Member Analysis: Don't Skip Development!
GM Dzindzichashvili sifts through his mailbox to find a game where he totally disapproves of black's play for one simple...
Lessons on Positional Play - Part 4: Unusual Exchanges 2
GM Kaidanov has many useful maxims to help bridge the gap from amateur to master. One of them is to focus more on piece...
How to Beat a Strong Opponent - Attack with Force
In his best game from one of his best tournaments ever, the witty GM Ben Finegold shows off a very pleasing attack on a...
Greatest Chess Minds: Larsen - Part 1
Who says romance is dead? GM Bojkov begins an exciting new series on his favorite player, the so-called "Positional...
The Technique of Calculation - Part 13: Prophylactic Calculation 2
GM Melik Khachiyan continues his incisive series on prophylaxis and calculation by showing one of his own recent games,...
Isolated Pawns: Playing With Them, and Without Them
What happens when a former U.S. Women's Champion and a former U.S. Champion collide? The two engage in a feisty debate over...
Member Analysis: King's Flank Attack!
GM Bojkov heaps high praise on a Chess.com member who understood correctly how to attack on one side of the board while...
Amazing Games for Beginners: My Childhood Symphony - Part 4
The symphony comes to an end for FM Elliott Liu, as he simplifies into a two-bishops ending. Still not believing he could...
The Technique of Calculation - Part 12: Prophylactic Calculation 1
GM Melik Khachiyan unearths another fascinating position where the calculation won't be easy but will reward the player...
Beauty and Entertainment Part 14: Creating a Chess Study from Your Own Game
GM Eugene Perelshteyn has already shown us how to make a chess study from a blank chess board, now he shows us how to create...
Greatest Chess Minds: Gligorić - Part 8
In what might be one of the greatest positional sacrifice games ever, GM Bojkov walks us through the genius of how Gligoric...
Best Play Against the Smith-Morra - Part 3!
IM Mark Ginsburg continues his series on how to deal with the Smith-Morra Gambit by showing how Black should tackle some...
Camilla's 2013 U.S. Women's Championship: vs WFM Sarah Chiang - Part 2
"And the rest is a matter of technique..." - How many times have you heard that from a titled player? Here WGM Camilla Baginskaite...
Amazing Games for Beginners: My Childhood Symphony - Part 3
FM Elliott Liu won a piece in Part 1, simplified in Part 2, and now it is time to bring home the point in Part 3. In the...
Live Sessions: Bad Gambit Play!
IM Danny Rensch is back, and so is his British accent and 80s music references! This Live Session is a longer game, where...
Tatev's 2013 U.S. Women's Championship: vs IM Zatonskih
In her final video from the 2013 U.S. Women's Championship, third-place finisher WGM Tatev Abrahamyan ditches her normally-automatic...
Greatest Chess Minds: Gligoric - Part 7
Today's King's Indian practitioners have GM Gligoric to thank. Here GM Bojkov shows the birth of the modern-day "Mar del...
Lessons on Positional Play - Part 3: Unusual Exchanges
Another masterpiece from the pedagogue GM Kaidanov! This time he cobbles together a handful of similar positions to produce...
Best Play Against the Smith-Morra - Part 2!
Before tackling the main lines of the Smith-Morra, IM Mark Ginsburg first shows a pair of "coffeehouse" variations...
Camilla's 2013 U.S. Women's Championship: vs WFM Sarah Chiang
Sure, you watch TMZ every night, but how often do you watch TMB? WGM Camilla Baginskaite uses her silky-smooth delivery...
The Technique of Calculation - Part 11
GM Melik Khachiyan continues to dispel the myth that top players are always calculating very far down the road. Using a...
Tatev's 2013 U.S. Women's Championship: vs WIM Zenyuk
WGM Tatev Abrahamyan looked to continue her fast start at the 2013 U.S. Women's Championship. Before facing tournament leader...
Amazing Games for Beginners: My Childhood Symphony - Part 2
FM Elliott Liu continues his great explanation of his quest to convert a material advantage in the famed "First Saturday"...
Greatest Chess Minds: Gligoric - Part 6
Every popular opening today needed an early adopter, and GM Bojkov continues his series on Gligoric by showing how he advanced...
Personal Gems: Votava vs Zatonskih
How often do you see white get hanging pawns, and have them both captured on their home squares? How often do you see a...