How To Defend In Chess: Complicate It
How do you defend tough positions in chess? One important way is to complicate the game, muddying the waters so your opponent...
The Power Of Patience In Chess
Patience is an underrated skill in chess, and perhaps in life. In a game of imbalances, waiting for the right moment pays...
Boost Your Puzzle Rush Score: Loose Pieces
One of the quickest ways to get better at Puzzle Rush is to recognize loose pieces, both yours and your opponent's. Learn...
Philidor's Pawn Revolution: Chess Games That Changed History
Before the great Philidor came along with his pronouncement that "pawns are the soul of chess," positional play was rare....
Chess Psychology: How To Defend
It's fun to play from a winning position, but do you have the stomach -- and strong will -- to defend a worse position in...
When Computers Go Wrong: More Complex Blockades
One of the times that computer engines go wrong is when there is a blockade on the chessboard. GM Simon Williams shows you...
When Computers Go Wrong: Simple Blockades
What happens when the almighty engine leads you astray? GM Simon Williams begins a series examining the missteps of our...
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...
Hammertime In Norway: Avoiding The Freaky Frenchman's Fancy
Two of the best players in Europe square off when Norway's #2 GM Jon Ludvig Hammer faces French #1 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. Find...
How To Attack: Short vs Timman
Have you ever begun an attack only to be cruelly rebuffed by timely counterplay from your opponent? GM Simon Williams has...
Why Simon Loves The French: The Advance Variation
GM Simon Williams begins a comprehensive new series on the French Defense, one of the most solid and versatile responses...
Best Blitz Openings: The London System
Are you looking for an opening to play in blitz games? GM Maxim Dlugy has a intriguing option: The London System. This...
Philidor's Powerful Pawns!
Don’t kid yourself about pawns. Though they’re considered the lowliest members of the chess set, pawns can pack a wallop...
Kasparov's Greatest Combinations: Palatnik
Garry Kasparov is universally considered one of the finest chess tacticians of all time, and for good reason. GM Dejan...
Beating Your Nemesis: The Alekhine Defense
In the Alekhine, your opponent is ceding a space advantage in hopes of destroying your central pawn advances. But don't...
Melik Suggests: Listen to Petrosian!
GM Melik proudly shows off a game from one of his star students - a player he compares to some of America's newest IMs and...
Completely French: Advance Variation
Next up in WGM Abrahamyan's all-things-French series is the Advance Variation, which goes well with fois gras and is paired...
Paying Attention to Your Opponent's Possibilities
Look up - is that an anvil on a cliff above your head? If cartoon characters have a sense of danger, so should you! GM Kaidanov...
Tatev's 2013 U.S. Women's Championship: vs IM Zatonskih
In her final video from the 2013 U.S. Women's Championship, third-place finisher WGM Tatev Abrahamyan ditches her normally-automatic...
Grandmaster Preparation: Part 1 vs IM Darwin Yang
Today Grandmaster Finegold provides insights into his own high level preparation, sheds light on the psychology of dealing...
(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 Pirc Defense - Part 1: Roman's System for White!
A long time ago, in a video lecture far, far away GM Roman Dzindzichashvili recommended a system against the Pirc for white......
Practicing Prophylactic Thinking - Part 2
Similar to the first installment in his new video series on Prophylactic Thinking, GM Kaidanov brings us one position after...
Member Analysis: Interesting Mating Attack
Today's game displays an obscure variation of the French Defense, and though white makes a positional mistake (the unnecessary...
Greatest Chess Minds: Wilhelm Steinitz - Part 4
Don't ever let your guard down! That might be the critical lesson from today's video lecture by GM Dejan Bojkov. After outplaying...