Learn To Play The Scotch Game: Miezes Variation
When playing the Scotch, what should you do when Black plays Nf6, like Karpov, Kramnik and Aronian? Learn how to handle...
When playing the Scotch, what should you do when Black plays Nf6, like Karpov, Kramnik and Aronian? Learn how to handle...
The Tarrasch Defense is a complex opening, but you can learn the main line with this lesson. Find out how to play the critical...
If you play queen's pawn opening for either Black or White, you need to know the Tarrasch Defense. In this introduction,...
The Scotch is a fun and solid way to open a chess game. Learn the basics of this king's pawn opening in this first lesson,...
When playing against a human opponent, sometimes it pays off to create uncertainty and complications on the chessboard....
The Max Lange attack is a "swashbuckling" way to handle the king's pawn opening. Find out how to play the material imbalance...
Mikhail Tal had many brilliant ways to win chess games, but perhaps his signature method was to make use of open files....
How did the world's best chess players in history achieve greatness? Some of them had trademark methods, like Richard Reti...
How do you bombard your opponent with your heavy pieces? Learn how to form "Alekhine's Gun" and destroy your enemy on an...
Is there one quick change you could make to your chess game to greatly improve your results? The answer is to simply try...
What good are mistakes if you can't identify them and learn from them? Find out how to spot the mistakes in your chess game...
Controlling the center is a key concept in chess, so why not learn from the "best of the best," Siegbert Tarrasch? Watch...
Garry Kasparov is widely considered one of the greatest chess players of all time, but even he lost some games. Find out...
If you like chess where caution is thrown to the wind in an all-out effort to checkmate the other guy, take a trip to London...
It seems hard to imagine that Mikhail Botvinnik, a legend on the chessboard and in the classroom, could ever lose his world...
GM Yasser Seirawan's final video analyzing the historic 2018 world chess championship tiebreaks shines a spotlight on the...
As we look back on the historic 2018 world chess championship, we saw that game one of the tiebreaks was a clear turning...
It was the most exciting day of the 2018 world chess championship—the tiebreaks that would finally decide a champion after...
Every past world chess champion eventually had someone take his crown. So how do you beat the king of chess? GM Bojkov starts...
This is the amazing game that won the game-of-the-year award in Chess.com staff voting. GM Simon Williams takes you on a...
GM Simon Williams shows you an attacking, sacrificial masterpiece by one of the strongest young prodigies in chess. Is...
It doesn't get any more "old school cool" in chess than the great Paul Morphy, who is considered one of the best chess players...
What was the very best chess game of the year? GM Simon Williams reviews the most spectacular chess battles of 2018 in this...
What happens when you or your opponent wants to spice up the Philidor with a dangerous sacrifice? GM Ben Finegold shows...
What happens when White tries a quick Bxf7 sacrifice in the Philidor? You might be surprised at how quickly the game can...