My Best Loss: GM Ben Finegold
How did GM Ben Finegold learn how to turn small advantages into wins? He picked up some tricks from veteran opponents like...
How did GM Ben Finegold learn how to turn small advantages into wins? He picked up some tricks from veteran opponents like...
When Black captures on d4 in the Scotch Game or Philidor Defense, White gets the bigger center and the responsibility to...
The Closed Ruy Lopez (Spanish Opening) has been played many thousands of times between strong players. GM Johan Hellsten...
When White plays aggressively in a Scandinavian structure, he or she places pawns on c4 and d4. White might be able to attack,...
In the Caro Kann or Scandinavian Defense White often fights for the center with the b2-d4 pawn chain. GM Johan Hellsten...
Even after his time as world champion, Anand has remained one of the best players in the world and even won the rapid world...
After losing his title, Anand played a candidates tournament to earn another shot at Magnus Carlsen. Check out his first-round...
In 2012, Anand was off form and Boris Gelfand took a lead in their match. How did Anand strike back?
After playing the role of the attacker against Kramnik, Anand worked to calm the fireworks against Veselin Topalov. Did...
How did Anand win a match for the world title against the solid Vladimir Kramnik? He made the games as crazy as possible!
In 2007 the chess world united the World Championship title with a round-robin tournament. Vishy Anand demonstrates his...
After near misses against Kasparov and Karpov, Anand won his first world title in a dominant final match against Alexei...
What do you do when you're in a must-win situation against Anatoly Karpov, one of the most unbeatable players in history?...
After eight draws against Garry Kasparov, Anand finally broke through and took a lead in the match! How did he do it?
How can a young player handle a young game against a legend like Mikhail Tal? Vishy Anand shows you how he did it!
Hikaru Nakamura won his fifth title match at the 2022 Speed Chess Championship, defeating Magnus Carlsen in an immensely...
The world champion steamrolled through yet another match, gaining revenge against MVL for last year's defeat.
Nihal Sarin played well, but Hikaru Nakamura frequently turned around tough positions and emerged with a 14.5 - 10.5 victory.
Early in the match, Vachier-Lagrave gained as high as a four-point lead, but So fought back to even the score in the bullet...
Magnus Carlsen defeated Fabiano Caruana without losing a single game on his way to a dominant 22-4 victory.
Nakamura gained a two-point lead early, which he never let go, and was dominant in time scrambles throughout the match.
GM Nihal Sarin emerged victorious from his intergenerational clash with world championship challenger GM Ding Liren in the...
Hikaru Nakamura played creative openings and easily defeated David Paravyan 19.5 - 7.5, as he started his SCC title defense.
In a tight match, Wesley So held on to defeat Nodirbek Abdusattorov, 14-12.
GM Nihal Sarin edged out GM Anish Giri in a tiebreak playoff. The two tenacious grandmasters created one brilliancy after...