
Rook vs Bishop: Must Know Endgames
A bishop should be able to draw against a lone rook, but you must know what you're doing. GM Alexandra Kosteniuk breaks...
A bishop should be able to draw against a lone rook, but you must know what you're doing. GM Alexandra Kosteniuk breaks...
How can you survive when you're down material in the endgame? Look for a fortress. GM Alexandra Kosteniuk brings you the...
Two knights can't force checkmate on their own, but if the opponent has a pawn it's sometimes doable. GM Alexandra Kosteniuk...
GM Alexandra Kosteniuk begins her course on absolutely must know endgames with the trickiest of the basic checkmates, knight...
How can a knight defend against a rook and how should you try to win with the rook? GM Alexandra Kosteniuk shows everything...
Rook and bishop against rook is a theoretical draw, but it's very easy to go wrong. GM Alexandra Kosteniuk demonstrates...
NM Robert Ramirez wraps up his course on pawn weaknesses with an examination of hanging pawn positions. Once you make one...
What do you do when your opponent has a backward or "left-behind" pawn? NM Robert Ramirez shows you how to punish this weakness.
NM Robert Ramirez is back with a second strategy for how to defeat doubled pawns. This time, you can target the pawns and...
Doubled c-pawns are one of the most common structures in chess. NM Robert Ramirez demonstrates how you can use them to form...
What should you do if your opponent has an isolated pawn? NM Robert Ramirez demonstrates a clear path to play for a win!
Do you desire to play a true chess masterpiece but feel you just aren't strong enough? Don't miss this brilliant battle...
World Chess Champion Anatoly Karpov is not usually known for his attacking play, but don't miss how he dismantles Viktor...
The 1972 World Chess Championship match between Fischer and Boris Spassky was a tremendous contest that ultimately concluded...
Eduard Gufeld's game against Bagirov is widely adored by players of all levels for the ambitious play from both players...
In 1970, the U.S.S.R. and the Rest of the World played an epic chess match narrowly won by the U.S.S.R. by the score of...
The Sicilian Defense requires great precision from both sides. Watch how Kasparov's trainer and Sicilian specialist, GM...
Anatoly Karpov's 1st defeat as the newly crowned World Chess Champion was a stunner! Don't miss his battle with Ulf Andersson...
The following game against Sammy Reshevsky is one of the great masterpieces in the French Defense, possibly the greatest...
Emil Diemer was a deeply troubled chess player. He was the co-author of the Blackmar-Diemer Gambit, a committed madman,...
In the 1975-76 Hastings tournament, two English future grandmasters (the first English grandmasters in fact!) did battle...
How does former world champion, Vishy Anand, handle the Black side of the Italian? IM Yuriy Krykun shows what White needs...
Why can't Black easily equalize with a quick d5 pawn break in the Italian? IM Yuriy Krykun demonstrates how GM Anish Giri...
How does world championship candidate, GM Richard Rapport, play the Italian? He finds creative attacking ideas. IM Yuriy...
IM Yuriy Krykun demonstrates the key ideas in the Italian Opening by demonstrating how GM Gevorg Harutjunyan gained a dominant...