Materialism: Giving Back Material
IM Kostya Kavutskiy wraps up his series on material by demonstrating how you can give back some or all of your material...
Materialism: Be Brave
What do you do when your opponent insists on sacrificing? IM Kostya Kavutskiy demonstrates how superstars Boris Spassky...
Materialism: Don't Trust Your Opponent
When your opponent sacrifices, it's OK to be cautious, but you should still calculate for yourself. IM Kostya Kavutskiy...
Materialism: Is it A Poisoned Pawn?
In many openings, one side sacrifices a pawn early on to start a quick attack. IM Kostya Kavutskiy will help you learn which...
Materialism: The Virtues Of Pawn-Grabbing
Often one extra pawn is enough to win the game. IM Kostya Kavutskiy begins his course on materialism by demonstrating when...
Candidate Moves: Improve Your Worst Piece
IM Kostya Kavutskiy wraps up his series on decision-making with a master class on strategic play. White consistently improves...
Candidate Moves: Imbalances
What should you do when there are no clear tactics? IM Kostya Kavutskiy is back to demonstrate how you can evaluate imbalances...
Candidate Moves: The Opponent's Ideas
IM Kostya Kavutskiy has another video explaining how to decide on moves. This time he'll teach you how to anticipate and...
Candidate Moves: Forcing Moves
IM Kostya Kavutskiy is back with another discussion of how to make decisions in chess. This time he'll show how the great...
Candidate Moves: Checks
IM Kostya Kavutskiy brings you a new series on how to choose candidate moves and make good decisions in chess. He starts...
Nakamura's No-Good Underpromotion: Funniest Games
Underpromotion, when done correctly, illustrates the subtle beauty of chess. That's not the case here, because Hikaru Nakamura's...
This Is Why You Never Play Copy Cat: Funniest Games
They say cats have nine lives, but in chess you can be sure that copy cats don't. Learn why you should never mirror your...
The Random Stalemate: Funniest Chess Games
Surprise! It's stalemate on the board after a shockingly low number of moves. Was this one of the greatest chess failures...
Funniest Chess Games Of All Time: No Draw!
How many times can a chess position repeat until it's a draw? If you answered three, you obviously haven't seen this hilarious...
Winning A Game With No Captures: Funniest Games Ever
The legendary GM Gligoric won a serious tournament game in 29 moves without any captures being made by either side. Find...
Nakamura Toys With Rybka: Funniest Chess Games Ever
Is this the most famous man-vs-machine online game ever? Hikaru Nakamura turns the computer engine Rybka into his digital...
Modernized: The Open Sicilian!
FM Kostya Kavutskiy previews his new book on the open Sicilian in this exclusive video for Chess.com. If you’re looking...
How To Improve Your Strategy: Sacrifices
Everyone knows you can sacrifice to checkmate the enemy king. But when is it good to give away material for just a strategic...
How To Improve Your Strategy: Fabiano Caruana
To win in modern chess, you need to be well versed in both tactics and strategy. As the number-two player in the world,...
How To Improve Your Strategy -- Part 1
Chess players of all levels have heard it over and over: practice tactics to get better. While this is certainly true,...
Highlights From Wijk aan Zee 2014: Part 3!
Tired of seeing grandmasters take their advantage to the endgame? FM Kavutskiy has the cure. Today he shows four checkmates...
Highlights From Wijk aan Zee 2014: Part 2!
"It's always nice to see 2700s beating the snot out of each other!" says our video author, FM Kavutskiy. Today he shows...
Highlights From Wijk aan Zee 2014: Part 1!
FM Kavutskiy brings the yin and the yang today - a positional masterpiece and a tactical melee. GMs Aronian and Nakamura...
2013 London Chess Classic - Highlights: Part 3
Let's slow down the rapid chess of the London Classic one more time. FM Kavutskiy brings his final examples of creative...
2013 London Chess Classic - Highlights: Part 2
Poor Vishy. Only a few weeks after losing the world championship in front of a billion countrymen, he travels to London...