Chess Video Library
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Old School Cool: Mayet vs Hirschfeld
You might not have heard of this game's players, but you'll recognize—and love—the go-for-broke style of this romantic game....
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Old School Cool: Zukertort vs Blackburne
If you like chess where caution is thrown to the wind in an all-out effort to checkmate the other guy, take a trip to London...
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How To Beat A World Chess Champion: Bronstein vs Botvinnik
It seems hard to imagine that Mikhail Botvinnik, a legend on the chessboard and in the classroom, could ever lose his world...
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How To Beat A World Chess Champion: Reti vs Capablanca
How can a perfect chess machine like Jose Raul Capablanca possibly lose? Well, it happens to every world champion. Find out...
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Judit Polgar: The Greatest Female Chess Player
IM Anna_Rudolf 22 minWho was the greatest woman to ever pick up a chess piece? Surely it is Judit Polgar, the living legend of female chess. IM...
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Best Chess Games Of 2018: Jobava vs Sulskis
Can the best chess game of 2018 be full of mistakes? GM Simon Williams thinks so, praising the imaginative play on both sides...
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How To Beat A World Chess Champion: Pillsbury vs Lasker
Emanuel Lasker was a long-reigning chess legend, but even he lost eventually. Watch how Pillsbury denied Lasker's king his...
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2018 World Chess Championship: Tiebreak Game 3
GM Yasser Seirawan's final video analyzing the historic 2018 world chess championship tiebreaks shines a spotlight on the...
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2018 World Chess Championship: Tiebreak Game 2
As we look back on the historic 2018 world chess championship, we saw that game one of the tiebreaks was a clear turning...
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PRO Chess League Week 2 Lessons: Hunting The King
IM David Pruess presents a beautiful PRO Chess League game in which Dkurabek Khamrakulov conducts a thrilling king hunt against...
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PRO Chess League Week 2 Lessons: The Classic Bishop Sacrifice
IM David Pruess picks his favorite PRO Chess League moments and breaks them down for you in our new series on PRO Chess Lessons....
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2018 World Chess Championship: Tiebreak Game 1
It was the most exciting day of the 2018 world chess championship—the tiebreaks that would finally decide a champion after...
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How To Beat A World Chess Champion: Chigorin vs Steinitz
Every past world chess champion eventually had someone take his crown. So how do you beat the king of chess? GM Bojkov starts...
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Deep Blue vs Kasparov: Historic Chess Games
IM Anna_Rudolf 9 minThe two matches between the legendary chess champion Garry Kasparov and the IBM supercomputer Deep Blue are surely some of...
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PRO Chess League Week 2 Highlights: So's Perfect Score
Wesley So achieved a perfect score and a host of players sacrificed bishops and knight in week two of the PRO Chess League....
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Best Chess Games Of 2018: Ding vs Duda
Two of the biggest talents in chess squared off for this incredible game, with Ding Liren beating the prodigy Jan-Krzysztof...
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Best Chess Games Of 2018: Tiger vs Tomas
This is the amazing game that won the game-of-the-year award in Chess.com staff voting. GM Simon Williams takes you on a...
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Best Chess Games Of 2018: Pragg vs Teja
GM Simon Williams shows you an attacking, sacrificial masterpiece by one of the strongest young prodigies in chess. Is...
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PRO Chess League Week 1 Highlights: Ding Liren Dominant, Upsets Galore
The 2019 PRO Chess League season started off with a bang in week one as stars like Fabiano Caruana and Ding Liren scored...
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Old School Cool: Morphy's Murderous Knights
It doesn't get any more "old school cool" in chess than the great Paul Morphy, who is considered one of the best chess players...
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Best Chess Of 2018: Paravyan vs Golubov
What was the very best chess game of the year? GM Simon Williams reviews the most spectacular chess battles of 2018 in this...
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The Philidor Defense: Ng5 And Sacrifice
GM GMBenjaminFinegold 8 minWhat happens when you or your opponent wants to spice up the Philidor with a dangerous sacrifice? GM Ben Finegold shows you...
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Get Better At Bullet Chess: Time Management
This is perhaps the most obvious way to get better at bullet chess, where time is the paramount concern. But the bullet expert...
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The Philidor Defense: Early Bxf7
GM GMBenjaminFinegold 7 minWhat happens when White tries a quick Bxf7 sacrifice in the Philidor? You might be surprised at how quickly the game can...
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Old School Cool: Steinitz vs Paulsen
If you're looking for crazy games between the world's top players, you might have to look at the "old school" to find the...