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How does a strong player play the game of his or her life?

Many strong players, including top GMs, all explain their career highlights. Watch these incredible wins against Vladimir Kramnik, Hikaru Nakamura, and other tough opponents.

Here is what you will learn:

Learn from amazing sacrifices for checkmate or positional gains!
Learn how to stifle your opponent's counterplay!
Learn how to trap a queen in the middlegame!
Enjoy strong players at their best!

What a wonderful opportunity to hear chess masters talk about their favorite experiences! - Chess.com member jochak

Very cute game. Good Narration. Nice victory. In between, you pause for us to think for critical moves. Thank you. - Chess.com member gksaride

My Best Game: GM Romain Edouard

Grandmaster Romain Edouard brings you his best attacking game ever! When the strong Grandmaster Vladislav Tkachiev surprised him in the opening, Romain kept his cool and unleashed an amazing attack in the style of Paul Morphy!

12 min

5 Challenges

My Best Game: GM Daniel Naroditsky

See grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky's best ever game! It's a hard-fought sacrificial win against Cuban grandmaster, Isan Reynaldo Ortiz Suárez.

13 min

5 Challenges

My Best Game: GM Ruslan Ponomariov

Ruslan Ponomariov is a chess legend, so it's hard to choose his greatest game. So why not let Ruslan himself show you his choice, an amazing win against Hikaru Nakamura?

22 min

5 Challenges

My Best Game: GM Krikor Mekhitarian

How does a grandmaster choose the best chess game he's ever played? Watch this game review by the engaging GM Krikor Sevag Mekhitarian, who tabs this Ponziani counter-gambit as the finest achievement on the chessboard.

12 min

5 Challenges

My Best Game: GM Georg Meier

How do you beat a World Champion like Vladimir Kramnik? GM Georg Meier knows from experience! Watch as he explains every step of the way how he outwitted one of the greatest players of all time!

14 min

5 Challenges

My Best Game: GM Dejan Bojkov

Grandmaster Dejan Bojkov demonstrates his best game to date! It's a positional masterpiece against the Indian Grandmaster Dibyendu Barua. Find out how Dejan maneuvered his opponent's pieces to poor squares before finding a winning tactic!

18 min

5 Challenges

My Best Game: NM Jeremy Kane

How do you score a quick win against a higher rated player without any flashy sacrifices? You need to stop all of your opponent's plans before they can cause any trouble. Check out NM Jeremy Kane's best game, a strategic win against FM Anton Paolo del Mundo.

15 min

5 Challenges

My Best Game: IM Le Tuan Minh

IM Le Tuan Minh, one of the strongest online blitz players in the world, isn't so bad over the board either! He demonstrates his best game, an exciting win, where his opponents queen went for checkmate and got stuck on the kingside!

11 min

5 Challenges

My Best Game: GM Surya Ganguly

GM Surya Ganguly is a six time champion of India and a key member of Team Anand in several World Championship matches. Check out GM Ganguly's best game ever. A fantastic win against GM Sandro Mareco

15 min

5 Challenges

My Best Game: NM Sam Copeland

NM Sam Copeland is the Content Director for Chess.com and plays a mean game of chess himself. In his best ever game he played a beautiful double bishop sacrifice against IM Daniel Fernandez. See if you can work your way through the incredible complications.

22 min

5 Challenges

My Best Game: NM James Canty

NM James Canty is one of the best chess teachers out there! Check out his best game, an amazing attacking gem against IM Roberto Martin Del-Campo. It's not often you can win a rook and then sacrifice back a rook and a queen for checkmate!

14 min

5 Challenges

My Best Game: GM Roeland Pruijssers

GM Roeland Pruijssers is a great chess teacher and frequent Titled Tuesday host. Check out his best ever game, a smooth win over the Dutch chess legend Jan Timman.

16 min

5 Challenges

My Best Game: IM Rakesh Kulkarni

IM Rakesh Kulkarni is the Director of Indian Social Media for Chess.com and a correspondent on chess in India. He's also a strong player in his own right. Check out his best game, an attacking gem against WIM Rucha Pujari.

12 min

5 Challenges

My Best Game: FM Niranjan Navalgund

FM Niranjan Navalgund is a Community Manager for Chess.com India and a FIDE Trainer. He's also a strong player with GM and IM norms. Check out his favorite game, an amazing sacrificial attacking gem.

15 min

5 Challenges

My Best Game: FM Mike Klein

FunMaster Mike is best known for his work with ChessKid, but he's a strong player in his own right. Check out his memorable Benoni struggle against Todd Trower.

15 min

5 Challenges

My Best Game: GM Raunak Sadhwani

GM Raunak Sadhwani is one of the top young players in the world and is a frequent contender in Titled Tuesday events. Check out his best ever game against the famous GM Alexander Motylev.

13 min

5 Challenges

My Best Game: Peter Doggers

Peter Doggers is known as a top-notch chess reporter, but he can play a good game in his own right. Check out his amazing victory to earn an IM norm!

19 min

5 Challenges

My Best Game: IM Greg Shahade

IM Greg Shahade is the organizer of the Pro Chess League, and a strong player himself. Check out his amazing win against top GM, Fabiano Caruana and see where Greg learned the ideas needed to win the game.

15 min

5 Challenges

My Best Game: WGM Jennifer Yu

WGM Jennifer Yu shocked chess fans by dominating the 2019 US Women's Chess Championship with a 10/11 score! Here's her best game, a win against IM Anna Zatonskih to clinch first place.

16 min

5 Challenges

My Best Game: GM Ben Finegold

GM Ben Finegold is a great chess streamer and commentator. Check out his best victory to date, a thrilling game against one of the top players in the world, GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov.

15 min

5 Challenges

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