PRO Chess League Week 2 Lessons: Hunting The King
IM David Pruess presents a beautiful PRO Chess League game in which Dkurabek Khamrakulov conducts a thrilling king hunt...
PRO Chess League Week 2 Lessons: The Classic Bishop Sacrifice
IM David Pruess picks his favorite PRO Chess League moments and breaks them down for you in our new series on PRO Chess...
PRO Chess League Week 2 Highlights: So's Perfect Score
Wesley So achieved a perfect score and a host of players sacrificed bishops and knight in week two of the PRO Chess League....
PRO Chess League Week 1 Highlights: Ding Liren Dominant, Upsets Galore
The 2019 PRO Chess League season started off with a bang in week one as stars like Fabiano Caruana and Ding Liren scored...
Chess Patterns Make Masters
Chess masters and studies all agree: strength in chess comes from pattern recognition. In this all-new lesson, IM David...
4 Exercises To Become A Tactical Genius: Part 4
Do you want to become a guaranteed tactical genius? IM David Pruess is promising just that, but the path is not easy? What...
4 Exercises To Become A Tactical Genius
Can you really become a tactical wizard in chess by doing four exercises? There's one way to find out. Join IM David Pruess...
4 Exercises To Become A Tactical Genius: Part 3
They say chess is tactics, tactics, tactics! Well, they are right, and IM David Pruess is here with another exercise to...
4 Exercises to Become A Tactical Genius: Part 2
Have you ever wondered how to improve your recognition of tactics in your own games? IM David Pruess has just the exercise...
More Essential Patterns For Success
Having described the key tactical motifs of a bishop "pinning" a knight, IM David Pruess tackles the strategic implications...
Essential Patterns For Success
A deep understanding of tactical patterns is absolutely essential for a strong chess player. IM David Pruess explains why...
How to Analyze Your Own Games: Beginner to Intermediate Level Players
David's recommended theories for how to get the most out of your "self evaluations" and studies continues today! IM Pruess...
How to Analyze Your Own Games: For Beginners!
Chess players develop many good "critical thinking" skills as they continue to improve. Perhaps none more important or useful...
Member Analysis: How to Play with Extra Material
How many times have you lost a game (or come close to losing), despite gaining a large material advantage early on in the...
Every Chess Opening: Defenses To 1.d4
To conclude his "mini-series" on what all beginner players need to know in order to start the first few moves of every chess...
Every Chess Opening: Defenses To 1.e4
If it's good enough for Bobby, it's good enough for me! Let's focus on Black's responses for now though! IM David Pruess...
Live Session Hybrids: How to Create an Attack!
After his opponent employs a slightly obscure opening, GambitGareth manages to create a natural attacking structure towards...
Live Session Hybrids: Put Them Out of Their Misery
IM Pruess and his "study subject" are back again today with another Live Session Hybrid! Member GambitGareth's success in...
The Complete Caro Kann - Introduction!
Today IM David Pruess provides an intro for beginners to one of the most solid, and yet complex openings for black against...
Live Session Hybrids: Gambit or Technique?
In the second ever installment of this new "Member Analysis meets Live Sessions" video series we learn a little more about...
Live Session Hybrids: Meet GambitGareth!
International Master David Pruess is back this weekend with a brand new video series designed to bring two of our most popular...
How to Exploit a Space Advantage - Part 2
In the climax to his mini video series on space in chess, IM Pruess summarizes for us what it really means to "build strength",...
How to Exploit a Space Advantage - Part 1
IM Pruess lists for us the four major ways to exploit a space advantage in a chess game, and he covers two of his "power-points"...
The Basic Element Of Space In Chess
International Master David Pruess is back with a bang, and today he provides some "must have" knowledge for all beginner...
Live Sessions; A Quick Fix for Blitz!
Who needs their fix? Check out IM David Pruess's first Live Sessions in over a year. Today David provides us with several...