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Today GM Khachiyan provides another extremely complex, critical moment, in which the wrong path was chosen by not calculating accurately. He talks about the practical factors that go into choosing which tricky variation to follow through with, and he provides a very useful piece on advice on how/when to first establish equality (a draw) before committing to a dangerous line that might offer winning chances. | Watch video
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Ask and you shall receive! Our members have complained about a certain "gap" in the Greatest Chess Minds series. A giant hole that could only be filled by Jose Raul Capablanca! He has been called the most naturally gifted world chess champion of all time. A true talent! Well, Grandmaster Bojkov is not here to argue, but instead, Dejan displays one of Capablanca's signature wins over the fading Frank Marshall. | Watch video
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Reviewing his second game from the recent American Open in Los Angeles, Grandmaster Khachiyan talks about his pregame strategy to keep it simple and positional against his very young, very talented opponent. He breaks down the critical moments of the game where he manages to do so, and highlights how he ultimately takes advantage of a serious positional blunder to dominate and execute an attack on the light squares. Stick around for the instructive endgame! | Watch video
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Today Gregory offers his own perspective on how to build a comprehensive opening repertoire. First up, he deals with the French in a simple, direct, and slightly underrated fashion: The Exchange Variation! He points out that against the well prepared opponent, achieving an advantage out of the opening can be difficult, so choosing a solid approach with clear plans might be the best idea for your chess game overall. As he points out, even Kasparov "endorsed" the Exchange... | Watch video
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IM Rensch continues to make up to our members for the lack of "Live Session Action" over the last couple months with yet another double dose here this weekend. After a surprisingly poor performance from his high rated opponent in the first game, Danny gets mixed up in a sharp line of the Hyper Accelerated Dragon. When an unbalanced material situation arises, he offers advice on the key to converting your initiative into a victory! | Watch video
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In Part 2 IM Ginsburg reviews one of his own games in the Nimzo Indian against fellow International Master, Sal Bercys. His clear explanations of why he believe's black's best choice against 5.Nf3 is 5... d5 are very convincing. He reviews all the critical lines, and displays black's reoccurring theme of punishing white for the lost time, in order to compensate for black's loss of the Bishop Pair. | Watch video
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All your holiday wishes come true today: A Live Session for everyone! Though IM Rensch does manage to dispatch of his first opponent rather quickly in a sharp Scotch Game, he not only provides instructive post game analysis, but in the spirit of giving, he turns this video lecture into a "Medley" when he decides to play a blitz game before turning in. The second game is a nail biter for sure, but you'll have to watch to see the what happens. | Watch video
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Which one are you? Which one was Karpov? Kasparov? Perhaps most importantly for this video lecture however, is which one is Grandmaster Kaidanov? He reviews a game from his own tournament play, highlighting the different thought processes between a "Scientist" and a "Fighter" along the way. Stick around for the instructive, though error ridden, Rook Endgame. Enjoy! | 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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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