How To Be Lucky In Chess: Blitz Tactics
What's the best way to be a so-called "lucky" player in blitz chess? It's not your favorite four-leaf clover...it's about...
What's the best way to be a so-called "lucky" player in blitz chess? It's not your favorite four-leaf clover...it's about...
It was a battle between a chess legend and a rising star when Judit Polgar gave the young Shakhriyar Mamedyarov a lesson...
When you don't let your opponent castle, there will be an urge to simplify the position. Learn how to maintain the initiative...
How do two of the best women's players in the world deal with the Sicilian Pin variation? Watch this amazing game between...
It's rare in a serious game between two grandmasters that checkmate is unavoidable after move 16, but that's what happened...
If your opponent plays the Sicilian Pin variation, you know the best move is to play e5 right after the pin. But what if...
Learn White's less-popular but still poisonous options against Alekhine's Defense in this video, as NM Sam Copeland discusses...
The Sicilian Pin variation is full of all sorts of sidelines, including some tricky moves you need to know. Dive deeper...
The move 2.Nc3 is one of the most popular sidelines against Alekhine's Defense. White players seeking to avoid theory often...
Playing Bd2 is a solid way for White to handle the Sicilian pin variation, but it may not be the most aggressive way to...
If you've tried Alekhine's Defense, you've probably been a little scared when your opponent pushed all four center pawns...
The Exchange Variation is White's simplest option against Alekhine's Defense, but it may also be the best. Learn the simple...
Picture this: You're all set to play your normal open Sicilian as White, when suddenly your knight is pinned as early as...
Alexei Shirov is known as a dangerous attacking player, but you might not have seen this masterpiece. In this game, Shirov...
We've now reached the start of the first official world chess championship, with the legendary Steinitz taking the crown....
Paul Morphy was decades if not centuries ahead of his time in chess. Watch how this American chess prodigy became the world...
How does a grandmaster think compared to a lower-level chess master? Watch this informative new series where WFM Alexandra...
The King's Gambit is supposedly a not-so-serious opening. But if it was good enough for the legendary world champion Boris...
It was a wild game where both sides' kings were under duress, but in the end the rising chess prodigy Jeffery Xiong came...
The chess prodigy Alireza Firouzja could be the future world chess champion, according to GM Simon Williams. But even a...
How many pieces can you sacrifice and still win the game? Enjoy this thriller of a battle with the stunning victory by the...
When you play the Berlin Endgame, you know that you're in the same position as the world's best grandmasters have been in...
The Short Endgame, named for GM Nigel Short, arises after a classic opening and middlegame pattern. GM Hammer shows you...
Did you know that doubled pawns are not always a weakness in chess? Let GM Jon L. Hammer show you how to turn doubled pawns...
GM Simon Williams practices what he preaches as he shows you a quick game he lost to a talented young chess player. Learn...