The Latvian School Of Chess: Mikhail Tal
The brightest star of the Latvian School of chess was the World Champion, Mikhail Tal! GM Arturs Neiksans shows you some...
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The Latvian School Of Chess: Alexei Shirov
Alexei Shirov is one of the greatest attackers since Mikhail Tal! Check out some of his best games, including maybe the...
The Latvian School Of Chess: Alexander Shabalov
Alexei Shirov is one of the greatest attackers since Mikhail Tal! Check out some of his best games, including maybe the...
The Latvian School Of Chess: Alvis Vitolinsh
IM Alvis Vitolinsh was one of the founders of the Latvian School of chess. Many of his creative attacking plans have been...
The Latvian School Of Chess: Opening Ideas
The Latvian school of chess has generated attacking ideas for generations. From the Latvian Gambit to the Riga Variation,...
Learn From The Best: Stockfish Goes On A King Hunt
One thing that Stockfish won't abide is an opponent's exposed king. Check out how Stockfish takes down Leela's early f5...
Learn From The Best: Stockfish's Morphy Impression
It's not often that one of the top engines in the world gets checkmated on move 24. Check out how Stockfish makes the engine...
Learn From The Best: Stockfish's King's Indian
Traditional engines have long considered the King's Indian Defense to favor White. However, Stockfish, armed with a neural...
Learn From The Best: Stockfish Slays The Dragon
In its inaugural event after adding a neural net Stockfish won with a brilliant dismantling of the Sicilian Dragon. Check...
Dubov's Briliant Opening Ideas: vs Bjerre
How did Daniil Dubov win a key Olympiad game and barely spend any time on his clock? GM Romain Edouard demonstrates the...
Dubov's Briliant Opening Ideas: vs Karjakin Again
Did we say that Sergey Karjakin is incredibly difficult to beat? Well, GM Romain Edouard is here to show you another quick...
Dubov's Briliant Opening Ideas: vs Karjakin
GM Sergey Karjakin has been nicknamed the Minister Of Defense. That didn't scare GM Daniil Dubov who surprised Karjakin...
Dubov's Briliant Opening Ideas: vs Svane
GM Daniil Dubov is an up and coming star. GM Romain Edouard has a new series on Dubov's spectacular and creative opening...
Pieces Working Together
Like in team sports, all of your pieces should work together for success in chess! One powerful piece will not be able to...
Using Your King
Early in the game you will want to castle the king to safety. In the endgame you want to use the king to help escort pawns...
Using Your Queen
Queens are very powerful, but you must be careful not to lose her for less valuable pieces. For that reason, queens often...
Using Your Rooks
Put your rooks on open files, where they won't be blocked by pawns. Rooks are also good on semi-open files, attacking opposing...
Using Your Knights
Knights are best in the center, where they can control up to eight squares. Knights work well with queens and also do a...
Using Your Bishops
Bishops are most useful when controlling long, unblocked diagonals. Bishops are particularly useful when you have both of...
Using Your Pawns
Pawns have four primary uses. 1. Pawns can control key squares, such as the center. If your pawns control the center the...
Name Your Pawns: Harry The h-Pawn
Harry the h-pawn is a wonderful attacker and a favorite of both Simon Williams and the engine AlphaZero! Learn when to advance...
Name Your Pawns: Garry The g-Pawn
Not Garry Kasparov, Garry the g-pawn! Simon Williams loves to use Garry to attack the opposing king and gain space on the...
Name Your Pawns: Freddie the f-Pawn
Freddie the f-pawn is often a key attacker! Check out how Simon Williams, the Ginger GM, uses Freddie to control the center...
Name Your Pawns: Eddie the e-Pawn
Eddie the e-pawn loves to race down the board and cramp the opponent. Learn from Simon Williams how to cause your opponent...
Name Your Pawns: Derek The d-Pawn
Welcome to the center! The d-pawn is maybe the most valuable pawn on the board! Join GM Simon Williams as he demonstrates...