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: Neutralizing The 4 Pawns Attack
If you've tried Alekhine's Defense, you've probably been a little scared when your opponent pushed all four center pawns...
Learn To Play The Tarrasch Defense: Lines With e3
Continue our lesson series on the complex but fascinating Tarrasch Defense. This video examines the most classical lines,...
Judit Polgar: The Greatest Female Chess Player
Who was the greatest woman to ever pick up a chess piece? Surely it is Judit Polgar, the living legend of female chess....
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....
Rubinstein: A True Endgame Genius
Sometimes a chess player lives up to his billing, and that is the case with Akiba Rubinstein. You will have no doubt that...
Mastering The Endgame: The Outside Passed Pawn
The outside passed pawn is one of the most powerful forces in the endgame, and IM Anna Rudolf has the definitive lesson...
Keeping The Pawn In The Catalan
Just in time for today’s big event, one of the most frequent winners of the Titled Tuesday tournaments makes his Chess.com...
Karjakin's Winning Strategy: Last-Round Heroics
The right to challenge Magnus Carlsen for the 2016 world championship came down to the final round of the Candidates’ Tournament,...
Learn From The Old Masters: Time For Teichmann
Have you ever heard of Richard Teichmann? Even if you haven’t, you’d be surprised how much you could learn from the old...
Pawns Victorious!
GM Sam Shankland is back to show you his games from an interesting round-robin event where he managed to take clear first. How...
How The English Attacks: 10. Qc7 And a5
WGM Tatev Abrahamyan is back with her advanced look at the English Attack against the Najdorf Sicilian. Learn what to do...
How The English Attacks: Early Nbd7
You’ve learned the basics of the English Attack vs the Najdorf Sicilian, but what do you do when Black delays castling and...
Tania Sachdev On Botvinnik's IQP Lesson
IM Tania Sachdev makes her Chess.com video debut with this comprehensive lesson on the isolated queen’s pawn. Should you...
1. e4: New Takes For The New Year
It’s a new year, and it’s time to take another look at the first move every chess player learns: 1.e4. GM Alex Yermolinsky...
Secrets Of The English Attack: vs The Najdorf
WGM Tatev Abrahamyan continues her comprehensive lesson series on the English Attack against the Sicilian, this time taking...
Tal's Best Endgames: Pure Magic
GM Yermolinsky is back with another look at the subtle genius of Mikhail Tal’s endgame play. While the great world champion...
The World Cup's Biggest Upset
The 2015 FIDE World Cup in Baku was one of the most exciting chess events in recent memory, but what was the biggest upset...
Win Or Go Home: Shankland vs Nakamura
GM Shankland concludes his educational series on his own recent World Cup run with a must-win game against newly minted...
Why Simon Loves The French: Odds And Ends
If you’ve made it this far in GM Simon Williams’ examination of the French Defense, you’ve got to watch the last video in...
Why Simon Loves The French: King's Indian Attack
How did Bobby Fischer play against the French Defense as White, and what can you do to respond to his system? GM Simon...
Why Simon Loves The French: The Tarrasch
GM Simon Williams continues his primer on the French Defense with one of the trendiest variations today, the Tarrasch with...
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...
The King's Indian: Prevailing In The Petrosian
What do you do if your opponent plays the Petrosian center against your King’s Indian? GM Rashad Babaev shows you a plan...
What You Don't Know About Defeating Pawn Majorities
What you don’t know about playing against pawn majorities in chess can hurt you, as GM Melikset Khachiyan explains in his...