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....
Learn From The Old Masters: Marshall vs Lasker Rematch
After two defeats will the American #1 finds hismelf an exchange down with two open files in his control! Will he marshall...
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...
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...
More Deadly Queenside Pawns
GM Melikset Khachiyan is back with another pawn majority lesson, this time drawing from a game by one of the greatest players...
How To Win With A Pawn Majority
GM Melikset Khachiyan thinks that some major positional chess concepts are not understood as well as they should be. Starting...
Shirov vs Kramnik: The Perfect Game!
Have you ever seen a perfect game of chess? GM Alex Yermolinksy has. Join GM Yermo in a deep analysis of an exciting battle...
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...
Old School With Uncle Yermo: Complete Show From 1-19-15
Take a lesson in the “old school” of chess with GM Alex Yermolinsky as he continues his journey though the world champions....
Old School With Uncle Yermo: Complete Show From 1-5-15
Take a lesson in the “old school” of chess with GM Alex Yermolinsky. Today Yermo kicks off a new series on the...
Old School With Uncle Yermo: Complete Show From 11-24-14
Take a lesson in the “old school” of chess with GM Alex Yermolinsky. Yermo shares his final thoughts on the...
Evaluation and Planning!: Part 8
Doubled pawns? No problem. Now they're isolated too? GM Melik can handle that! Today he plays his favorite Philidor setup...
2014 US Women's Championship Coverage: Viktorija Ni vs Ashritha Eswaran
How's this for an introduction to the U.S. Women's Championship? Your first game, played as a 13-year-old, you win the Best...
Old School With Uncle Yermo: Complete Show From 5-5-14
Take a lesson in the “old school” of chess with GM Alex Yermolinsky when he turn his lense on the fantasic play...
The King's Indian Defense: Beating the Fianchetto System - Part 2
One and a half out of two as Black against two titled players, whilst keeping the initiative the whole time? Sign me up!...
Coach Keaton Reporting: Storming the Castle! - Part 3
Despite being close several times, Nakamura famously has never overcome Carlsen in classical time controls. In Zurich this...
Roman's Novelty Shop: French Defense - Part 2
A piece for three pawns - one of the hardest positions to analyze properly in chess. Along with queen against two rooks...
High-Level Entertainment: Kramnik's Endgame Déjà vu!
Lightning doesn't strike twice. Except if you're a world champion. Today Vladimir Kramnik's twin rooks jump all around the...
Melik Suggests: Handling the French! - Part 4
Playing the same opponent in the same line countless times can either be tedious or revelatory. For GM Khachiyan, he jumped...
Melik Suggests: A Wild Game at the OC!
Today you'll see our regular video author GM Khachiyan have to beat a young IM about a half-dozen times. Equally important...
Positional Tips: Learning from My Own Play! - Part 3
GM Melik Khachiyan shows a useful tip on deciding which side of the board your king belongs in the endgame. Something as...
Greatest Chess Minds: Capablanca - Part 13
GM Bojkov completes his epic 13-part series with two more great wins from the endgame maestro Capablanca. In the first example,...
Blindfold Brilliance - Part 2!
We start off our week with GM Gareev's detailed breakdown of his Blindfold Simultaneous Exhibition Match, played in our...
(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,...
Member Analysis: Defend with Counterplay!
In this Member Analysis video lecture, targeted toward our more experienced members, GM Dzindzichashvili breaks down the...