Sharpening A Bf4 Queen's Gambit: Mamedyarov's Dynamic Pawn Play
Life's never quiet for GM Mamedyarov's opponents! Check out how an early g4 advance led to a wild win against GM Gabriel...
Life's never quiet for GM Mamedyarov's opponents! Check out how an early g4 advance led to a wild win against GM Gabriel...
It seems like g4 is playable in any position these days. Check out how GM Mamedyarov tried a rare g4 advance in a position...
The top chess engines today have demonstrated the power of an early h-pawn advance. GM Mamedyarov likes to attack with his...
What shocking move did GM Mamedyarov play to surprise the world this year? He explains the thought process behind 3.g4 in...
How did GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov surprise and then defeat one of the top players in the world? He found a great moment for...
Just how strong is a queen? GM Larry Kaufman knows that a queen is often more valuable than the nine points that most books...
When does an exchange sacrifice make sense? GM Larry Kaufman demonstrates how much compensation you need to make these common...
Are knights and bishops really worth three pawns? GM Larry Kaufman is here to help you update the way you value your pieces.
Fifty years ago you could reach the US Championship without really understanding piece values. GM Larry Kaufman demonstrates...
Larry Kaufman is a Grandmaster and a programmer of one of the top chess engines. His research has made him the world's leading...
In closed positions, pawn sacrifices are often a key strategy to open lines for your piece. WGM Keti Tsatsalashvili demonstrates...
What sacrifice has taken down brilliant attackers like Tal and Topalov? WGM Keti Tsatsalashvili shows you one of the most...
When your opponent fianchettos on the kingside, how should you attack? WGM Keti Tsatsalashvili shows a common sacrifice...
WGM Keti Tsatsalashvili wraps up her overview of pawn sacrifices in the middlegame with a powerful pawn sacrifice to break...
WGM Keti Tsatsalashvili begins her review of key pawn sacrifices in the middlegame with a powerful central pawn sacrifice...
How does a white king walk to the eighth rank in the middlegame and live to tell about it? GM Surya Ganguly brings you one...
When GM Li Chao went all-in on his attack against the world champion, it produced an amazing game. GM Surya Ganguly shows...
Vishy Anand has played many brilliant games, but this sacrificial attack against Aronian may be his best. GM Surya Ganguly...
Grandmasters have been struggling to attack the Petrov Defense for years. GM David Paravyan may have played the best anti-Petrov...
In 2003 Grandmasters Nigel Short and Ruslan Ponomariov played a secret training match. In one game in the match, Short played...
How do you get a top GM like Shakhriyar Mamedyarov into a totally paralyzed position? GM Andrei Volokitin managed it in...
NM Elijah Logozar wraps up his course on sacrifices to demonstrate how the pieces can hold their own against a team of pawns.
Have you ever seen someone sacrifice every back rank piece except for the king? GM Gregory Serper did it once. NM Elijah...
NM Elijah Logozar is back to teach you when you can sacrifice pieces and overwhelm your opponent with pawns. His example...
NM Elijah Logozar begins his series on piece sacrifices for pawns by demonstrating the long-term power of passed pawns in...