Lessons

Best Of The Best

Best Of The Best

What makes World Champions unique? Learn from the amazing specialties of Carlsen, Kasparov, Tal, and Petrosian!

GM
Simon Williams
4 Lessons
Mastery
Name Your Pawns

Name Your Pawns

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!

GM
Simon Williams
8 Lessons
Mastery
Top Five Moves: Legends Edition

Top Five Moves: Legends Edition

Simon Williams, the Ginger GM, brings you the top five moves of some of the greatest players in chess history. Learn from the best moments of Carlsen, Kasparov, Morphy and more!

GM
Simon Williams
11 Lessons
Mastery - Intermediate
Top Five Moves: Candidates Edition

Top Five Moves: Candidates Edition

The Ginger GM, Simon Williams, brings you the five best moves from the careers of each of the eight players, competing to challenge Magnus Carlsen for the World Championship. What amazing ideas have these top players discovered in their illustrious careers?

GM
Simon Williams
8 Lessons
Mastery - Intermediate
When the Amateur Wins

When the Amateur Wins

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!

GM
Simon Williams
4 Lessons
Mastery - Intermediate
The Complete English Defense

The Complete English Defense

Join GM Simon Williams on a tour of one of his favorite openings, the English Defense. The English Defense can lead to sharp play right from the opening and Black can fight for the initiative from move one! Learn the secrets that have served GM Williams and the even the great Tony Miles in many games, even against World Champions.

GM
Simon Williams
5 Lessons
Mastery
The Belgrade Gambit

The Belgrade Gambit

Join GM Simon Williams for another spicy gambit! This time Simon takes the quiet Four Knights opening and spices it up with a gambit, featuring a lot of his original analysis. Take the game out of theory and into a whirlwind attack as quickly as possible.

GM
Simon Williams
2 Lessons
Mastery
Spicy Gambits!

Spicy Gambits!

Are you looking for more spice in your life? If you want to play fun, attacking positions with the White pieces, GM Simon Williams has just the recipe for you! Simon provides an exciting gambit against each of Black's popular responses, with many of the opening names being almost as fun and entertaining as playing the actual gambit openings. Enjoy!

GM
Simon Williams
6 Lessons
Mastery - Intermediate
Old School Cool

Old School Cool

They don't make chess players like they used to! Join GM Simon Williams as he demonstrates some of his favorite romantic attacking games from the 1800s. This course features brilliant and risky play, including games by Paul Morphy and Wilhelm Steinitz.

GM
Simon Williams
5 Lessons
Mastery
Tactical Ideas in the Endgame

Tactical Ideas in the Endgame

Join GM Simon Williams as he demonstrates that amazing tactics can occur at any point in the game, including quiet-looking endgames. Follow along and learn how to win endgames with zugzwang, breakthroughs and unexpected mates!

GM
Simon Williams
5 Lessons
Mastery, Advanced
Why Simon Loves the Sicilian Dragandorf

Why Simon Loves the Sicilian Dragandorf

Join GM Simon Williams as he demonstrates a full system against 1.e4. Simon meets the Open Sicilian with the rare and double edged Dragandorf variation. He also demonstrates sharp attacking lines against every anti-Sicilian that White can throw at you!

GM
Simon Williams
7 Lessons
Mastery, Advanced
Improve Your Puzzle Rush

Improve Your Puzzle Rush

Are you excited about Puzzle Rush? Thousands of chess players are hooked on this incredibly fun and fast-paced tactical training on Chess.com. GM Simon Williams, a tactical whiz himself, shows some of the common themes in Puzzle Rush challenges. Join us and pump up your Puzzle Rush score!

GM
Simon Williams
7 Lessons
Mastery - Intermediate
Why Simon Loves the French Defense

Why Simon Loves the French Defense

GM Simon Williams has played the French Defense throughout his whole career and it has served him well, even against strong opposition. Now Simon presents an in depth course on how to handle every line of the French. It's a great system, allowing you to play for a win against all levels of opposition.

