Are you following the FIDE Online Nations Cup? It's one of the most prestigious online events ever held with some of the strongest players on the planet participating and $180,000 in prize money. Check out the highlights of each day here: T...
GM Simon Williams, the Ginger GM, brings you more highlights from the games of the best chess players of all time! Check out the best moves ever of World Champions, the stars of the 1800s, Simon's favorite player, the greatest internet chess playe...
How did the contenders for the right to a world championship match become the stars they are today? Join the Ginger GM, Simon Williams, on a tour of the best moves of each of these eight amazing players. Try The Challenges! Not what you're look...
Are you following the 2020 FIDE Candidates Tournament? It's an exciting race so far, with top prize being a ticket to a match with World Champion Magnus Carlsen. For each round of the tournament, we have a video highlighting the game of the day AN...
Learn from the games of the newly updated and amazing Komodo Dragon chess engine! Learn from the dragon's greatest games! Try The Challenges! Not what you're looking for? Go back to the video guide. Komodo Sacs EVERYTHING For Morphy-Styl...
Can you attack like World Champion Smyslov? Vasily Smyslov a World Champion known for his positional play. However, you don't get to be a champion without also possessing attacking genius. FM Andrey Terekhov demonstrates five of Smyslov's best a...
When I was a student of famous Botvinnik-Kasparov school, the two living legends didn't just teach us how to play chess; they also taught us how to work on chess. The homework that each student would get by the end of a session was invaluable! O...
Check out the best chess games of strong players! How can you beat a World Champion? How can you beat Hikaru Nakamura with a quiet opening? How should you sacrifice two exchanges and win? Check out these brilliant games and more! Try The Challen...
As we discussed in the previous article, people love chess for a variety of reasons. Our favorite game is a sport, art, science, fight and more, all at the same time! One of my favorite features of chess was well described by the great Ema...
When we learn the rules of chess and start playing, we never ask ourselves the question in the title of the article. We just enjoy the process of playing, that's all! But almost any person who has played chess for a long time is going to ask: "W...
In December 2017 the company Deep Mind took the chess world by storm when they announced that their new engine, AlphaZero had decisively won a match against the previous top engine in the world, Stockfish. Join IM Danny Rensch as he analyzes key g...
Hikaru Nakamura, fresh off his 2019 U.S. chess championship, is back streaming chess on his popular channel. Today, Nakamura reviews the best games played by neural-network chess engines, helping you understand why these mysterious machine-learn...
It is not a secret that the last world championship match was a big disappointment for many people. Indeed, 12 straight draws between Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana in the classical part of the match were a turn off. Only a lazy person would...
Simultaneous exhibitions are always popular among chess fans. A simul is a unique opportunity for a club player to meet a grandmaster or even a world champion over a chessboard and maybe even beat him! When I was a kid, I never missed such an ...
What do these things have in common? Cream cheese and bagels Danny Rensch and Robert Hess PRO Chess League (PCL) and Computer Aggregated Precision Score (CAPS) The answer: some of the most exciting combinations of all time....
What are the games that every chess fan needs to know? IM Anna Rudolf is here to show you the most important games ever played. Try The Challenges! Not what you were looking for? Back to the video guide. The First Modern Chess Game Ever ...
The 2018 world chess championship between world champion Magnus Carlsen and the challenger Fabiano Caruana last month saw the top two classical players in the world battle it out in 12 classical chess games. There is always tremendous buzz an...
Why is chess always taken so seriously? It can be funny and highly entertaining! In this series, IM Kostya Kavutskiy shows you the funny side of chess Try The Challenges! Not what you were looking for? Back to the video guide. Nakamura T...
In the "King of the Hill" chess variant, the goal of the game is to get your king to the fourth rank in the center as quickly as possible. But have you ever seen a white king on g3 after just eight moves in normal chess? Well, that's exactly what ...
Sam Shankland was the surprise winner of the 2018 U.S. chess championship. In this video series, GM Sam Shankland walks you through each of his six wins on the way to his victory, ahead of the "big three," Caruana, Nakamura, and Wesley So. Not w...
GM Alexandra Kosteniuk presents the most spectacular moments, instructive endgames, and amazing miniatures of the 2017 Women´s World Championship. This series is both instructive and entertaining. Not what you were looking for? Back...
Nothing draws a great crowd like great competition. And nothing draws greater competition than the PRO Chess League. 2018's version of the PRO Chess League was no exception. IM Keaton Kiewra shows the highlights of the 2018 event. Not what yo...
If you're looking for crazy games between the world's top players, you might have to look at the "old school" to find the best ones. In this series, GM Simon Williams shows you crazy games from the past. Try the Challenges! Not what you were lo...
What was the very best chess game of the year 2018? GM Simon Williams takes you on a tour of the most spectacular chess battles of 2018. Not what you were looking for? Back to the video guide. Paravyan vs Golub What was the very best ches...
