Tactical Ideas In The Endgame: Trapping The King
Using tactics to create checkmating chances isn't just for the middlegame. Learn how you can manufacture tactical opportunities...
Tactical Ideas In The Endgame: Stalemate
If you find yourself down material and about to lose an endgame, there is one last-ditch tactic you can aim for: stalemate....
Old School Cool: Mayet vs Hirschfeld
You might not have heard of this game's players, but you'll recognize—and love—the go-for-broke style of this romantic game....
Get Better At Bullet Chess: Checkmate
What good is getting a winning position in bullet chess if you can't deliver the all-important checkmate? GM Aman Hambleton...
This Is Why You Never Play Copy Cat: Funniest Games
They say cats have nine lives, but in chess you can be sure that copy cats don't. Learn why you should never mirror your...
How To Checkmate: Forrest Gump Mate
Are chess players allowed to make up their own checkmates? Simon Williams sure did, and you won't want to miss this run,...
How To Checkmate: Smothered Mate
This is the checkmate that knight fans dream their whole lives of playing in a real game -- the smothered mate. It's probably...
Magnus Carlsen's 5 Tips For Beginners
Are you a chess beginner? Can you think of anyone better to learn from than the highest-rated chess player of all time,...
How To Checkmate: Boden's Mate
The first time this checkmate happens to all of us, it's a shock. Let GM Williams show you how to sac your queen and use...
How To Checkmate: Dovetail Mate
Do you know the dovetail checkmate? Even GM Simon Williams admits he wasn't familiar with the name, if not the pattern....
How To Checkmate: Morphy Mate
Paul Morphy was an early chess legend, and it's no surprise that so many checkmates are named after the great man. GM Simon...
How To Checkmate: Anastasia Mate
Is this checkmate straight out of a fairy tale? Simon Williams shows you one of the most beautiful mating patterns in chess.
How To Checkmate: Arabian Mate
What was the first checkmate ever "invented"? It's hard to say, but it might be the Arabian mate. Learn how to use your...
How To Checkmate: Damiano Mate
You know all the crazy, newfangled ways to checkmate, sure. But do you know one of the very oldest patterns? Simon Williams...
How To Checkmate: Kiss Of Death
The kiss of death in chess is when a queen delivers checkmate on the square directly in front of the enemy king. It seems...
How To Checkmate: Scholar's Mate/Legal Mate
Let GM Simon Williams take you to checkmate school to teach you the most commonly attempted mate in all of chess: the scholar's...
How To Checkmate: Fool's Mate
Don't be a fool and fall for the shortest checkmate in the game. GM Simon Williams gives you a lesson in the quickest chess...
ChessCenter: Nakamura, Carlsen Win Big
The two biggest names in chess notched huge wins this week in separate hemispheres. ChessCenter offers wall-to-wall coverage...
5 Grandmaster Tips To Improve Your Tactics!
Do you find yourself getting a good position only to spoil it by missing a simple tactic? GM Eugene Perelshteyn gives...
Girl Overboard: Forcing Queen Sacs!
FM Mike Klein is back with seven more spectacular queen sacrifices for you to enjoy. You won’t believe the creative ways...
Kasparov's Greatest Combinations: Palatnik
Garry Kasparov is universally considered one of the finest chess tacticians of all time, and for good reason. GM Dejan...
Playing Mind Games! -- Part 2
Learn what IM Daniel Rensch is thinking as he plays round two in the Mind Games prize tournament on Chess.com. IM Rensch...
Amazing Games for Beginners: My Childhood Symphony - Part 4
The symphony comes to an end for FM Elliott Liu, as he simplifies into a two-bishops ending. Still not believing he could...
Opening Traps for Beginners: Scholar's & Other f7 Tricks!
With his latest video lecture targeted towards beginner level players, FM Lilov reviews the common traps and tricks white...
The Bogo - Part 1: Overview of the Bogo-Indian
Today GM Dzindzi starts a new series designed to help players "complete" their black repertoires against 1.d4. The difference...