GM Ben Finegold shows the biggest mistake you can make in chess, resigning in a winning or drawn position.
The Chess.com Curriculum Director, Jeremy Kane, put together his list of the ten most beautiful chess moves ever played. See if you can spot them and let us know what other moves should have made the list.
Leonid Kubbel was a Russian composer of endgame studies. See if you can solve some of his trickiest and most beautiful problems.
What are the greatest chess games of the 21st Century? GM Surya Ganguly brings you his picks of these modern classics!
Do you want to crush your opponents early in the game? GM Ben Finegold will teach you the ideas behind every opening trap you'll want to know on both sides of the board.
WGM Keti Tsatsalashvili wraps up her course on every sacrifice you'll ever need!
WGM Tatev Abrahamyan knows how to checkmate a king! In this course, she demonstrates how to catch an opposing king in every stage of the game.
You can checkmate with a queen and with a rook, but do you know the more advanced checkmates? Learn to checkmate with two bishops and with a knight and bishop.
Chess superstar Levon Aronian has recently moved to America. Get to know his history and games with help from his childhood chess coach, GM Melik Khachiyan.
How do you decide what moves to play? IM Kostya Kavutskiy demonstrates several key techniques in evaluating candidate moves.
Ian Nepomniachtchi dominated consecutive candidates tournaments and will face Ding Liren for the world title. Learn from his greatest games.
Pogchamps 1 and 2 have been huge tournaments with some of the top streamers in the world. See if you can find the tactics that decided many of their games!
Get ready to stretch your chess thinking with tricky and deep puzzles from GM Surya Ganguly.
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.
Can you find the moves of Queen's Gambit star Beth Harmon as she progresses from beginner to world-class player?
Grandmaster Romain Edouard is a world-class chess instructor and the author of The Chess Manual Of Avoidable Mistakes. In this course, Romain will discuss the most common mistakes in chess and how to avoid them in your own play!
What should you do when you're losing a chess game? If it's not time to resign, it's time to swindle your opponent! WGM Qiyu Zhou demonstrates the tricks you need to survive lost positions!
Tatev Abrahamyan analyzes five studies by the great composer Alois Wotawa. Find out Tatev's best puzzle solving strategies that can help with puzzles and real games.
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!
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.
Join GM Simon Williams as he demonstrates how perseverance and opportunistic play pays off for amateurs against strong Grandmasters. If you want to beat Grandmasters someday, this is a must watch!
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.
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.
