Improve Your Puzzle Rush Score: Loose Pieces
One of the quickest ways to get better at Puzzle Rush is to recognize loose pieces, both yours and your opponent's. Learn...
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Why You Should Always Have A Plan In Chess
In chess, you can't let up on a winning position, hoping to coast to a win. Learn why you need a plan to finish the game...
How To Trust Your Chess Intuition
As you grow as a chess player you will develop a sense of intuition over the chessboard. Learn how to trust this sense to...
The Max Lange Attack: 'Aggressive And Fun'
The Max Lange attack is a "swashbuckling" way to handle the king's pawn opening. Find out how to play the material imbalance...
Boost Your Puzzle Rush Score: Queen Traps
Want to get your Puzzle Rush score to a new all-time high? This video will teach you how to spot queen traps in the Puzzle...
Improving your Puzzle Rush Score: Discovered Check
Familiarize yourself with common Puzzle Rush patterns in this video from GM Simon Williams on Discovered Attacks! Just lean...
Improving Your Puzzle Rush Score: Qa4 & Qa5
Why should you study puzzles? To get a better score at Puzzle Rush! And to improve as a chess player... Fortunately, the...
Bronstein’s Open Games: Great Chess Master Methods
David Bronstein might be one of the best chess players ever who did not become world champion, and you can learn a lot from...
Tal’s Open Files: Great Chess Master Methods
Mikhail Tal had many brilliant ways to win chess games, but perhaps his signature method was to make use of open files. Learn...
Think Before Taking A Draw In Chess
If you're in a position where you have much less risk than your opponent, you should think hard before accepting a draw....
Kramnik's Breakthrough: Great Chess Master Methods
Vladimir Kramnik is a genius at knowing exactly the best moment to break through in a chess position. Take a look at his...
Botvinnik's Trades: Great Chess Master Methods
Can you gain an advantage simply by trading pieces? If you're an all-time great like Botvinnik, that's your signature strategy....
Reti's Bishops: Great Chess Master Methods
How did the world's best chess players in history achieve greatness? Some of them had trademark methods, like Richard Reti...
Why You Should Never Give Up In Chess
You can't win a game by resigning, and you shouldn't give up in chess when there is a chance your opponent will not convert...
The Most Optimistic Chess Player
Can being optimistic in chess help your game? It sure can, especially if it leads you to look for winning moves. Learn how...
What Is Alekhine’s Gun?
How do you bombard your opponent with your heavy pieces? Learn how to form "Alekhine's Gun" and destroy your enemy on an...
Mikhail Chigorin’s Super Knights
Chigorin is often considered among the best chess players ever to never win a world chess championship. Find out how this...
Don't Be Greedy In Chess
Material imbalances decide a lot of chess games, but you shouldn't go too far and be greedy at the cost of development or...
How To Take Your Time In Chess
Time in chess has two meanings: the actual clock you must adhere to, and how quickly your pieces reach their intended destinations....
How To Think Like Your Opponent In Chess
Is there one quick change you could make to your chess game to greatly improve your results? The answer is to simply try...
How To Beat A World Chess Champion: Ivanov vs. Karpov
Anatoly Karpov was a tremendously solid world chess champion, strong in every aspect of the game. So how do you beat him?...
Tactical Ideas In The Endgame: Trapping The King
Using tactics to create checkmating chances isn't just for the middlegame. Learn how you can manufacture tactical opportunities...
Tactical Ideas In The Endgame: The Active King
Sometimes the best fighting piece in the endgame is the king itself, especially in pawn endings. Find out what happens when...
Tactical Ideas In The Endgame: Stalemate
If you find yourself down material and about to lose an endgame, there is one last-ditch tactic you can aim for: stalemate....
Tactical Ideas In The Endgame: Breakthrough
How do you break through in a chess endgame? Most of the time, you need to use a tactical ideal to achieve your strategic...