World Chess Championship 1886: Steinitz vs Zukertort
We've now reached the start of the first official world chess championship, with the legendary Steinitz taking the crown....
Greatest Games You've Never Seen: Game Of The 21st Century
How many pieces can you sacrifice and still win the game? Enjoy this thriller of a battle with the stunning victory by the...
Creating Chaos In Worse Positions: Kasparov's Approach
GM Ivan Sokolov takes apart two of Kasparov's games, showing you how he managed to generate chaos and confusion in worse...
Fear The Bishops: Hammer vs Krasenkow
GM Jon Ludwig Hammer presents "the best game [he's] ever played" against the erstwhile-2700 Michal Krasenkow. Check out...
Secrets Of A Blitz Master: A Simple Plan
How can a chess player properly navigate the intricacies of chess in a blitz game? GM Maxim Dlugy says the key is to have...
A Decade Of Tactics On The Rock
The Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival has long been considered one of the finest open tournaments in the world. With a...
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...
Why Magnus Carlsen Will Defend His World Championship Title
How is it that Magnus plays chess better than anyone else in the world? There's no one better than his second, Jon Ludvig...
How Magnus Carlsen Won 2 World Championship Matches
Magnus Carlsen is inarguably one of the greatest chess players of all time, and he may also be one of the greatest match...
How To Make A Perfect Score At Titled Tuesday
GM Oleksandr Bortnyk is the first player ever to achieve a perfect 9.0/9 in Titled Tuesday! How did he do it? FM Mike Klein...
Highlights From Rounds 9-11 Of The Olympiad
In a dramatic finale, the U.S. team won it's first Olympiad in decades! How did they do it? GM Simon Williams brings you...
Highlights From Rounds 5-8 Of The Olympiad
There's far too many incredible games from the 2016 Olympiad in Baku to catch them all, but you can catch up on the most...
Baku Highlights: Mamedyarov vs Harikrishna
This is what the Olympiad is all about! Super-grandmasters Pentala Harikrishna and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov put everything...
Highlights from Round 4 of the Olympiad
In a spectacular fourth round, world champions Magnus Carlsen and Hou Yifan and the top-seeded Russian team faltered in...
USA-Russia: Who Will Win The Olympiad?
The 2016 Baku Olympiad features two of the most top-heavy teams of all time. On the one side, we have the USA, sporting...
Jaw-Dropper At The Aeroflot Open
How do you judge the relative value of the pieces in the heat of battle? IM Keaton Kiewra has a stunning modern masterpiece...
Ding Liren vs The World
The 2016 Sinquefield Cup is just around the corner, and we've got a new entrant in the field. GM Ding Liren is a world-class...
Learn From The Old Masters: Having Courage
The legendary Polish master, Dawid Janowski, could never be accused of cowardly play. In this video, GM Dejan Bojkov shows...
IM Danny Kopec's Best Game
IM Danny Kopec was for decades a beloved and respected teacher and player in the U.S. chess community. Chess.com's Mike...
The Day Harry Went For Broke
GM Simon Williams concludes his excellent video series on using “Harry” the h-pawn to attack with a beautiful game where...
Chess Patience And Punishment
What is the value of patience in chess? GM Sam Shankland reviews one of his own games to show how to wait for exactly the...
Passed Pawns On The Rocket Boat
Is there anything more exciting in chess than a runaway passed pawn in a rapid game? IM Keaton Kiewra likens San Francisco’s...
How The English Attacks
Your opponent just played the open Sicilian — now you have to decide how to attack it. WGM Tatev Abrahamyan recommends...
Sicilian Attacks: Rook Lift
GM Dejan Bojkov goes in-depth on a lesson in one of the most powerful maneuvers in any attacking player’s arsenal: the rook...
Corrupted Opening: Member Analysis
A chess opening can get messed up so early that you can’t really evaluate what happens afterwards. GM Roman Dzindzichashvili...