Tactical Ideas In The Endgame: The Active King
Sometimes the best fighting piece in the endgame is the king itself, especially in pawn endings. Find out what happens when...
The Most Instructive Chess Endgames: Karjakin
Sergey Karjakin is considered one of the best chess defenders ever, but he also can put on the pressure, especially in endgames....
Tigran Petrosian's 3 Most Instructive Endgames
We all know that the former world champion Tigran Petrosian was one of the best players ever when it comes to technique,...
Mastering The Endgame: Attacking With The King
Did you know that your king can become a powerful attacking piece in the endgame? Let IM Anna Rudolf show you how you can...
Playing A Full Game: Member Analysis
Chess is an unforgiving game; one slip can cast aside 40 moves of worthwhile work. GM Roman Dzindzichashvili shows how even...
ChessCenter: Carlsen To Play Petrosian
Magnus Carlsen will face Tigran L. Petrosian on June 23 after the Armenian grandmaster won the strongest online blitz tournament...
Polgar's Wild West Knight Endgame
GM Alex Yermolinsky is here to demystify the complex world of knight endgames. Even for Yermo, knight endgames are some...
More Endgame Magic
GM Alex Yermolinksy draws inspiration from a recent FIDE World Team Championship game to teach you the intricacies of a...
Old School With Uncle Yermo: Complete Show From 2-2-15
Take a lesson in the “old school” of chess with GM Alex Yermolinsky. He continues his discussion of the great...
Old School With Uncle Yermo: Complete Show From 12-8-14
Take a lesson in the “old school” of chess with GM Alex Yermolinsky. Doning his winter garb and using Fischer as a model,...
Coach Keaton Reporting: Candidates and Queen Endings! - Part 2
How do you like your queen endings - crazy or technical? No matter - Coach Keaton has both for you today. First, a queen...
Member Analysis: Endgame Mistake!
GM Dzindzichashvili is back with another member game. This was one played fairly well, but some critical endgame mistakes...
(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,...
The Technique of Calculation - Part 5
Today Melik continues his series on the different process and approaches one can take to "solve" tricky, critical positions....
Tata Endgames: Nobody's Perfect! - Part 3
Here Melik provides two final examples from the recent Tata Steel Super-GM Tourney in the Netherlands. Rather than highlighting...
Tata Endgames: Nobody's Perfect! - Part 2
In his next installment, GM Khachiyan reviews the games Nakamura-Sokolov and Hao-Anand. He highlights instructive moments...
Tata Endgames: Nobody's Perfect! - Part 1
By popular request from our members, today we launch a mini-series designed to review the many instructive, and, at times,...
A GM's Private Collection: vs GM Chao
Here GM Bojkov faces off against the eventual winner of the tournament in Queenstown, GM Li Chao. An interesting King's...
The Technique of Calculation - Part 4
Today GM Khachiyan provides another extremely complex, critical moment, in which the wrong path was chosen by not calculating...
Battle With Zenyuk - Part 2
In part 2 we witness the instructive conclusion of GM Shankland's recent battle against fellow Chess.com Contributor WIM...
Scientist or Fighter: Chess Personality Types - Part 1
Which one are you? Which one was Karpov? Kasparov? Perhaps most importantly for this video lecture however, is which one...
Greatest Chess Minds: Akiba Rubinstein - Part 11
In this epic King and Pawn Endgame battle, Rubinstein possessed one small, positional advantage on the kingside, and he...
Greatest Chess Minds: Akiba Rubinstein - Part 7
What happens when one endgame master attempts to outplay another? It's dynamite! Today the good doctor Rubinstein puts on...
Greatest Chess Minds: Vasily Smyslov - Part 2
A tragic chess comedy? Not for Smyslov! The first game GM Dzindzichashvili reviews shows the former World Champion's defensive...
Stay Hungry - Part 2: Carlsen's Insatiable Appetite!
He's hungry, and he can't be stopped! Today GM Lenderman displays multiple examples of how the world #1 continues to press,...