Alekhine's Defense 6: Sidelines
Learn White's less-popular but still poisonous options against Alekhine's Defense in this video, as NM Sam Copeland discusses...
Learn White's less-popular but still poisonous options against Alekhine's Defense in this video, as NM Sam Copeland discusses...
The Chase Variation is like a pitchfork: dangerous, but it has some gaps. The pawn structure even looks like a pitchfork...
If you've tried Alekhine's Defense, you've probably been a little scared when your opponent pushed all four center pawns...
The Exchange Variation is White's simplest option against Alekhine's Defense, but it may also be the best. Learn the simple...
Are you interested in original chess and maybe not so much theory? Alekhine's Defense is perfect for you. In this video,...
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How did Garry Kasparov, one of the greatest chess players ever, use the Tarrasch Defense to crush another chess legend,...
In any serious chess opening, the isolated pawn can be both a weakness and a strong point for an attack. Learn how to play...
Continue our lesson series on the complex but fascinating Tarrasch Defense. This video examines the most classical lines,...
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How do you break through in a chess endgame? Most of the time, you need to use a tactical ideal to achieve your strategic...
Controlling the center is a key concept in chess, so why not learn from the "best of the best," Siegbert Tarrasch? Watch...
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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Continue the world's most comprehensive lesson on the Trompowsky Attack with IM Keaton Kiewra. Learn how to handle the...
Human chess players are learning from computers all the time, even in endgames where they think they know the basics. IM...
Before the great Philidor came along with his pronouncement that "pawns are the soul of chess," positional play was rare....
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Sometimes a chess player lives up to his billing, and that is the case with Akiba Rubinstein. You will have no doubt that...
IM Nazi Paikidze is back with a fascinating, firsthand look at how she won the 2018 U.S. women's championship. In this...
Pawns are the lowliest pieces on the chessboard, but if you create passed pawns they can freeze the more powerful pieces...
"Pawns are the soul of chess." The legendary Francois Andre Philidor constantly demonstrated his famous saying in his games....
What kind of person did it take to build the Russian school of chess? The patriarch, Mikhail Botvinnik, was a scientific...