Don't Let Them Castle: How To Maintain Initiative
When you don't let your opponent castle, there will be an urge to simplify the position. Learn how to maintain the initiative...
Greatest Games You've Never Seen: World Junior Championship
It was a wild game where both sides' kings were under duress, but in the end the rising chess prodigy Jeffery Xiong came...
Learn To Play The Scotch Game: Classic Variation
If you want to play the Scotch, you need to know the main lines that come up in the opening. In this lesson, learn the classic...
How To Attack On Opposite Sides
Learn how to attack in the dangerous and exciting situation when you have castled on opposite sides from your opponent.
Creating Chaos In Worse Positions: Kasparov's Approach
GM Ivan Sokolov takes apart two of Kasparov's games, showing you how he managed to generate chaos and confusion in worse...
Hikaru Explains How to Beat A World Champion
Hikaru Nakamura demonstrates his game from the London Chess Classic against Vishy Anand. He explains his calculations, missteps,...
Secrets Of A Blitz Master: A Simple Plan
How can a chess player properly navigate the intricacies of chess in a blitz game? GM Maxim Dlugy says the key is to have...
Why Magnus Carlsen Will Defend His World Championship Title
How is it that Magnus plays chess better than anyone else in the world? There's no one better than his second, Jon Ludvig...
Botvinnik Knows His Chess Patterns
What kind of person did it take to build the Russian school of chess? The patriarch, Mikhail Botvinnik, was a scientific...
Continental Women's Championship: The King Defends Itself
In an adventurous game, the aggressive WGM Maritza Arribas launches a virulent attack against her opponent. Where should...
Brilliancy On The Diagonals
GM Simon Williams explores the much misunderstood role of diagonals in the attack with two brilliancies. Can you find the...
Highlights From Rounds 5-8 Of The Olympiad
There's far too many incredible games from the 2016 Olympiad in Baku to catch them all, but you can catch up on the most...
Highlights from Round 4 of the Olympiad
In a spectacular fourth round, world champions Magnus Carlsen and Hou Yifan and the top-seeded Russian team faltered in...
How MVL Made 2800 vs Caruana
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave won the Dortmund super-GM tournament and smashed through the 2800 rating barrier to become number-two...
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...
Dynamic Thinking In Chess
What did GM Melikset Khachiyan and his students learn from the World Youth chess championships? One lesson was the importance...
Keaton's Pet Dragon
How can you turn a dragon into your pet? IM Keaton Kiewra just finished a marathon of chess tournaments, and he is back...
Richard Rapport: Genius Or Madman?
GM Richard Rapport is a rising young star at the top level of chess. That’s one thing everyone agrees on. But is this practitioner...
Why Simon Loves The Sicilian: The Accelerated Dragodorf
GM Simon Williams is back with more crucial information on the Dragodorf, a relatively unknown hybrid between the Dragon...
Hack Attack! Episode 48
In this great episode of Hack Attack! IM Rendle takes on all 2000+ challengers but before that, he takes on the Relayer...
Hack Attack! Episode 44
Taking on the best and brightest of Chess.com's 2000+ crowd, IM Thomas Rendle stars in another episode of Hack Attack! Hear...
Shankland's Super Tournament: vs Robin van Kampen
GM Sam Shankland, fresh off nine straight draws, needed a victory in the recently completed Tata Steel tournament. All...
Hack Attack! Episode 42
IM Thomas Rendle is back with a full episode of Hack Attack. Can IM Thomas Rendle beat Chess.com’s blitz players while broadcasting...
Hack Attack! Episode 41
Hack Attack is back with IM Thomas Rendle. You know the routine: Castle Opposite, Never Trade Queens, and Attack Attack...
How to Play the King's Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation
With so many lines available, what does GM Dzindzichashvili recommend as the "guideline" you should use when choosing a...