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After a long hiatus, FM Elliott Liu is back, this time with a game from his childhood that instructs in all facets of the game. The location (Budapest) may be exotic, but the ideas are pragmatic - trading when you are ahead, doubling on the open file, carefully calculating variations. Still, the adage of "the hardest game to win is a won game" applies, and his opponent keeps enough chances to force him into a multi-part series. Here he gets us up to the endgame. | Watch video
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Who better to spotlight recent developments in the Armenian Variation of the Winawer than an Armenian-American herself? WGM Tatev Abrahamyan opens up her personal Pandora's box of Winawer secrets once again to highlight how black can repulse the gangbuster attacks of white on the kingside. Why leave your chess engine running all night when she did it for you? | Watch video
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A world champion, outstanding opening preparation, machine-like calculation, and the beauty of leaving all of one's pieces en prise...Add it all up and what do you get? One of the most underrated games of all time. GM Dzindzichashvili still enjoys the beauty of this Kasparov gem, even after 25 years of playing through it many times. The best defense is indeed a good attack! | Watch video
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Number one versus number two at the 2013 U.S. Championship! Need more incentive? New U.S. GM Timur Gareev allows a 2750 to get two queens, yet Gareev is the one playing for mate! GM Gata Kamsky was pressured early, then took over the seventh rank. Gareev, saying he had "nothing to lose" threw all his remaining pieces at Kamsky. Who's idea was stronger? | Watch video
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GM Bojkov is back, this time in the Roaring Twenties, explaining how Capablanca could pull another endgame rabbit out of his hat. Starting from a position in which most modern grandmasters would shake hands, the third world champion slowly outplays future world title contender Bogoljubov. After dominating the open file, Capablanca prevents all counterplay and finishes with a pretty pawn mate. Still, Bojkov is amazed at how a world-class player could lose without making any obvious mistakes. | Watch video
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In today's video Grandmaster Dejan Bojkov breaks down an amazing game between Gligoric and a young Bobby Fischer! This Open Sicilian shows just how "progressive" these two great chess minds were, applying ideas that were way "ahead of their time" for both white and black. Gligoric has a chance to put the youngest away with his beautifully conducted kingside attack, but runs up against a surprisingly tough defense from the young American. The final result? Watch and find out! | Watch video
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Today Ben Finegold presents part 2 of his series on Grandmaster Preparation, highlighting the benefits of being well prepared, not only for what might happen on the board, but for the practical aspects of being confident, using less time than your opponent, and taking that experience into future games. He reviews a sharp game in the Sicilian that ultimately leads to an interesting, and rather peculiar Rook Ending. | Watch video
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Making his Chess.com video debut today, GM Leonid Kritz discusses the effective strategy of winning games not by coming up with brilliant attacking plans, but rather by taking the mindset into every position that you must stop your opponent's counterplay first and foremost. He provides a wonderful example game in the Rossolimo Sicilian, and highlight the critical decisions he made (like not castling long) along the way to victory. Enjoy! | Watch video
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As we learn from another amazingly insightful video in this series by GM Dzindzichashvili, GM Bent Larsen ranked first among chess players when two things were considered... What were those two things? You'll have to hear it from Roman first hand, then make sure you stick around the the exciting example of the attacking style Larsen was famous for. A game in which he took down a world champion, no less! | Watch video
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Today Kaidanov reviews a game where the young Ukrainian GM Anton Korobov conducted a beautiful, creative attack against GM Ftacnik, as if the spirit of the Magician himself had possessed him! This amazing game in the Grunfeld climaxes with multiple surprising shots, a queen sacrifice for a pawn, a hanging rook, and much more! | Watch video