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Our second featured author for the month of December is International Master Mark Ginsburg. Today he begins a new series, targeted towards Intermediate-Advanced level players looking to strengthen their openings repertoire's in the Nimzo Indian. He provides solid analysis, recommending his approach 5... 0-0 with 6... d6 against the Main Line Classical Nimzo with 5.a3. He also gives good general advice on how to deal with an imbalance like the Bishop Pair. | Watch video
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International Master Mackenize Molner continues GM Dzindzichashvili's series on the Pirc Defense this weekend, and Mac has "gone over to the dark side"! That's right, he's advocating black's perspective with his contributions, and he has his own ten plus years of experience to back him up! Molner starts off by displaying black's most basic ideas against the Classical Variation. Enjoy his clear explanations of black's plans, and take notes for your own repertoire! | Watch video
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To bring his contributions to the Beauty and Entertainment video series to a close today, IM Rensch provides several of "his personal favorites". Displaying puzzles designed to help stimulate the imagination and appreciation for the "beautiful things" in chess, Danny explains why many of his favorite positions are endgames! Pay special attention to the patterns that exist in the King and Pawn puzzles! | Watch video
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The exciting London Chess Classic reached its end no more than a few days ago, and here to review one of his favorite games from the event is GM Sam Shankland! He gives his "mid-game" and "post game" thoughts of the entertaining battle between Super-GMs Kramnik and Polgar from Round 1. Sam explains why Polgar's seemingly dubious piece sacrifice was potentially much more controversial if not for her final blunder... | Watch video
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GM Khachiyan provides his own instructive take on a famous Isolated Queen Pawn position. Highlighting how to improve your calculation skills, and where to avoid common pitfalls, Melik reveals white's best approach in a complicated attacking position (the brilliant Bc2) and provides criticism of common "calculating myths" amateurs hold over grandmasters. Enjoy this original review of Najdorf-Kotov, 1957! | Watch video
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Sometimes you just need one game to go your way, and you can turn an entire tournament around! GM Dejan Bojkov takes a break from reviewing the great masters of the past, to review some of his own great games. As he portrays, the picture of his performance at the Queenstown tournament in New Zealand was not pretty to start. However, after an exciting win on the black side of the Marshall Gambit, things began to improve... | Watch video
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Part 3 of GM Kaidanov's latest video series on the Alapin continues today with more great examples of IQP attacking potential! He provides several examples from the games of GM Vajda, and points out many of the common tactical patterns that exist from the common middlegame structure that arises from the Alapin. He also reviews many of the sideline approaches for black. | Watch video
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David's recommended theories for how to get the most out of your "self evaluations" and studies continues today! IM Pruess provides slightly more advanced examples when compared to his first installment, and focuses on the key points of how to draw conclusions from your post mortem reviews, how to start recognizing patterns in your mistakes, and where to go from there! | Watch video
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After missing a complicated tactical shot from his opponent right out of the opening, IM Danny Rensch finds himself relying on accurate calculation and the "hope" of a better dynamic future for his pieces! If this kingside pawns can get rolling, and the Bishop Pair gets trolling, look out! Does he find enough to justify his early miscalculations? Watch and find out... | Watch video
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GM Shankland reviews a game from recent tournament play against a fellow Chess.com Contributor. The game highlights many key positional factors in the dynamic "Hanging Pawn" structures that tend to occur in the Nimzo/Queen's Indian variations. Particularly, Shanky talks about multiple key exchanges, as well as the good and the bad decisions made in those moments by both he and his opponent. | Watch video