Back in the Day With Ben! - Part 3
GM Finegold caps off his career-best tournament by showing his game against world champion runner-up GM Boris Gelfand. Though...
GM Finegold caps off his career-best tournament by showing his game against world champion runner-up GM Boris Gelfand. Though...
The group of players in the 2-5 positions in the world rankings keeps shuffling, flipping and turning over. What's been...
GM Yermo gives a clinic on the h3 variation of the King's Indian Defense, taking us from a half-century ago into modern...
GM Dzindzi's continuation of his series on the Grunfeld spotlights two of his favorite games. In a rarity, he shows of one...
Action movies usually end with the main actor trying to decide which wire to cut as the bomb ticks down to zero. Here IM...
Two Schliemann Gambits against two former U.S. Champions in the same afternoon? All in a day's work for GM Melik Khachiyan!...
GM Dzindzichashvili sifts through his mailbox to find a game where he totally disapproves of black's play for one simple...
In what might be one of the greatest positional sacrifice games ever, GM Bojkov walks us through the genius of how Gligoric...
WGM Tatev Abrahamyan looked to continue her fast start at the 2013 U.S. Women's Championship. Before facing tournament leader...
GM Gareev explains his blistering round one win in his first U.S. Championship, replete with beautiful tactics and sacrifices....
IM Keaton Kiewra finishes his complete series on the Dragon by showing his attempt to garner a second GM norm. In a crazy...
A world champion, outstanding opening preparation, machine-like calculation, and the beauty of leaving all of one's pieces...
IM Kiewra is back this month to continue his series on the Fighting Dragon! He reviews a game in the Chinese Dragon between...
GM Melikset Khachiyan plays an old foe and gives a clinic on how to slowly pick apart the "Stonewall" pawn formation. He...
Today Grandmaster Finegold provides insights into his own high level preparation, sheds light on the psychology of dealing...
GM Shankland continues to review his games from the recent Pan-American Team Championship! Here he reviews an extremely...
Today GM Shankland kicks off a new series, reviewing his recent games from the Pan-American Team Championship! Shanky does...
Enjoy this instructive example of why you must always calculate accurately, and not let the emotions of "who you are playing"...
In perhaps the defining moment of his career (or at least one of them) a young Sam Shankland took down one of the world's...
With his next contribution, GM Shankland reviews one of the biggest wins of his career, and a game that catapulted him towards...
To follow up on his first installment in the Soltis (...h5) Variation, IM Kiewra reviews a game between two of the best...
Just when you needed it most, especially after IM Rensch's review of "white's perspective" yesterday, IM Kiewra is here...
IM Rensch provides the introduction to what is considered white's most dangerous, accurate, and potentially universal approach...
Today Gregory offers his own perspective on how to build a comprehensive opening repertoire. First up, he deals with the...
The long awaited sequel arrives just in time for another Chess.com Video Author to bring you black's perspective next month!...