Mcdonnell vs La Bourdonnais 1834: The 1st World Chess Championship
Take a journey with us to the fanciful chess of yesteryear in this review of the first unofficial world chess championship...
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...
How To Think Like Your Opponent In Chess
Is there one quick change you could make to your chess game to greatly improve your results? The answer is to simply try...
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...
LaBourdonnais Presents His Calling Card
It takes a pretty incredible game to be celebrated for 180 years. GM Dejan Bojkov brings you just such a game as Louis Charles...
Harry The H-Pawn In Action
Do you know how to turn your pawns into action heroes? GM Simon Williams shows you an attack from one of his own games,...
World Championship H-Pawn Attack
GM Simon Williams begins another “spicy” chess lesson series on how to attack. This time, learn how to use “Harry the h-pawn”...
Bukavshin's Legacy: Attacking The King
GM Alex Yermolinsky continues his tribute to the late GM Ivan Bukavshin, who was a promising and creative chess player....
Play Attacking King Hunts: Romantic King Hunts
Nothing in chess is more exciting than going all in for a king hunt. GM Simon Williams loves to attack, and now he is back...
Keaton's Pet Dragon
How can you turn a dragon into your pet? IM Keaton Kiewra just finished a marathon of chess tournaments, and he is back...
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...
Best Of Millionaire Chess: Berczes vs Le
GM Maurice Ashley continues his popular series on the best of the 2014 Millionaire Chess tournament, the richest open in...
Hack Attack! Episode 49
IM Rendle practices hacking up Chess.com members rated between 1500 and 2000 in this week's Hack Attack! Hear IM Rendle’s...
Push Pawns Like Kasparov
How did one of the greatest players of all time push his pawns? Find out how the future world champion Garry Kasparov used...
Shankland's Super Tournament: vs Jan Timman -- Part 1
GM Sam Shankland faces off with the legendary Dutch grandmaster Jan Tinman on his home turf in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands. After...
Spicy Gambits: French Wing Gambit!
You’ve seen GM Simon Williams’ crazy gambits against the Sicilian, the Caro-Kann, and the King’s Pawn defenses, but what...
How to Crush Your Opponent in the King's Gambit -- Part 5
How can you absolutely prevent your opponent from playing the King’s Gambit? There’s one hilarious and surefire way, as...
The Best of the FIDE Grand Prix -- Part 2
GM Alex Yermolinsky resumes his analysis of Boris Gelfand's game with the red-hot Fabiano Caruana at the 2014 Grand Prix...
The Best of the FIDE Grand Prix Baku 2014
GM Alex Yermolinsky focuses on Boris Gelfand's strong early performance at the ongoing FIDE Grand Prix in Baku. GM Yermo...
How to Play the King's Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation
With so many lines available, what does GM Dzindzichashvili recommend as the "guideline" you should use when choosing a...
Ruy Lopez: Steinitz Defense! - Part 2
GM Dzindzi wants to be a trend setter. For years he has played and studied 3...d6 in the Spanish Game and he can't figure...
Beating Your Nemesis: Beating the Benko!
GM Finegold retires from tournament chess? Well, probably not, but he wonders if he should since he's giving away all of...
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...
Old School With Uncle Yermo: Complete Show From 4-21-14
Take a lesson in the “old school” of chess with GM Alex Yermolinsky as investigates the exciting play of Alexander...
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!...