How Paikidze Won The U.S. Women's Championship: Punishing A Blunder
If chess is a balanced game, you need some inaccuracy by your opponent to win. IM Nazi Paikidze jumped on a mistake by her...
If chess is a balanced game, you need some inaccuracy by your opponent to win. IM Nazi Paikidze jumped on a mistake by her...
Who was the first person to be called a professional chess player? IM Anna Rudolf has your answer as she looks back at some...
GM Simon Williams is back with a new series on the most memorable games in chess history, and he starts, appropriately,...
IM Nazi Paikidze won the U.S. women's chess championship in spectacular fashion, and now you get to hear her tell you exactly...
This is it—the final round of the U.S. championship, with the title on the line. Learn from the U.S. champion himself as...
In many chess games, the king hides in his castle while the rest of the army decides the war. But the king can make beautiful...
We all know that the former world champion Tigran Petrosian was one of the best players ever when it comes to technique,...
GM Yaroslav Zherebukh showed Chessbrah GM Eric Hansen that he isn't the only master of modern online chess. IM Keaton Kiewra...
Paul Morphy and Frank Marshall are two titans of American chess history, so it's no surprise that they both have contenders...
Would you believe that the French Defense presents so much opportunity to sacrifice and attack that GM Williams has another...
Everyone knows you can sacrifice on h6 to get an attack on the king, but can you do it against the solid confines of a French...
Are chess players allowed to make up their own checkmates? Simon Williams sure did, and you won't want to miss this run,...
Do you know the dovetail checkmate? Even GM Simon Williams admits he wasn't familiar with the name, if not the pattern....
This picturesque checkmate is one you need to know, as it comes up quite often in all kinds of games. Let Simon Williams...
Paul Morphy was an early chess legend, and it's no surprise that so many checkmates are named after the great man. GM Simon...
Is this checkmate straight out of a fairy tale? Simon Williams shows you one of the most beautiful mating patterns in chess.
What was the first checkmate ever "invented"? It's hard to say, but it might be the Arabian mate. Learn how to use your...
You know all the crazy, newfangled ways to checkmate, sure. But do you know one of the very oldest patterns? Simon Williams...
The kiss of death in chess is when a queen delivers checkmate on the square directly in front of the enemy king. It seems...
Is this the easiest checkmate to perform on the board? Sometimes. But GM Williams is here to tell you that there is more...
How do you use time in chess to defeat the world champion, and maybe the best player ever? Find out how even Magnus Carlsen's...
We all want to attack, but different situations on the chessboard require different attacking methods. Find out the correct...
What better way to start teaching the Evans Gambit than the famous Evergreen Game of 1852? GM Simon Williams shows you this...
There's a certain line of the Slav that can be as deadly as it is complicated. GM Simon Williams shows you a trap in the...
What were the most amazing miniatures at the 2017 women's world championship? GM Kosteniuk shows you the fast and deadly...