Grandmaster Simon Williams combines an introduction to gambits after the first move 1.e4 with some famous games from chess history!
Two top grandmasters, Artur Yusupow and Jan Gustafsson look at the reasons behind Magnus Carlsen's remarkable success.
Jan-Krzysztof Duda is a Polish Super GM and first-time candidate for the World Championship. See if you can find the moves from his greatest games!
Grandmaster Shakhriyar Mamedyarov is one of the strongest and most creative players today. Watch as he demonstrates how to find surprising and double-edged pawn advances in the opening!
Ian Nepomniachtchi dominated consecutive candidates tournaments and nearly became world champion. Try to find some of his best moves.
Anish Giri is a candidate to challenge for the world title and is one of the top trash talkers on Twitter as well. Check out how he backs up his words with amazing wins against the world elite.
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 attacking gems.
Nezhmetdinov Was Wrong: You Can Learn from Blitz! Learn from the best games of the SCC, including the most recent matches this year!
Latvian chess players have been some of the best attackers for generations! GM Arturs Neiksans shows you the best moments of Mikhail Tal, Alexei Shirov, Alexander Shabalov, and Alvin Vitolinsh.
Learn the best way to use your a, b, c and d-pawns to help you win the game! GM Simon Williams will help you make the most of your queenside!
Chess is a tricky game, even for the world's best. See if you can find the path to a quick mate against the best players of the past and today's top stars!
AlphaZero was the first neural net chess engine, but it only played a couple of matches before retiring. Its mantle has since been taken up by Leela Chess Zero, the winner of the 2020 Computer Chess Championship. Take a look at Leela's greatest games!
Daniil Dubov won the 2018 World Rapid Championship and Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge in 2020. Check out the moves from some of his best games!
Max Euwe was the fifth World Champion and defeated Alexander Alekhine in one of the biggest upsets in the history of chess. Watch how he did it by finding the moves in five of his greatest games!
Join IM Levy Rozman as he demonstrates how to keep your opponent's king in the center and how to get at it once it's stuck there. IM Rozman shows many of his own games, including against strong Grandmasters.
As a 16 year old Alireza Firouzja came in 2nd in the 2019 World Rapid Championship and led much of the 2020 Tata Steel tournament, ahead of Magnus Carlsen. See if you can find the moves from the best games of one of the most exciting Grandmasters in the World!
Danny Rensch isn't just everyone's favorite chess commentator, he's also a pretty good player himself! Danny is an International Master and won numerous national scholastic titles. In this course, you can try to find the moves and learn from five of Danny's greatest games!
Wilhelm Steinitz was the first official chess World Champion. He held the title from 1886–1894. Steinitz was the strongest player of his day and developed the theory that you should accumulate small advantages to prepare a winning attack. See if you can find the moves from five of Steinitz's greatest games.
Join WGM Tatev Abrahamyan as she examines amazing games that many of you have never seen. See if you can calculate your way through these brilliancies and learn from players including past and maybe future World Champions.
Mikhail Botvinnik won the World Championship multiple times and was one of the best players in the world for much of the 20th century. Botvinnik understood the game more deeply than his contemporaries and eventually even taught the young Garry Kasparov. Try to figure out the moves to five of his greatest games.
Vasily Smyslov was the World Chess Champion in 1957 - 1958. He played three epic matches with Mikhail Botvinnik, finishing with one win, one draw and one loss. Even after his time as champion, Smyslov remained one of the best players in the world, nearly qualifying for another title match at the age of 62. Try to figure out the moves in five of Smyslov's greatest games.
Tigran Petrosian was the World Champion from 1963 - 1969. He won matches against fellow champions, Mikhail Botvinnik and Boris Spassky before finally losing a rematch to Spassky. His solidity and mastery of prophylaxis earned him the nickname Iron Tigran. Despite his reputation, Petrosian also played brilliant attacking games and was known for frequently sacrificing material. Try to find the moves and learn from five of the great champion's best games.
Boris Spassky was the 10th World Champion, and one of the few players in history to successfully qualify for a title match more than once. Spassky played two title matches with Tigran Petrosian, winning the 2nd in 1969. He held the title until he lost a dramatic match to Bobby Fischer in 1972. Follow along find the moves in five of Spassky's greatest games.
Levon Aronian has been one of the top Grandmasters in the World in the 21st century. He's the only player to have won two FIDE World Cups, in 2005 and 2017. He's been World Champion in blitz, rapid and Chess960. His peak rating of 2830 in 2014 is the 4th highest ever achieved. In this course you can play along with five of Aronian's greatest games, including wins against World Champions Carlsen and Anand.
Anatoly Karpov was FIDE World Champion from 1975 to 1985. Even after losing the title he was the main rival with World Champion, Garry Kasparov, for another decade in the greatest chess rivalry of all time. At his best Karpov was known for squeezing wins out of tiny advantages, but he could also play brilliant attacking games. Follow along and figure out the moves in five of his best masterpieces.
