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Active-Positional. Strategical use of the Initiative. Dynamic and Modern. These are the terms used to describe the play of Paul Keres who, in Roman's eyes, is one of the most amazing natural talents ever to play the game. Keres is one of the few GMs of his era whose style would hold up in today's modern understanding of chess. These instructive games make it hard to argue, and Roman gives us his great personal insight into the man Paul Keres in a way that only he can... | Watch video
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It's on! Apparently what happens in Vegas, doesn't always stay there! In this exciting battle between two good friends and training partners, GM Shankland vs GM Hammer, we witness a sharp struggle full of interesting attacking ideas, met by creative defensive maneuvers. We learn how to say "fork" in French, and that you owe it to your friends to always try your hardest to beat them. Enjoy Sam's witty and honest review of this fun game! | Watch video
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Our second featured author making his Chess.com debut today is Grandmaster Victor Mikhalevski! In this mini series he reviews the power of the long term sacrifice. He explains how to judge long term compensation, especially when your opponent's pieces are not ideally placed. He finishes off his opponent in style with a pawn storm for the ages. Enjoy! | Watch video
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One of our regular YouTube Authors makes his "main site" video lecture debut today by contributing to one of our most popular, longest running series! FIDE Master Kavutskiy enjoys long walks on the beach, candlelight dinners, and solving ridiculously hard chess puzzles! Kostya displays a famous combination from one of the world's leading instructors before showing an amazing finish to one of his own games. | Watch video
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Would the real "Benko Gambit" please stand up? Today GM Bojkov reviews an epic battle between two chess legends: Nimzowitsch and Capablanca! In 1914, long before the birth of Pal Benko, Capablanca applied a gambit "in the spirit" of the Benko, gaining the pressure of a long range bishop on the h8-a1 diagonal, and an open b-file in exchange for a small amount of material. Was this idea successful on it's first run? Watch and find out... | Watch video
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IM Rensch takes a quick time out from pawn structures and live commentary to review a game that clearly displays the problem with not fighting actively for space. Furthermore, especially for advanced players, he instructs on the need to put your pieces on the right squares not just in the current position, but in the evolving position as well. | Watch video
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To bring his video series on opening traps that all beginner players should know to a close today, FM Lilov gives his recommendation for facing the King's Gambit. He suggests to fight fire with fire! He recommends the Nimzowitsch Counter-Gambit as black's most interesting, aggressive approach and he provides analysis on the critical ideas to back it up. | Watch video
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In one of his most recent tournaments, GM Khachiyan faced off against a fellow Chess.com Video Author to create a dynamic, Classical Spanish struggle! International Master Keaton Kiewra took the white pieces into this main line Lopez, but when Melik engineered the threat of a d5-pawn break, Keaton was forced to concede the advantage, and found himself slowly outplayed into the late middlegame/endgame. | Watch video
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Before bringing his review of the Two Knight's Defense to a close by covering the Hungarian Variation (3...Nd4) as well as the dubious 3...h6, GM Kaidanov sidetracks into the Evan's Gambit! He recommends the declined (4...Bb6) for black, but also reviews some of the critical lines that follow after accepting the gambit. He then finishes off his coverage of the Two Knights before stressing the importance of studying middlegame play. | Watch video
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To conclude this interesting game between Shankland and Ivanov, 2007 - Sam dives deeply into the complications of the ensuing Rook vs Two Minors endgame. He displays several complex variations that should have led to his opponent's demise, but more importantly, he talks about the psychology of playing against a Grandmaster, and the common pitfalls to avoid in your thought processes... | Watch video