The Budapest Gambit! - Part 2
Any time a top grandmaster plays ...g5 on move four, that's a game worth watching (it moves to g4 soon after!). Thank you...
Any time a top grandmaster plays ...g5 on move four, that's a game worth watching (it moves to g4 soon after!). Thank you...
GM Melik recognizes the talent in his young opponent, but he's not willing to pass the torch yet! Needing a win in the last...
What was GM Dzindzichashvili doing when the Beatles were on the Ed Sullivan Show? He was crafting his own ballads on the...
Three stalemate traps for your viewing pleasure today. The first is a study, the second is a recent game and the third is...
In-between move. Intermediate move. Zwischenzug. Intermezzo. You pick the language, and let GM Kaidanov pick the positions....
GM Dzindzi shows off what amounts to a small book on the Two Knights Defense. He advocates for Black to play the reorganizing...
IM Danny Rensch plays the part of Stephen Colbert! A "tip of the hat and a wag of the finger" as he inadvertently plays...
Put away your calculators today - GM Kaidanov has no use for them. Adding up the points of each army will only distort the...
The first game to finish in the USCL Finals was also the best. Longtime board one for the Miami Sharks, GM Julio Becerra,...
GM Yermolinsky shows fellow GM Sam Shankland's best game of the year. White plays g4 to loosen his opponent's position,...
With chagrin, IM Keaton Kiewra shows us three worse or losing positions from the same tournament. How many did he actually...
In the first You Pick 'Em video, viewers essayed two queen sacrifices. Today, we have a pair of famous games more positional...
How could a game that features very few tactics win Game of the Week? Two reasons: First, it was the final game of the match,...
The Playoffs are here, the Playoffs are here! The opening round of the 2013 USCL Playoffs saw intra-divisional matches,...
NM Ryan Goldenberg caps a fantastic season in week 10 of the USCL. He played all ten games, won 8.5, nearly won the MVP,...
Who needs "Game of Thrones" when we have a Game of the Week that is just as epic of a battle? When honors are shared, both...
Double your pleasure? How about six times the pleasure? IM Danny Rensch shows that his first love is really pawn structure,...
FM Eric Rodriguez crashed through, in more ways than one. In his second GOTW nomination, he wins top honors thanks to his...
GM Khachiyan channels the advice of his boyhood teacher, GM Tigran Petrosian. What do you think happens when you follow...
The group of players in the 2-5 positions in the world rankings keeps shuffling, flipping and turning over. What's been...
IM Danny Rensch takes a gallop through the packed week of USCL games, starting with two games in which pieces try to fight...
So you want to play the Grünfeld huh? Well GM Dzindzichashvili says, "Get read to work," because White has...
GM Gata Kamsky is sometimes known as a solid player, but lately he's been playing some inspired chess. At the World Cup,...
GM Yermo gives a clinic on the h3 variation of the King's Indian Defense, taking us from a half-century ago into modern...
GM Dzindzi's continuation of his series on the Grunfeld spotlights two of his favorite games. In a rarity, he shows of one...