1. d4 Openings for Beginners (White)
The most popular alternative to 1.e4 is 1.d4. One of the main openings after d4 is the Queen's Gambit, which goes 1.d4 d5...
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1. e4 Openings for Beginners (White)
One of the most common opening moves is 1.e4. Black's most solid response is 1...e5. The game frequently continues with...
1. d4 Openings for Beginners (Black)
When playing against 1.d4 most players prevent White from playing e4 with 1...Nf6 or 1...d5. If you play 1...d5 and White...
Intro to 1.e4 Defenses for Black (1...e6, 1...c6, and 1...d5)
If Black meets 1.e4 with a move other than e5 or c5, the main idea will be to place a pawn on d5. 1...d5 is possible, but...
Intro to 1.e4 Defenses for Black (1...e5 and 1...c5)
The most common responses to 1.e4 are those that guard the d4 square. Black usually plays 1...e5 or 1...c5 to prevent White...
Doubled Pawns: Squeezing The Samisch
Despite White's initiative, the Samisch Nimzo-Indian isn't popular among Grandmasters today. See how GM Pavel Eljanov took...
Doubled Pawns: The Samisch Nimzo Indian
The Nimzo-Indian Defense frequently features a trade on c3, giving White the bishop pair, a big center and attacking chances....
Doubed Pawns: Attacking The Nf6 Caro-Kann
The Nf6 Caro-Kann gives Black an opportunity to play for a win, but White has good attacking chances as well. GM Fabien...
Doubled Pawns: The Aggressive Caro Kann
How can you tell if doubled pawns are strong or weak? Join GM Fabien Libiszewski in his course on the uses and drawbacks...
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,...
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: Alexander Shabalov
One of the top attackers from the Latvian School is four-time US Champion Alexander Shabalov. Check out some of Shablov's...
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: Mikhail Tal
The brightest star of the Latvian School of chess was the World Champion, Mikhail Tal! GM Arturs Neiksans shows you some...
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...