GM
Simon Williams
9 Lessons
Mastery, Advanced
Spicy Openings: The Max Lange Attack

Spicy Openings: The Max Lange Attack

Join GM Simon Williams on his overview of the dangerous Max Lange Attack. It's a great way to sharpen your play and find sparkling tactics in the Open games. Buckle up and get ready for a wild ride with this romantic opening!

GM
Simon Williams
3 Lessons
Mastery
Using Time in Chess

Using Time in Chess

Join GM Simon Williams on a tour of spectacular attacking games. He focuses on games where the winner gains an initiative through fast development and forcing moves. Follow along and enjoy the amazing tactical fireworks!

GM
Simon Williams
4 Lessons
Mastery
Attacking King Hunts

Attacking King Hunts

Join GM Simon Williams as he demonstrates some classic and modern king hunts. Practice activating your pieces and calculating king hunts. Be ready to stop your video and calculate your way through the puzzles. Good luck!

GM
Simon Williams
5 Lessons
Mastery
The Classical Dutch

The Classical Dutch

Join GM Simon Williams as he demonstrates one of his favorite openings, the rare and deadly Classical Dutch. Simon teaches by demonstrating his own games against top Grandmasters Follow along and learn how Simon scored upsets against the world's best.

GM
Simon Williams
5 Lessons
Mastery
Crush with the King's Gambit

Crush with the King's Gambit

Join GM Simon Williams on a tour of the most romantic opening in chess, the King's Gambit. Learn critical lines including some of Simon's own novelties. Enjoy the course and good luck with your attacking play!

GM
Simon Williams
5 Lessons
Mastery
Play the Budapest Gambit!

Play the Budapest Gambit!

GM Simon Williams shows you how to play a sharp, fun counter-attacking opening. If you want to attack against d4 without having to study too much theory, this is the opening for you!

GM
Simon Williams
3 Lessons
Mastery
When Computers Go Wrong

When Computers Go Wrong

Computers have shaped the game of chess and can play better than any human ever has. Yet, computers aren't perfect and there are still some positions that you can understand better than your engine. Join GM Simon Williams as he shows how you can still trick the silicon beast.

GM
Simon Williams
5 Lessons
Mastery - Intermediate
London System for the Busy Chess Player

London System for the Busy Chess Player

Are you looking for a perfect opening to play that doesn't require too much studying and memorization? GM Simon Williams has the line for you! The London System offers good attacking chances with little risk or deep theory. Take a look and get to playing this fun opening right away!

GM
Simon Williams
7 Lessons
Mastery, Advanced
Sacrifice on h6

Sacrifice on h6

Join GM Simon Williams as he walks you through how to make a spectacular combination with a bishop sacrifice on h6 or h3. Besides this great attacking idea, you'll also learn how to play strong attacking games with an isolated queen's pawn in any opening and how to attack with a pawn on e5, particularly in French Defense structures.

GM
Simon Williams
5 Lessons
Mastery
The Most Amazing Chess Moves

The Most Amazing Chess Moves

Join GM Simon Williams, as he demonstrates the most amazing moves of all time. See if you can find the best ideas of Morphy, Shirov, Ivanchuk and other geniuses.

GM
Simon Williams
5 Lessons
Mastery, Advanced
Nakamura's King's Indian Defense

Nakamura's King's Indian Defense

Join GM Simon Williams as he teaches how to play the exciting King's Indian Defense, using the best games of Hikaru Nakamura as a guide. Learn the attacking ideas that Nakamura used to beat other Super-Grandmasters in amazing style.

GM
Simon Williams
5 Lessons
Mastery
Spicy Openings: The Evans Gambit

Spicy Openings: The Evans Gambit

Learn about the romantic and dangerous Evans Gambit from GM Simon Williams. He covers the ideas and theory, along with games from the masters of the past like Captain Evans and Adolph Anderssen, through modern starts like Garry Kasparov and Hikaru Nakamura.

GM
Simon Williams
5 Lessons
Mastery
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