Philidor's Pawn Revolution: Chess Games That Changed History
Before the great Philidor came along with his pronouncement that "pawns are the soul of chess," positional play was rare....
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Hikaru Explains How to Beat A World Champion
Hikaru Nakamura demonstrates his game from the London Chess Classic against Vishy Anand. He explains his calculations, missteps,...
Philidor's Pawn Mastery
"Pawns are the soul of chess." The legendary Francois Andre Philidor constantly demonstrated his famous saying in his games....
ChessCenter: Carlsen vs Karjakin World Championship Game 10
Magnus Carlsen wins Game 10! After one of the longest droughts of his career, Carlsen finally got the grind for which he...
ChessCenter: Carlsen vs Karjakin World Championship Game 6
Is 1...e5 to be the height of theory once again? Thus far, Magnus Carlsen has ventured it in all of his black games and proved...
Active Queenside Play In The Catalan
GM Georg Meier continues his incredible series on the sophisticated Catalan Opening. Here he shows you how to meet Black's...
Continental Women's Championship: The Draw That Wasn't
GM Dejan Bojkov's student, WIM Ashritha Eswaran, turned in an excellent performance at the 2016 Continental Women's Championship...
Pawn Structure 101: Black's Dragon Plans In The Maroczy
It's your turn, defenders of the black side of the Maroczy Bind. IM Daniel Rensch tackles the dragon structure and shows...
Pawn Structure 101: Maroczy Bind Plans For White
In his last video, IM Danny Rensch showed you the key ideas for both Black and White in the Maroczy Bind. This time he shows...
Pawn Structure 101: Maroczy Bind Introduction
What is the Maroczy Bind? How can you apply it or extricate yourself from it? Learn all that and more as IM Danny Rensch...
How To Beat Rybka
Beating a top computer engine at blitz is a tall, tall order, but GM Maxim Dlugy has managed it twice. In this video he shows...
The Iceland Chess Test: Play Better Than The Winner!
In her final video from the Reykjavik Open, WGM Tatev Abrahamyan has plenty of new test positions for you to solve. Match...
Why Simon Loves The French: The Tarrasch
GM Simon Williams continues his primer on the French Defense with one of the trendiest variations today, the Tarrasch with...
Pawn Structure 101: Every Opening Explained!
Can IM Daniel Rensch teach you 40 openings in a single video? In part one of this fundamental video series, enjoy a crash...
Old School With Uncle Yermo: Complete Show From 9-29-14
Take a lesson in the “old school” of chess with GM Alex Yermolinsky. Yermo fills the absence of any current chess...
Evaluation and Planning! - Part 13
The d6/e5 pawn structure for Black in the Sicilian is one of the most common patters. It's time you got to know the plans...
Member Game Analysis: Take Care of Your King!
What happens when a member takes Dzindzi's exact advice in the opening? Watch and see the student imitate the teacher by...
The Classical Dutch - Part 2
GM Simon Williams, one of the most frequent practitioners of the Dutch Defense, shows why it isn't the opening's fault that...
The Classical Dutch - Part 1
If you only watch one video on the Dutch, it must be this one! GM Ginger, the author of books on the opening, synthesizes...
Old School With Uncle Yermo: Complete Show From 6-16-14
Take a lesson in the “old school” of chess with GM Alex Yermolinsky. Rook Endgames in modern play is the subject...
Evaluation and Planning!: Part 8
Doubled pawns? No problem. Now they're isolated too? GM Melik can handle that! Today he plays his favorite Philidor setup...
The Carlsbad Pawn Structure: Part 2
"Just keep your pieces active and everything is going to be fine," Coach and GM Dejan Bojkov says. In the imbalanced Carlsbad...
Coach Keaton Reporting: Candidates & Queen Endings! - Part 1
Coach Keaton is back on assignment - this time looking at a stellar endgame played by Vishy Anand. What should have been...
The Carlsbad Pawn Structure: Part 1
GM Bojkov is back! Today he begins a well-researched series on a pawn structure that will surely occur in your games sooner...
Old School With Uncle Yermo: Complete Show From 4-7-14
Take a lesson in the “old school” of chess with GM Alex Yermolinsky as he continues his discusson of Paul Keres's...