Evaluation and Planning! - Part 5
What happens when you start an attack on the flank without establishing control of the center? That's like putting on your...
What happens when you start an attack on the flank without establishing control of the center? That's like putting on your...
Beating Russia 3-1 in the final round of an Olympiad? All in a day's work for GM Mikhalevski's Israeli squad. Our author...
Tired of seeing grandmasters take their advantage to the endgame? FM Kavutskiy has the cure. Today he shows four checkmates...
Lightning doesn't strike twice. Except if you're a world champion. Today Vladimir Kramnik's twin rooks jump all around the...
Who says the sequel is never as good as the original? In Part 2, GM Kaidanov shows the full package of in-between moves....
Let's slow down the rapid chess of the London Classic one more time. FM Kavutskiy brings his final examples of creative...
How far can preparation get you? Well, certain GMs play 40 moves and win entire games from preparation. Today you'll see...
Finally - the main line Max Lange arrives! But, two problems. Firstly, White only garners a small advantage if Black plays...
Playing the same opponent in the same line countless times can either be tedious or revelatory. For GM Khachiyan, he jumped...
The "Quiet Game" is back under the microscope as GM Dzindzichashvili examines the system where White answers ...d5 with...
IM Danny Rensch plays the part of Stephen Colbert! A "tip of the hat and a wag of the finger" as he inadvertently plays...
GM Sosonko is from Troitsk, but it's GM Finegold who acts like Troitsky in this study-like game from his youth. Though only...
Today you get to feel much better about your chess abilities! We have five games in which top players lost in fewer than...
After a seemingly innocent pawn-grab by GM Mikhalevski's opponent, White suffers for the the rest of the game. His undeveloped...
One of the hardest imbalances in chess to gauge is queen for two rooks. In a recent game from the World Open, GM Mikhalevski...
Higher-rated and need to play for a win as black? That's a situation GM Kramnik finds himself in often, and one of his go-to...
GM Khachiyan shows off a quick defeat over a master who tried the somewhat rare Geller Gambit against his Slav Defense....
What happens when a former U.S. Women's Champion and a former U.S. Champion collide? The two engage in a feisty debate over...
GM Melik Khachiyan continues to dispel the myth that top players are always calculating very far down the road. Using a...
Every popular opening today needed an early adopter, and GM Bojkov continues his series on Gligoric by showing how he advanced...
Are you constantly playing opponents who play solid, boring lines, hoping to trade everything right away and never spicing...
Did you know Chess.com offered roller coaster rides? We do, and this one lasts 30 minutes. GM Dzindzichashvili might have...
IM Keaton Kiewra finishes his complete series on the Dragon by showing his attempt to garner a second GM norm. In a crazy...
How often do you see a rook pawn advancing two squares on move five? Today GM Timur Gareev explains the latest opening trend...
Dragon players beware! After eight informative videos where black can basically develop on autopilot, IM Kiewra warns not...