Yaz's Guide To Chess960 (Fischer Random): Differences From Normal Chess
As you learn the basics of Fischer Random chess, you will begin to find some big differences between the game and regular...
Learn To Play The Scotch Game: Classic Variation
If you want to play the Scotch, you need to know the main lines that come up in the opening. In this lesson, learn the classic...
How To Beat A World Chess Champion: Chigorin vs Steinitz
Every past world chess champion eventually had someone take his crown. So how do you beat the king of chess? GM Bojkov starts...
Karpov's Championship Lesson
It's a world championship master class as IM Teddy Coleman shows how the great Anatoly Karpov oriented his play in the middlegame...
Philidor's Pawn Mastery
"Pawns are the soul of chess." The legendary Francois Andre Philidor constantly demonstrated his famous saying in his games....
Tata Steel 2017: Magnus Carlsen vs Wei Yi
Magnus Carlsen, the most accurate world champion of all time, takes on one of the great lights of the next generation. Can...
LaBourdonnais Presents His Calling Card
It takes a pretty incredible game to be celebrated for 180 years. GM Dejan Bojkov brings you just such a game as Louis Charles...
Capablanca's Greatest Chess Endgame
World Champion Jose Raoul Capablanca is possibly the greatest natural endgame player of all time. Probably his greatest...
Control The Board By Controlling the Center
Everyone knows the center is important, but why is it important? IM Teddy Coleman demonstrates how the center matters at...
Sokolov On Winning In The Lopez: ...Nd4
GM Ivan Sokolov wraps up his five-part series on the Lopez with a video on 4...Nd4, a surprising weapon that he has used...
Sokolov On Winning In The Lopez: f5 Main Lines
Theoretician and GM, Ivan Sokolov, is here to bolster your knowledge of 3...Bc5 4.c3 f5!? in the Ruy Lopez. Come along for...
Baku Highlights: Mamedyarov vs Harikrishna
This is what the Olympiad is all about! Super-grandmasters Pentala Harikrishna and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov put everything...
Sokolov On Winning In The Lopez: f5 Sidelines
In part three of his series on the Ruy Lopez, Grandmaster Ivan Sokolov shows you key theory in the exciting 3...Bc5 and...
Pawns Victorious!
GM Sam Shankland is back to show you his games from an interesting round-robin event where he managed to take clear first. How...
The King's Indian Defense: Attacking The Averbach
If you’re playing Black and face a queen’s pawn opening, you can’t go wrong with the flexible King’s Indian Defense. But...
How The English Attacks: 10. Qc7 And a5
WGM Tatev Abrahamyan is back with her advanced look at the English Attack against the Najdorf Sicilian. Learn what to do...
How The English Attacks: Early Nbd7
You’ve learned the basics of the English Attack vs the Najdorf Sicilian, but what do you do when Black delays castling and...
Hammertime In Norway: Giri's Grit
Can surprises in chess be good? Sure, as long as you don’t take them too far. In the 2015 Norway Chess tournament, the...
1. e4 -- The Fun Way To Play
Why would a long-time d4 player switch to e4 for a game or two? Because it’s just a fun way to play. Learn the benefits...
1. e4: New Takes For The New Year
It’s a new year, and it’s time to take another look at the first move every chess player learns: 1.e4. GM Alex Yermolinsky...
How To Beat Slow Plans
What do you do when your opponent insists on going slow? IM Keaton Kiewra shows you an entertaining game from the “San...
The Boa Constrictor: Squeezing Harder
GM Melikset Khachiyan continues his lesson on applying pressure in chess with another instructive review of one of his recent...
How To Attack And Win
Simon Williams continues his series on the very fun and important topic of how to attack in chess. Drawing upon one of...
My World Cup: Shankland vs Popov
The FIDE World Cup final is still going, as Svidler and Karjakin vie for the title in the tiebreaker. GM Sam Shankland...
The Power Of Central Passed Pawns
GM Dejan Bojkov can’t emphasize enough the power of central passed pawns, so here’s another lesson on this crucial...