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It's been a while, but Grandmaster Melik Khachiyan is back just in time to offer a holiday treat to us all! Today he starts a new series designed to help you improve your black repertoire against 1.e4, and the very popular Ruy Lopez. He discusses the main line of the Schlieman Gambit this weekend, and tells us what the gambit should be known as. Pay attention to every detail and start playing it today... | Watch video
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Quite the ambitious claim is made by IM Daniel Rensch in this weekend's featured video: 40 Openings in 40 minutes, providing a basic description of the pawn structures therein with each one! Does he manage the task? Check it out for yourself, and take your fundamental knowledge of every "main line" opening to a higher level. Beginner's gold, and great review for advanced players alike! | 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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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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For beginners, the most important week of your chess life continues today with the second installment in the "Everything You Need to Know" video series. IM Rensch brings us a fast paced ride through the fundamentals of tactics and strategy today. Buckle up, and pay attention (or just watch it twice) to fully grasp all the basic tactical patterns, checkmate themes, and critical strategical concepts in this lecture. | Watch video
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Today GM Bojkov brings us the next chapter of his video series that takes an in depth look at the chess champion who was Lasker. Lasker fans are in for a treat with three game reviews from Lasker's tournament play: First a win against the "infamous endgame genius", Rubinstein; second a held draw against his arch nemesis, Dr. Tarrasch; and finally a crucial victory over his future predecessor, Capablanca. | Watch video
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Our featured video author for the month of June starts us off with a bang! FM Elliot Liu makes his triumphant return with a video that guarantees to leave you wondering, "is chess really that simple?" Elliot's well-spoken descriptions of several deep positional ideas are sure to help every beginner take their game to the next level. Watch as white's meticulous planning leads to a dominating Knight and eventually, a beautiful attack... | Watch video
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When the "Iron Tiger" cracked a smile, Reshevsky knew he was in for it! Actually, Petrosian's brilliant exchange sacrifice took the American champion by complete surprise. See another "personal review" of a classic Petrosian game already analyzed by GM Dzindzichashvili. Today, like Dzindzi, Melik highlights the Knight's domination from d5, as well as black's light-squared bishop's power. He also offers insight into what Kasparov's opinion of this game was... | Watch video
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In the grand finale of Grandmaster Perelshteyn's video series we conclude our study of the main line 8.Be3 and 10.Re1. After witnessing several exciting variations -- one ending with a "picturesque" positioning of the Queen and two Knights -- we transition into the review of one of Eugene's own games against the talented IM-Elect Darwin Yang. We finally get to see some "crazy-attacking-action" by black. Go King's Indian! | Watch video
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This weekend's featured video is served up fresh and hot courtesy of GM Eugene Perelshteyn! We continue our mission of adding a dangerous weapon to our repertoire as black against the likes of "1.d4 players" everywhere. Having learned the basic positional concepts behind the move 6...Na6 (to break in the center and strive for control over the d4 and c5 squares) -- it is now time to delve into the "tactical" variations of this line. White's main line, 8.Be3 is on the docket today! | Watch video