Greatest Chess Minds: Akiba Rubinstein - Part 7
What happens when one endgame master attempts to outplay another? It's dynamite! Today the good doctor Rubinstein puts on...
QGD 3: The Topical 5.Bf4
This weekend GM Shankland discusses the extremely topical 5.Bf4 Variation of the Queen's Gambit Declined. For advanced players...
Greatest Chess Minds: Vasily Smyslov - Part 2
A tragic chess comedy? Not for Smyslov! The first game GM Dzindzichashvili reviews shows the former World Champion's defensive...
Live Session Hybrids; Develop Plans... Not Pieces!
Even though the second time around for Kingpatzer spelled yet another disastrous opening for his opponent, we are able to...
Completely French: The Winawer - Part 2
In Part 2, WGM Abrahamyan makes her way back onto the "roads most traveled" in the Winawer French when she reviews 4.e5...
My Memorable Games: Young Shanky!
In the last round of the 2008 National Open in Las Vegas, GM Khachiyan looked across his board at a young, talented FIDE...
Exploring Tactical Motifs: The Greek Gift Sacrifice - Part 1
What happens when a well known "mating pattern" doesn't work? As Grandmaster Gregory Kaidanov explains, at the highest levels...
The Road to GM - Part 1: vs GM Kreiman
Making his Video Author debut this weekend is Grandmaster Ben Finegold! With his first video series, Ben explains how all...
Greatest Chess Minds: Akiba Rubinstein - Part 6
He makes it look so simple! Rubinstein once again puts on a clinic for how to convert small, or should we say microscopic,...
Live Session Hybrids; Dysfunctional Development!
Today IM Rensch tries to apply his "multi-tasking rambling skills" to someone else's chess games! This month he will kibitz...
QGD 2: The Lasker Variation
With his second installment GM Shankland reviews perhaps the most topical variation of the classic QGD structure, when he...
Completely French: The Winawer - Part 1
Making her Chess.com Video Author debut today is Women's Grandmaster Tatev Abrahamyan! There isn't a better "lead off topic"...
The Pirc Defense - Part 1: Roman's System for White!
A long time ago, in a video lecture far, far away GM Roman Dzindzichashvili recommended a system against the Pirc for white......
My Memorable Games: Following Steinitz!
As a perfect follow up to Friday's video, the weekend feature highlights more principles of the "race style" position, and...
Member Analysis: The Race Continues...
We continue with our second Member Analysis video lecture on the subject of "race positions". Today's video lecture highlights...
Greatest Chess Minds: Akiba Rubinstein - Part 5
Another Diamond -- or should be say "Rubi" -- in the rough! GM Dejan Bojkov keeps the Greatest Chess Minds train rolling...
QGD 1: Sidelines & the Tartakower Variation
For the introduction video to his new series on the Queen's Gambit Declined (from black's perspective), GM Sam Shankland...
Member Analysis: The Principles of a Race Attack!
In today's Member Analysis video lecture we learn the "hidden secrets" behind what makes a successful attack! The strategical...
Openings for Beginners: The Old Indian Defense!
In the next installment to his ten part video series on Openings for Beginners, FIDE Master Valeri Lilov reviews one of...
Greatest Chess Minds: Mikhail Botvinnik - Part 2
After reviewing a highly interesting "comeback" victory by the amazing Mikhail Botvinnik, GM Dzindzichashvili gives us the...
Member Analysis: Priceless, Practical Advice!
In today's Member Analysis video, IM Rensch offers his best "universal approach" for Black playing against white's most...
Beauty and Entertainment - Part 5
Maybe the next installment to the Beauty and Entertainment video series did not come directly "from above", but nevertheless,...
My Memorable Games: Sveshnikov!
GM Khachiyan brings us another game from his personal "most memorable" library! This particular battle against GM Sveshnikov...
Greatest Chess Minds: Akiba Rubinstein - Part 4
Grandmaster Dejan Bojkov's review of Rubinstein's positional dominance over his peers continues today with a brilliant win...
Amazing Games for Beginners: Positional Strangulation - Part 2
Fear the Python! FM Liu concludes his "featured author" installment for this month with a second, even more frightening...