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Today Grandmaster Finegold provides insights into his own high level preparation, sheds light on the psychology of dealing with your opponent's refutations, and everything else that rhymes in between! In reviewing his sharp, Botvinnik-Slav battle from the 2010 SPICE Cup against the young FM Yang, Ben analyzes all the details of his amazing, and perhaps last, win against Darwin. | Watch video
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(NOTE: This was an April Fools joke video!) Just a few days ago, IM Daniel Rensch played one of the best games of his career, right here on Chess.com! Today Danny reviews this game for all us, where demonstrated one of the most instructive, creative and forceful attacks on any chess board... ever! He summarizes the game with humility and eloquence for our members in this video lecture. Enjoy... | Watch video
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A long time ago, in a video lecture far, far away GM Roman Dzindzichashvili recommended a system against the Pirc for white... Today he recommends the same system! With updated analysis, and computer preparation by his side, Roman explains why he believe the 5.h3 system is very under-ratted for white, and full of pitfalls for black! | Watch video
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Similar to the first installment in his new video series on Prophylactic Thinking, GM Kaidanov brings us one position after another, stressing the need for us to think about what our opponent's (not our own) next move and plans will be. Gregory's examples vary in difficulty and style, but all prove the importance of weighing the coming threats and how to deal with them. | Watch video
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Today's game displays an obscure variation of the French Defense, and though white makes a positional mistake (the unnecessary capture with Bxg6) -- as Dzindzi explains, black's sins were much worse! Watch as white establishes a strong outpost on d6, continues to bring in the major pieces along the c and d files, and finishes the game off in style (though it couldn't have been better). | Watch video
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Don't ever let your guard down! That might be the critical lesson from today's video lecture by GM Dejan Bojkov. After outplaying his opponent with the black pieces, quite easily we might add, World Champion Wilhelm Steinitz showed carelessness on the Kingside, and the game ended quickly in his demise. Noted should be his positional mastery on the Queenside however, but also that his opponent never gave up... | Watch video
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Today FIDE Master Elliot Liu continues our "Amazing Games for Beginners" series by bringing us part 1 of this two part video, reviewing perhaps the most famous game in the history of chess. Paul Morphy played a game, while attending an Opera, against the Duke of Brunswick and Count Isouard. Who knew this game would not only become one of the most famous chess games ever, but that FM Liu could find so many tactical themes for us to learn from. Enjoy! | Watch video
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This weekend we work on our technique! IM Sam Shankland reviews a recent Super GM battle between Naiditsch and Kramnik in which the former world champion sacrifices a piece for attacking chances and tremendous practical compensation. Unlike our previous examples of "converting extra material" where the path to victory was more methodical, here we must learn to calculate, keep our nerves, and shoot down explosive threats from our opponent if we are going to win! | Watch video
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International Master Daniel Rensch continues his never-ending "Pawn Structure 101" series with another video on the Caro-Slav Formation. Today, he reviews more of black's options when white has made the mistake of trading too many pieces in a position with a space advantage. How can black exploit this, and what exactly are white's weaknesses in this type of position? Watch and find out... | Watch video
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Grandmaster Melik Khachiyan reviews his game with fellow Chess.com Video Author -- IM Sam Shankland -- from the US Championships in May. This highly instructive video reveals Melik's inner thought process during the game, as well as his practical wits after failing to see Sam's "game changing" shot: Bg4! Melik's tone may be a little surprising at times and show a complete lack of respect for his opponent; however, we are all in for a little surprise at the end of this video... | Watch video