Beating Your Nemesis: The Berlin Wall
The author Joseph Heller told us what the term "Catch 22" meant - a situation with no good outcomes. Today GM Finegold shows...
The author Joseph Heller told us what the term "Catch 22" meant - a situation with no good outcomes. Today GM Finegold shows...
The crime: Bringing the queen out too early. The setting: f3. The motive: Attacking down the long diagonal. But Grandmaster...
In-between move. Intermediate move. Zwischenzug. Intermezzo. You pick the language, and let GM Kaidanov pick the positions....
Poor Vishy. Only a few weeks after losing the world championship in front of a billion countrymen, he travels to London...
Sometimes the teacher just can't hide his reactions! GM Dzindzi has more than subtle criticism for both sides in this Member...
Three games in 15 minutes! The Chigorin is spicier than a chili pepper. GM Finegold shows how he uses this occasional weapon...
How far can preparation get you? Well, certain GMs play 40 moves and win entire games from preparation. Today you'll see...
Playing the same opponent in the same line countless times can either be tedious or revelatory. For GM Khachiyan, he jumped...
Part 3 of GM Perelshteyn's offbeat approach against the Sämisch shows that if you are flexible with your pawn structures,...
Wow! Just spectacular. One of the best single moves we've ever featured in a video on Chess.com! GM Mikhalevski plays a...
GM Bojkov features another star student's game. You'll see a bevy of dark-squared tactics in Indian Systems, but perhaps...
Today you'll see our regular video author GM Khachiyan have to beat a young IM about a half-dozen times. Equally important...
As usual, another video potpourri from the always unpredictable IM Danny Rensch. Commenting live in a 10-minute game, Rensch...
GM Melik proudly shows off a game from one of his star students - a player he compares to some of America's newest IMs and...
In part 2 of GM Finegold's series, he has a trick that even Houdini can't perform - neither Harry nor the silicon version!...
Facing the Accelerated Dragon, Dom makes his coach proud today. Though he fell into an early trap, GM Bojkov's student fought...
Put away your calculators today - GM Kaidanov has no use for them. Adding up the points of each army will only distort the...
The horror! The horror! The "unimaginable horror" as GM Dzindzichashvili puts it. Just like Mr. Kurtz, Black should have...
With chagrin, IM Keaton Kiewra shows us three worse or losing positions from the same tournament. How many did he actually...
GM Bojkov laments the end of his intriguing series on GM Bent Larsen. He finishes the compilation by showing an original...
Needing to win to help his team get into the USCL Playoffs, GM Khachiyan plays a pet line in the Alekhine-Chatard Attack....
Special K is back as FM Kostya Kavutskiy brings a close to the USCL regular season. He shows several no-holds-barred attacks...
It's not a popularity contest. Oh wait, yes it is. Today a new series is unleashed - "You Pick 'Em" - where you are asked...
Double your pleasure? How about six times the pleasure? IM Danny Rensch shows that his first love is really pawn structure,...
In perhaps the greatest piece of calculation in Kasparov's storied career, IM Kiewra shows the masterpiece at Wijk aan Zee...