Learn The Basics Of The Queenside
Attacking on the queenside can be some of the most exciting ways to play a chess game. Learn how to make your attack a success.
How To Win With A Counterattack
Sometimes the best chance to attack is in response to the first assault by your opponent. These counterattacks in chess...
What You Don't Know About Defeating Pawn Majorities
What you don’t know about playing against pawn majorities in chess can hurt you, as GM Melikset Khachiyan explains in his...
Mikhail Tal Tackles The Carlsbad
Who better to learn the Carlsbad pawn structure from than the great Mikhail Tal? GM Melikset Khachiyan continues his series...
Secrets Of The Carlsbad: Pillsbury vs Showalter
The Carlsbad is a popular topic on Chess.com, and GM Melikset Khachiyan chimes in with an instructive lesson on the opening...
Attacking Pawn Chains: Torre Attack!
One of the most exciting and dangerous formations in chess is an attacking pawn chain. GM Eugene Perelshteyn demonstrates...
Pawn Structure 101: Every Opening Explained!
Can IM Daniel Rensch teach you 40 openings in a single video? In part one of this fundamental video series, enjoy a crash...
Old School With Uncle Yermo: Complete Show From 9-22-14
Take a lesson in the “old school” of chess with GM Alex Yermolinsky. Today Yermo continues his story of 1990's...
The Carlsbad Pawn Structure: Part 2
"Just keep your pieces active and everything is going to be fine," Coach and GM Dejan Bojkov says. In the imbalanced Carlsbad...
The Carlsbad Pawn Structure: Part 1
GM Bojkov is back! Today he begins a well-researched series on a pawn structure that will surely occur in your games sooner...
Live Sessions: How to Tame the Dragon!
As usual, another video potpourri from the always unpredictable IM Danny Rensch. Commenting live in a 10-minute game, Rensch...
Live Sessions: Bad Gambit Play!
IM Danny Rensch is back, and so is his British accent and 80s music references! This Live Session is a longer game, where...
Lessons on Positional Play - Part 2: Pawn Structure
There is a wealth of information on isolated queen-pawn positions, but how much do you know about Carlsbad pawn structures?...
(APRIL FOOLS!) The Most Instructive Game Ever!
(NOTE: This was an April Fools joke video!) Just a few days ago, IM Daniel Rensch played one of the best games of his career,...
Pawn Structure 101: Intro to the English & Yugoslav Attacking Formations!
IM Rensch provides the introduction to what is considered white's most dangerous, accurate, and potentially universal approach...
The Classical Nimzo for Black - Part 2: 5. Nf3
In Part 2 IM Ginsburg reviews one of his own games in the Nimzo Indian against fellow International Master, Sal Bercys....
Live Session Hybrids; Double the Fun!
After a short yet instructive Dragon Yugoslav Attack, Kingpatzer takes his chances in a dreaded blitz game! Take note of...
Semi-Slav 1: The Moscow Variation
Making a very natural transition from his last video series on the Queen's Gambit Decline, GM Sam Shankland begins his coverage...
Member Analysis: The Forgotten Servant of Strategy!
From Beginner to Advanced players alike, everyone has something to "take home" in this Member Analysis video! IM Danny Rensch...
Nimzowitsch's Defense | Chess Openings for Beginners
FIDE Master Valeri Lilov is back again with another Opening Lecture for beginners! Today he covers the defensive ideas of...
Coach Dejan Explains: A Champion is Born - Part 3
After her opponent makes several nonsensical developing moves, Ahsritha grabs the initiative with an early f4-pawn push...
Pawn Structure 101: Scheveningen 5 - Black's Ideas
The next installment to IM Rensch's Pawn Structure 101 series reviews the critical variations of the Sozin Najdrof in great...
Member Analysis: Wrong Middlegame Plan
Roman does it again! What exactly? Brings us another gem of a Member Analysis video lecture, holding nothing back in his...
The Stonewall - Part 3: The World Champ Attacks!
After quickly reviewing a few more opening lines, GM Perelshteyn brings his video series on the Stonewall to a conclusion...
Live Sessions; Minority Attack Dominance!
Somehow, the tables are turned in this Live Sessions! IM Rensch finds himself executing a Minority Attack normally played...