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This weekend FM Valeri Lilov transitions into the "Queen's Pawn Game" by reviewing the main lines of the Queen's Gambit from the beginner player's perspective. This opening, a much more positional approach to chess when compared to 1.e4 openings, is good for all players to know. The Queen's Pawn can be just as lethal as the King's Pawn! | Watch video
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Today GM Kaidanov reviews a highly instructional game from his past, and offers his best advice on how to not only find your weaknesses, but attack and cure them! What do you do when your opponent's seem to consistently find "more creative" solutions to their problems than you do? Gregory reveals all in this video, and suggests that it certainly doesn't hurt to have lots of time to think about your issues, while you wait in line for food... | Watch video
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In today's Member Analysis video, GM Bojkov highlights an extremely interesting example of a "jailed piece"! When white misplays the critical moment and allows his own bishop to get trapped behind a seriously dysfunctional pawn structure (tripled pawns), black must show good technique to keep the piece "out of the action" and convert an otherwise equal ending. Enjoy member Sangralo's impressive play! | Watch video
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Unarguably the most critical game of the 2012 US Championship is on display today! GM Perelshteyn reviews the battle between the two pre-tournament favorites, with the defending champion (GM Kamsky) playing the white pieces against the highest rated player, GM Nakamura. A sharp Open Sicilian leads to an unbalanced middlegame where subtle tactics would ultimately decide the outcome... | Watch video
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Today Roman tackles a new "opening subject", reviewing the main points behind the 1...e5 English. In classic Dzindzi style, he wastes no time reviewing the bad variations, providing his personal recommendations against each approach for both white and black. He considers this "overview" to be a lead into the critical variations of this modern approach to a classic "cup of tea"! | Watch video
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This weekend GM Lenderman reveals all! Displaying his own games, criticizing his own practical and psychological short comings, doing it all while providing many amazing pointers for our members -- Alex holds nothing back! In this month's climax to his video series about "staying hungry" in your chess games, he reviews games with Nakamura, two German Masters, and GM Daniel Fridman. Take a note from Alex's book, and improve your toughness in the process! | Watch video
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From Beginner to Advanced players alike, everyone has something to "take home" in this Member Analysis video! IM Danny Rensch breaks down the critical thought process of following through with the right strategical plan, whether the tactics seem to work or not. You have to "make them work" in most cases, and the opportunities for creativity are always right in front of you if you understand that mindset! | Watch video
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Who says you can't teach an "old dog" new tricks? Today's video by GM Perelshteyn reviews a game by two of the oldest, but still strongest "dogs" on the American Chess Circuit. GM Kamsky vs GM Seirawan starts off with a Classical Caro Kann, and surely we are about to see a slow, mild-manured, positional struggle between these two former US Champions, right? Wrong! Watch and enjoy... | Watch video
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The Tarrasch Defense was "down and out" for a very long time at the highest levels of chess (until Spassky, and much later Kasparov, gave it new life) and that was in large part because of the approach developed by Dr. Rubinstein! GM Bojkov reviews a critical win by Rubinstein in today's video, highlighting the principles of playing against Hanging Pawns and white's subtle maneuvers therein. | Watch video
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You have to believe in yourself, right? One of the members under fire in this game had no trouble with that, awarding himself two exclamation marks for a move that, as GM Dzindzi puts it, "could have been played at least two times before". Nevertheless, this highly instructive Two Knights Defense is full of tactics and fun. Enjoy! | Watch video