Learn The Nimzo Indian Defense
The Nimzo Indian Defense is one of the most solid defenses to 1.d4, but the game can take many different directions right...
Learn The Grunfeld Defense
The Grunfeld is possibly the sharpest response to 1.d4. Learn the key tactical and strategic ideas for both sides!
Learn The Benoni Defense
The Benoni Defense is a sharp way to fight for a win against 1.d4. Learn the key ideas for both sides.
Learn The Queen's Gambit Accepted
Learn the key strategies and tactics for both sides in the Queen's Gambit Accepted.
Learn The London And Colle Systems
Not every game that begins with d4-d5 turns into a Queen's Gambit. Learn the popular London System, with 2.Bf4 and the related...
Learn The Slav Defense
The Slav is one of Black's safest and strongest defenses against the Queen's Gambit. Learn the key ideas and tactics for...
Polugaevsky vs Nezhmetdinov: Games Of The 1950s
Rashid Nezhmetdinov played many brilliant and beautiful chess games, but in his own estimation, his victory with the black...
The Game Of The Century: Games Of The 1950s
Bobby Fischer's Game of the Century is widely considered one of the greatest chess games of all time. The 13-year-old Bobby...
Geller vs Euwe: Games Of The 1950s
Possibly the most famous game from the 1953 Zurich candidates tournament was Efim Geller vs. Max Euwe. Euwe had lost the...
Bernstein vs Najdorf: Games Of The 1950s
Chess legend Ossip Bernstein had his greatest chess successes in the early 1900s, but 50 years later he had an incredible...
Bronstein vs Rojahn: Games Of The 1950s
David Bronstein is one of the greatest and most innovative chess grandmasters in the last century. Against the top Norwegian...
Stoltz vs. Steiner: Games Of The 1950s
Soon-to-be grandmaster Gosta Stoltz offered an incredible queen sacrifice in his masterful game against Herman Steiner....
Botvinnik vs Smyslov: Games Of The 1950s
World Chess Champions Mikhail Botvinnik and Vasily Smyslov competed in three world championship matches! Here is probably...
Beylin vs. Lipnitsky: Games Of The 1950s
Isaac Lipnitsky wrote the classic chess book, "Questions of Modern Chess Theory." In his beautiful game against Beylin,...
Keres vs. Szabo: Games Of The 1950s
The brilliant attacking player, Paul Keres, is one of the greatest chess players never to have become world champion. We...
Moran's Once-In-A-Lifetime Chess Masterpiece!
To paraphrase Anton Ego, not everyone can become a great chess artist; but anyone can create great chess art! Pablo Moran...
The Closed Sicilian Structure: Every Pawn Structure Explained
The Closed Sicilian is a tricky weapon against the Sicilian Defense and frequently occurs with reversed colors in the English...
The Rossolimo Structures: Every Pawn Structure Explained
The Rossolimo Variation of the Sicilian has become the dominant Anti-Sicilian today. The same structure occurs frequently...
The Advanced French Structure: Every Pawn Structure Explained
When White's pawn chain reaches from b2 to e5, it could lead to a kingside attack, but Black also can target the pawns and...
The Competing Majorities Structure: Every Pawn Structure Explained
In many openings, one side has more pawns on the kingside and the other has more on the queenside. GM Johan Hellsten demonstrates...
The Trendy e5 Advance: The Loud Italian
At the very highest level, many grandmasters meet Black's capture on d4 with the immediate e4-e5 to target the black knight....
The New Nbd2 Variation: The Loud Italian
The last two variations have been popular for generations, but this gambit has only caught on in the last several years....
The IQP Line: The Loud Italian
When White prefers to keep material equality the d4 Italian often leads to isolated pawn positions. GM Kosteniuk shows the...
The Greco Gambit: The Loud Italian
GM Kosteniuk begins her series on sharp variations of the Italian with the classic Greco Gambit. This line was popular in...
The Dubov Gambit: The Loud Italian
In 2020 GM Daniil Dubov played a rare gambit to defeat GM Sergey Karjakin in a spectacular game. GM Alexandra Kosteniuk...