Mating Nets: Judit Polgar Goes Catches a King
GM Judit Polgar is one of the greatest attacking players of all time. WGM Tatev Abrahamyan shows you one of Polgar's exciting...
Mating Nets: Alekhine's Endgame Attack
Did you know that you can still look for checkmate tactics in endgames? World champion, Alexander Alekhine loved to attack...
Mating Nets: Tatev Slays The Dragon
How does WGM Tatev Abrahamyan hunt her opponent's kings? Check out one of her best games, a brilliant attack against FM...
Mating Nets: Chigorin's Queen Sacrifice
How should you chase down and checkmate your opponent's king? WGM Tatev Abrahamyan begins her new series on mating nets...
Mating Nets: An Amazing Study
WGM Tatev Abrahamyan wraps up her series on king hunts with an amazing study by Genrikh Kasparyan.
Master Material Imbalances: Capablanca's Minor Pieces vs A Rook and Pawn
How did World Champion, Jose Raul Capablanca demonstrate the power of two minor pieces against a rook and pawn? With style!
Master Material Imbalances: Tal's Rook And Pawn vs Two Knights
How did former World Champion, Mikhail Tal, demonstrate the power of a rook and pawn in an endgame against two knights?...
Master Material Imbalances: The Exchange Sacrifice
When he had a chance to impede his opponent's development, Alexander Grischuk did not hesitate to sacrifice an exchange...
Master Material Imbalances: Bishop And Rook vs Queen
When Anish Giri played a quick in-between move against Levon Aronian, Aronian sacrificed his queen for a rook and bishop,...
Master Material Imbalances: Queen vs Minors
In one of WGM Tatev Abrahamyan's best games she sacrificed three minor pieces to win a queen and then took advantage her...
Tatev's Favorite Studies: Checkmate Or Stalemate?
Tatev Abrahamyan demonstrates the most difficult study yet! White's king looks like it's about to get checkmate but there's...
Tatev's Favorite Studies: How To Promote
Tatev Abrahamyan demonstrates another study by the great composer Alois Wotawa. Your pawn is nearly ready to promote, but...
Tatev's Favorite Studies: Stopping The Pawns
Tatev Abrahamyan brings you another great study by Alois Wotawa. How can you make White's rook and one pawn more valuable...
Tatev's Favorite Studies: Too Many D-Pawns
Tatev Abrahamyan continues her look at studies by Alois Wotawa. Figure out White's unique path to survival. This study was...
Tatev's Favorite Studies: Introduction
Tatev Abrahamyan kicks off her review of some of the best studies ever, with this short but tricky puzzle by Alois Wotawa....
Greatest Games: Polgar Beats Mamedyarov
It was a battle between a chess legend and a rising star when Judit Polgar gave the young Shakhriyar Mamedyarov a lesson...
Greatest Games: Gaprindashvili's King Hunt
Nona Gaprindashvili was the first woman to be awarded the grandmaster title, and her achievement is no surprise after this...
Greatest Games You've Never Seen: Maia's Masterpiece
You might have missed this scorching attacking game from the seventh women's world champion, Maia Chiburdanidze, considering...
Greatest Games You've Never Seen: A Brilliant Miniature
It's rare in a serious game between two grandmasters that checkmate is unavoidable after move 16, but that's what happened...
Greatest Games: Shirov's 'Fire On Board'
Alexei Shirov is known as a dangerous attacking player, but you might not have seen this masterpiece. In this game, Shirov...
Greatest Games You've Never Seen: A World Champion King's Gambit
The King's Gambit is supposedly a not-so-serious opening. But if it was good enough for the legendary world champion Boris...
Greatest Games You've Never Seen: Quadruple Queens!
Four queens on the board at the same time? It can happen even in a high-level game, like this exciting battle from the Moscow...
Greatest Games You've Never Seen: World Junior Championship
It was a wild game where both sides' kings were under duress, but in the end the rising chess prodigy Jeffery Xiong came...
Greatest Games You've Never Seen: Game Of The 21st Century
How many pieces can you sacrifice and still win the game? Enjoy this thriller of a battle with the stunning victory by the...
Why You Should Study Master Games: Capablanca vs Carlsen
One more big reason you should study master games is how often the themes, strategies and tactics repeat themselves through...