How To Play The Short Endgame
The Short Endgame, named for GM Nigel Short, arises after a classic opening and middlegame pattern. GM Hammer shows you...
How To Restrict Your Opponent's Bishop
Bishops can be dangerous pieces to play against, but if you know how to restrict their power, you can turn them into glorified...
Learn To Play The Tarrasch Defense: Early Dark-Square Bishop Development
As you understand more about the Tarrasch in this deep lesson series, watch this video to learn about lines where the dark-square...
Learn To Play The Scotch Game: Rare Variations
If you've followed our comprehensive lessons on the Scotch Game, you know the basics of the opening, key ideas and even...
Mikhail Chigorin’s Super Knights
Chigorin is often considered among the best chess players ever to never win a world chess championship. Find out how this...
How To Beat A Chessbrah: PRO Highlights
GM Yaroslav Zherebukh showed Chessbrah GM Eric Hansen that he isn't the only master of modern online chess. IM Keaton Kiewra...
How To Checkmate: Double Bishop Mate
Can you harness the almighty power of two bishops to checkmate? GM Simon Williams shows you how to deliver death on the...
Bad Bishops Gone Good
Are bad bishops always bad? Nadezhda Kosintseva shares some examples that prove that they aren't.
Carlsen vs. Adams: Bishop Power
What is the best game World Champion Magnus Carlsen ever won using the bishop pair? As he told his good friend, GM Jon Ludwig...
Double Bishop Sac Insanity
Where did the legendary double-bishop sac come from? GM Simon Williams shows you the roots and all the crazy permutations...
Fear The Bishops: Hammer vs Krasenkow
GM Jon Ludwig Hammer presents "the best game [he's] ever played" against the erstwhile-2700 Michal Krasenkow. Check out...
Bishop Battles: Hammer vs Banikas
Do you prefer bishops or knights? Opinions differ, but almost all grandmasters usually prefer the bishops, especially in...
Even More Secrets Of A Blitz Master
GM Maxim Dlugy is back to present one of the finest games played in a Titled Tuesday. How did he win this beautiful squeeze...
ChessCenter: Carlsen vs Karjakin World Championship Game 5
For the first time in the match, Sergey Karjakin was the one applying pressure to Magnus Carlsen. See how he developed a...
Caruana's Missed Moment: Rook And Bishop vs Rook
So close! GM Fabiano Caruana nearly defeated GM Peter Svidler in the penultimate round of the Candidates' tournament to...
How Magnus Carlsen Won 2 World Championship Matches
Magnus Carlsen is inarguably one of the greatest chess players of all time, and he may also be one of the greatest match...
Sokolov On Winning In The Lopez: ...Nd4
GM Ivan Sokolov wraps up his five-part series on the Lopez with a video on 4...Nd4, a surprising weapon that he has used...
Highlights From Rounds 9-11 Of The Olympiad
In a dramatic finale, the U.S. team won it's first Olympiad in decades! How did they do it? GM Simon Williams brings you...
Highlights From Rounds 5-8 Of The Olympiad
There's far too many incredible games from the 2016 Olympiad in Baku to catch them all, but you can catch up on the most...
Pawn Structure 101: Maroczy Bind Plans For White
In his last video, IM Danny Rensch showed you the key ideas for both Black and White in the Maroczy Bind. This time he shows...
Sokolov On Winning In The Lopez: f5 Sidelines
In part three of his series on the Ruy Lopez, Grandmaster Ivan Sokolov shows you key theory in the exciting 3...Bc5 and...
Winning With The Bishop Pair
How do you win with Black with a pair of bishops? Use them together as an unbelievable attacking force. GM Jon Ludwig...
Hammertime In Norway: Anand And Bishop Power
GM Hammer takes on a living chess legend, Vishy Anand, in this must-see video recap of the game. Find out how the Indian...
The Deadly Sicilian Bishop Sacrifice
Which game “absolutely captivated” GM Alex Yermolinsky during the recent Aeroflot Open? Find out and enjoy the fireworks...
The Power Of The Bishop Pair
Can you handle the awesome power of the bishop pair? GM Hammer really hammers home the beauty and utility of the two bishops...