for it, we see an exciting, instructive game to follow. This lecture will surely leave you delighted with Melik's presentation of this video series as a whole, and how it leads on a journey of his own growth as a chess player... | Watch video
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Fear the Python! FM Liu concludes his "featured author" installment for this month with a second, even more frightening example of Positional Strangulation! In this well known battle, one of the first true positional geniuses (former World Champion Wilhelm Steinetz) performs unwilling surgery on his opponent, exposing one positional weakness after another to eventually leave his opponent breathless... | Watch video
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Not appreciated in his own time, and certainly not outside of his immediate surroundings, GM Leonid Stein is one of the least known, "greatest chess players" of all time! And he belongs in this video series! Don't believe us? Listen in on what GM Dzindzichashili has to say on the subject, and then stick around for two of Stein's most creative, and instructive victories... | Watch video
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In today's Member Analysis video lecture, IM Rensch discusses the "evolution" of the Queen's Gambit Accepted, highlighting the importance of challenging white's center once it is established. Moreover, he points out the major issues in black's position if the right breakthroughs (namely e5 by black) aren't executed. Although a "slightly flawed" effort by white is applied, the finish is pretty and it summarizes the "pros and cons" of playing with the center... | Watch video
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To conclude his coverage of the 2012 World Open, GM Shankland brings us Part 2 of his battle against Mongolia's top Grandmaster! In this highly instructive, and ultra-complex endgame from round 8, Shanky must make a critical decision right off the bat. He challenges the Chess.com Members to decide on how they would continue play. He then explains the struggles of converting his "tiny yet clear" advantage. | Watch video
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No surprise that GM Perelshteyn's final "gem" from the 2012 US Championship is yet another brilliancy by the player who won the tournament, Super-GM Hikaru Nakamura! Here Hikaru employs an "old school" variation against the French (2.f4) to take advantage of his un-prepared opponent. A positional masterpiece ends with fireworks as Nakamura finds all the right moves to win the title with style! | Watch video