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If your opponent should choose to "politely decline" your generous pawn offer in the Blumenfeld Gambit, IM Mac Molner advises you not to fear! To conclude this mini-series, Molner reviews all of black's options against the popular 5. Bg5 variation, and leaves you feeling "armed to the teeth" with knowledge. He finishes with another high level game review in which black held a draw against the likes of Ivanchuk. Enjoy! | Watch video
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GM Bojkov concludes his series on the first world champion today with a summary on some of Wilhelm Steinitz contributions to chess theory. As we have learned, Steinitz was a man of principle who fought hard to defend his views. Though his stubbornness was known to cause him some troubles, his legacy and "ideas left behind" would not be what they are today without this character flaw. | Watch video
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International Master Mackenzie Molner makes his Chess.com Video Author debut today! Attacking chess and tactics are his specialty, and he sets the tempo with a mini-series on a very dangerous weapon for black against 1.d4: The Blumenfeld Gambit! He sets the tempo with a great game by one of the original proponents of this opening: Alexander Alekhine. Enjoy the game and the theory of this opening! | Watch video
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Are you a tactical player? A positional player? Are you lazy, or are you a hard worker? Whatever "category" you fall into, Grandmaster Gregory Kaidanov has the answer for you! Learn what his recommendations are both from an "x's and o's" standpoint of what openings you should choose, as well as the psychological and practical aspects that go into choosing an opening repertoire. Enjoy! | Watch video
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Crush the Dutch! Crush the Dutch! (and the chant goes on...) International Master Thomas Rendle concludes his mini-video series on the Dutch (for now) by providing some exciting material on the legendary Stauntan Gambit! White executes the common positional break of e4 in aggressive fashion. Even strong GMs have featured the Staunton as part of their "Anti-Dutch" repertoire, and you can too! | Watch video
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Today the "Dzindzinator" concludes his most recent video series on the Bogo-Indian Defense, taken mainly as a recommendation from black's perspective. Here he provides a couple more examples games, one that highlights how the Bishop Pair can outplay the Knights (even in a closed position) and another that displays more "misplayed evaluations" of these positions by white. | Watch video
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1.d4 players looking for some "new light" on dealing with the infamous Dutch Leningrad might want to take a look at this video lecture! IM Thomas Rendle walks through this highly interesting, and in some cases "ultra-aggressive", sideline and he gives it his two thumbs up. Note how quickly and often white makes the e4-breakthrough, and pay attention to IM Rendle's personal game review where he suffered a tough defeat. | Watch video
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Continuing upon the theme from his last video in this series, GM Dzindzichashvili analyzes more practical games for us today in the Bogo Indian. Here we see games from black's perspective, displaying several common positional errors the first player might make. Even strong players can misunderstand how to use white's space advantage, and as in one example, if white forgets to play e4, the results can be devastating. | Watch video
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If you only had one chess lesson in your life, this would be it! The "Everything You Need to Know" video series launches today, and continues this week for beginners. The chess world is about to lose thousands of "punching bag" level chess players, because after watching these videos -- everyone will be taking their game to the next level! First up is the Opening stage: Follow the principles and achieve success in your games. Enjoy! | Watch video
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International Master Thomas Rendle, otherwise known as the "Pterodactyl of Opening Theory", brings us yet another video series on the subject! On the docket this time is a weapon of great popularity at every level of chess: The Leningrad Dutch! Thomas reviews one of his own victories today, focusing on the main line variations occurring after black's 7...Nc6 (vs 7...c6). Black's goal of achieving pawns on e5 and f5 is highlighted, along with Rendle's obsession with the f2-square. Enjoy! | Watch video