Alekhine's Defense 6: Sidelines
Learn White's less-popular but still poisonous options against Alekhine's Defense in this video, as NM Sam Copeland discusses...
Alekhine's Defense: How To Punish 2. Nc3
The move 2.Nc3 is one of the most popular sidelines against Alekhine's Defense. White players seeking to avoid theory often...
Alekhine's Defense: Chase Variation
The Chase Variation is like a pitchfork: dangerous, but it has some gaps. The pawn structure even looks like a pitchfork...
Alekhine's Defense: Corralling The Exchange
The Exchange Variation is White's simplest option against Alekhine's Defense, but it may also be the best. Learn the simple...
Alekhine's Defense: The Modern Variation
Are you interested in original chess and maybe not so much theory? Alekhine's Defense is perfect for you. In this video,...
Learn To Play The Tarrasch Defense: Early Dark-Square Bishop Development
As you understand more about the Tarrasch in this deep lesson series, watch this video to learn about lines where the dark-square...
Learn To Play The Scotch Game: Grandmaster Preparation
Now that you've had a chance to go over the basics of the Scotch game, get ready to learn the advanced ideas of grandmaster...
Learn To Play The Tarrasch Defense: Main Line With 9.dxc5
If you've followed the Tarrasch lessons so far, you know that it's a serious opening with many important variations. In...
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...
Mikhail Chigorin’s Super Knights
Chigorin is often considered among the best chess players ever to never win a world chess championship. Find out how this...
Tarrasch Teaches How To Control The Center
Controlling the center is a key concept in chess, so why not learn from the "best of the best," Siegbert Tarrasch? Watch...
How Paikidze Won The U.S. Women's Championship: Grinding Out The Win
Not all wins in chess are spectacular, swashbuckling king hunts. Sometimes, to win an important tournament like the 2018...
Sacrifice On h6: Let's Do It Again From A French Defense Structure
Would you believe that the French Defense presents so much opportunity to sacrifice and attack that GM Williams has another...
Central Play: The Basics
GM Dejan Bojkov shows how to use your advantages in the center of the board to create winning attacks.
Spicy Openings! The Max Lange Attack: The White Knight Dance Of Death
How much damage can a knight do? GM Simon Williams shares more lines from the Max Lange Attack.
Black's Knightmare In The Catalan
GM Georg Meier's masterful series on the Catalan continues as he shows how Black can easily fall prey to positional disaster...
Hammer's Highlights: Underpromotion Mate
Jon Ludvig Hammer looks at his game against Artur Neikans from the Pro Chess League. It was nominated as game of the week—and...
The Biggest Win In The Tournament
Sometimes everything depends on a single game, GM Sam Shankland takes you deep into his thoughts on one of these games as...
ChessCenter: Carlsen vs Karjakin World Championship Game 10
Magnus Carlsen wins Game 10! After one of the longest droughts of his career, Carlsen finally got the grind for which he...
Control The Board By Controlling the Center
Everyone knows the center is important, but why is it important? IM Teddy Coleman demonstrates how the center matters at...
Active Queenside Play In The Catalan
GM Georg Meier continues his incredible series on the sophisticated Catalan Opening. Here he shows you how to meet Black's...
Pawn Structure 101: Maroczy Bind Plans For White
In his last video, IM Danny Rensch showed you the key ideas for both Black and White in the Maroczy Bind. This time he shows...
Jaw-Dropper At The Aeroflot Open
How do you judge the relative value of the pieces in the heat of battle? IM Keaton Kiewra has a stunning modern masterpiece...
Ding Liren vs The World
The 2016 Sinquefield Cup is just around the corner, and we've got a new entrant in the field. GM Ding Liren is a world-class...
IM Danny Kopec's Best Game
IM Danny Kopec was for decades a beloved and respected teacher and player in the U.S. chess community. Chess.com's Mike...