Shamkir Round 10: Complete Show - Part 3
The exciting climax to the final round in Shamkir! Carlsen's queenside pawns look menacing - can Caruana create any counterplay...
Defeating "Drawish" Players | Part 2: The Closed!
You want draw? No draw for you! FM Melekhina shows the way to combat another drawing technique: the player who wants to...
Evaluation and Planning! - Part 6
Not many players skip over the IM title on their way to GM, but a young Armenian kid is attempting to do just that. After...
Shamkir 2014: Round 4 - Highlights
Watch the critical moment of the World Champion's first loss in classical chess in nearly one year. The dragon slayer, GM...
Great Swindles!
How do you go from +1 to -25 in only one move? You play your nemesis! GM Finegold shows off three interesting blunders,...
Member Game Analysis: Unnecessary Weakening!
Placing your bishop on an inferior square is a recoverable mistake, but opening up your king without reason can be decisive....
Climbing the Super-GM Mountain: vs Gata Kamsky
From the "Here's something you don't see every day" file...GM Gata Kamsky getting outplayed. Our author GM Mikhalevski accepts...
Shamkir 2014: Round 4 - Complete Show - Part 2
GMs Yermolinsky and Shabalov enter their own "middle game" as they attempt to understand how Carlsen's Berlin Wall got devastated....
Shamkir 2014: Round 4 - Complete Show - Part 3
After more than nine months without a loss in classical chess, it finally happened - watch GM Fabiano Caruana continue his...
Shamkir 2014: Round 4 - Complete Show - Part 1
The action is heating up in Shamkir. Magnus Carlsen sits on 2.5/3 and has a full point lead going in to round four. Can...
Coach Keaton Reporting: Candidates & Queen Endings! - Part 1
Coach Keaton is back on assignment - this time looking at a stellar endgame played by Vishy Anand. What should have been...
Blundering With Ben Finegold!
Blunders are not like fine wine - they don't get better with age. But don't tell GM Finegold that! He eagerly shows off...
Old School With Uncle Yermo: Complete Show From 4-21-14
Take a lesson in the “old school” of chess with GM Alex Yermolinsky as investigates the exciting play of Alexander...
Master Grudge Match: IM Rensch vs GM Shankland
Chess.com takes lemons and makes lemonade. After the live server crashes, IM Rensch calls up an old pal and Death Match...
The King's Indian Defense: Beating the Fianchetto System - Part 2
One and a half out of two as Black against two titled players, whilst keeping the initiative the whole time? Sign me up!...
The Carlsbad Pawn Structure: Part 1
GM Bojkov is back! Today he begins a well-researched series on a pawn structure that will surely occur in your games sooner...
Beating Your Nemesis: QGD with Qd2!
Why play the main line when you can instead play a perfectly reasonable move that confused your opponent? GM Finegold is...
Magnus Stands Alone! - Part 2
Was it a close call, or was it just another day at the office for Magnus? GM Yermolinsky examines how he handles a worse...
Roman's Novelty Shop: Queen's Gambit Declined Novelty!
The Queen's Gambit Declined. Game doesn't heat up until move 20, right? Not today - GM Dzindzichashvili shows you that some...
The BIG Show: Highlights from 4-9-14!
The few survivors at this point in IM Danny Rensch's 10-person simul are down to the endgame. Good for them for making it...
Death Match 23: FM Ju vs IM Esserman
Death Match 23 held such promise - two of the most active and successful players on Chess.com faced off. The first game...
Defeating "Drawish" Players | Part 1: The Repeater!
Making her Chess.com debut, FM Alisa Melekhina shows her modesty with a loss against a GM. Her lesson: don't just shuffle...
Evaluation and Planning! - Part 5
What happens when you start an attack on the flank without establishing control of the center? That's like putting on your...
Melik & Me: Complete Show from 4-10-14
Most of us are not professional chess players, and if you are an amateur, this is the show for you! GM Melik Khachiyan teams...
Tackling Tactics: 1821–2043!
After tackling 2800-level and 1200-level tactics, IM Rensch focuses on the middle level as he tries to work his way back...