Alekhine's Defense: Chase Variation
The Chase Variation is like a pitchfork: dangerous, but it has some gaps. The pawn structure even looks like a pitchfork...
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...
Before the great Philidor came along with his pronouncement that "pawns are the soul of chess," positional play was rare....
Hikaru Nakamura demonstrates his game from the London Chess Classic against Vishy Anand. He explains his calculations, missteps,...
"Pawns are the soul of chess." The legendary Francois Andre Philidor constantly demonstrated his famous saying in his games....
Magnus Carlsen wins Game 10! After one of the longest droughts of his career, Carlsen finally got the grind for which he...
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...
GM Georg Meier continues his incredible series on the sophisticated Catalan Opening. Here he shows you how to meet Black's...
GM Dejan Bojkov's student, WIM Ashritha Eswaran, turned in an excellent performance at the 2016 Continental Women's Championship...
It's your turn, defenders of the black side of the Maroczy Bind. IM Daniel Rensch tackles the dragon structure and shows...
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...
What is the Maroczy Bind? How can you apply it or extricate yourself from it? Learn all that and more as IM Danny Rensch...
Beating a top computer engine at blitz is a tall, tall order, but GM Maxim Dlugy has managed it twice. In this video he...
In her final video from the Reykjavik Open, WGM Tatev Abrahamyan has plenty of new test positions for you to solve. Match...
GM Simon Williams continues his primer on the French Defense with one of the trendiest variations today, the Tarrasch with...
Can IM Daniel Rensch teach you 40 openings in a single video? In part one of this fundamental video series, enjoy a crash...
Take a lesson in the “old school” of chess with GM Alex Yermolinsky. Yermo fills the absence of any current...
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...
What happens when a member takes Dzindzi's exact advice in the opening? Watch and see the student imitate the teacher by...
GM Simon Williams, one of the most frequent practitioners of the Dutch Defense, shows why it isn't the opening's fault that...
If you only watch one video on the Dutch, it must be this one! GM Ginger, the author of books on the opening, synthesizes...
Take a lesson in the “old school” of chess with GM Alex Yermolinsky. Rook Endgames in modern play is the subject...
Doubled pawns? No problem. Now they're isolated too? GM Melik can handle that! Today he plays his favorite Philidor setup...
"Just keep your pieces active and everything is going to be fine," Coach and GM Dejan Bojkov says. In the imbalanced Carlsbad...
Coach Keaton is back on assignment - this time looking at a stellar endgame played by Vishy Anand. What should have been...