The Best Chess Games Of 2019: #3
Chess is a science, but often it's not a perfect science, according to IM Daniel Rensch. Watch to see how practical, continuous...
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...
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,...
Greatest Games You've Never Seen: Game Of The 21st Century
How many pieces can you sacrifice and still win the game? Enjoy this thriller of a battle with the stunning victory by the...
Learn To Play The Tarrasch Defense: Karpov vs Kasparov
The Tarrasch Defense is a heavyweight opening used at the highest levels. Learn from this crucial game in the 1984 world...
Learn To Play The Tarrasch Defense: Advancing The Isolated Pawn
In any serious chess opening, the isolated pawn can be both a weakness and a strong point for an attack. Learn how to play...
Kramnik's Breakthrough: Great Chess Master Methods
Vladimir Kramnik is a genius at knowing exactly the best moment to break through in a chess position. Take a look at his...
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...
Tactical Ideas In The Endgame: Stalemate
If you find yourself down material and about to lose an endgame, there is one last-ditch tactic you can aim for: stalemate....
Tactical Ideas In The Endgame: Breakthrough
How do you break through in a chess endgame? Most of the time, you need to use a tactical ideal to achieve your strategic...
How To Beat A World Chess Champion: Chigorin vs Steinitz
Every past world chess champion eventually had someone take his crown. So how do you beat the king of chess? GM Bojkov starts...
2018 World Chess Championship: Game 9 Analysis
It was another key game of the 2018 world chess championship as the players entered round nine. After a crazy game the prior...
Fischer's Most Instructive Endgames
This is the lesson you've all been waiting for: the best endgames by the former world champion Bobby Fischer. Learn endgames...
How To Play The Trompowsky Attack: 2...c5
Dive into IM Keaton Kiewra's deep lesson on the Trompowsky Attack in this next lesson, as he discusses a tricky line he's...
Chess Openings For Beginners: The Pirc
When selecting your opening repertoire as a beginner, you have to choose lines you like to play. Watch this introduction...
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...
Deep Concepts Explained: Isolated Pawns
Isolated pawns can be both a weakness and a strength. GM Jon Ludwig Hammer explains what you need to know about this pawn...
Deep Concepts Explained: Doubled Pawns
Do you know how to deal with doubled pawns? Join GM Hammer for this informative lesson.
Passed Pawns Paralyze Pieces
Pawns are the lowliest pieces on the chessboard, but if you create passed pawns they can freeze the more powerful pieces...
Tata Steel 2017: Magnus Carlsen vs Wei Yi
Magnus Carlsen, the most accurate world champion of all time, takes on one of the great lights of the next generation. Can...
Keaton And The Minefield
Against a grandmaster, any misstep can mean certain death. IM Keaton Kiewra tackles GM ilia Smirin while in the hunt for...
Baku Highlights: Mamedyarov vs Harikrishna
This is what the Olympiad is all about! Super-grandmasters Pentala Harikrishna and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov put everything...
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...