In our next series, Old School With Uncle Yermo, GM Alex Yermolinsky takes you through some of the funnest moments in Chess history. No other story teller is as captivating as your Uncle Yermo. Whether it's amazing tournaments, amazing player...
There's no such thing as too much Old School and there's no such thing as too much Uncle Yermo. This time, your favorite coach is back with in simul exhibition format against our very own Chess.com members. Watch as GM Alex Yermolinsky battles mul...
While most coaches emphasize the importance of their students games, GM Melik Khachiyan also believes there's a lot you can learn from his own matches. In the series, you'll get the opportunity to review some of GM Khachiyan's most enter...
Get the most important chess news, notes and highlights right here at the ChessCenter episode archive. Watch the current episode for the most up-to-date news or dive into recent chess history: the choice is yours. So who is at the hel...
In this series, IM Danny Rensch and others will explore some of the fun variants offered here on Chess.com. This series is an introduction through game play to some of the entertaining options such as crazyhouse, chess960, king of the hill and mor...
It's Bobbing for Dlugy with blitz master GM Maxim Dlugy! We all remember his "Best Blitz Opening" series and now we get to see the master put his suggestions into practice battling Chess.com members head to head with all the educational commentary...
Statistically, just eight percent of people achieve their New Year's resolutions. That doesn't seem so great, but if we all resolve to become grandmasters, maybe eight percent of us can make it. More realistically, New Year's resoluti...
Your favorite annual chess tradition is back. Chess.com is proud to celebrate the holiday season with an all-new puzzler for 2016—and we believe this is the hardest (and most rewarding) quiz yet. The 10 Chess.com members who score the hi...
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Unfortunately for readers looking for lucid chess instruction, it's time for another episode of Pete's Pathetic Chess, where I subject my awful moves and chess ideas to analysis by a brilliant grandmaster and the best chess-playing comput...
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[Note: GM Serper reflects on the first half of the 2016 world chess championship.] At the time of this writing, the first part of the world championship match is over, and the score is still even: 3-3. Nobody would have predicted six s...
Is 51.Qe6? from Magnus Carlsen in game 8 one of the worst blunders in world championship history? Well... probably not After all, Sergey Karjakin did need to find the incredible only-move 51...h5! to win the game. However, the world champi...
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The 2016 world championship between current champion GM Magnus Carlsen and challenger GM Sergey Karjakin is the biggest event of the year. The 12 games played in New York will decide who is the grandest grandmaster, and this guide serves as your...
It's always fun to watch one group come together to challenge strong players in a multi-game simul. IM Danny Rensch and GM Robert Hess are certainly up to the challenge. Typically, the solo act is strong enough to run the table, but how does ...
Nerves MagicLian asked: “I am 11 years old (rated 1416) and get very nervous at tournaments. How can I get over it?” JS: Believe it or not, this is the first time anyone has asked this! I really enjoy new or rarely-asked questions!...
One of the most exciting projects I've contributed to since joining the Chess.com team (eight years ago and counting) is being revealed today. Chess.com's Computer Aggregated Precision Score (or CAPS) is a tool tha...
Mikhail Tal was known not only for his fierce attacks and beautiful sacrifices but also for his amusing stories that made even non-chess-players smile. We discussed one such story in this article. Here is another anecdote&...
Pictures of a chess board and chess pieces are very popular in ads for banks, insurance companies and similar businesses. The companies want to underline their wisdom and strategic thinking. Unlike dice, cards, and other games of ch...
You’ve all heard the joke about how the first rule of CrossFit is you must talk about CrossFit. And the second rule is that you must talk about CrossFit. So let’s talk about CrossFit. And chess. There are many parallels between chess...
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The recently concluded Sinquefield Cup was a true celebration of chess. Great players, high-quality chess, and outstanding live coverage — What else a chess fan can dream about? Apparently not everyone is happy. According to the Presid...
If you're going to play chess, you have to accept that losing is part of the game. While a chess game might be theoretically drawn with perfect play, even today's best players (humans and engines alike) lose games regularly. The best way to ha...
