Sicilian Pin Variation: Lagno vs Muzychuk
How do two of the best women's players in the world deal with the Sicilian Pin variation? Watch this amazing game between...
World Chess Championship 1858: Morphy vs. Anderssen
Paul Morphy was decades if not centuries ahead of his time in chess. Watch how this American chess prodigy became the world...
How To Be Lucky In Chess: Flagging Basics
There is a saying that applies in many competitive pursuits: It's better to be lucky than good. While that might not be...
When The Amateur Wins: Drawing With Karpov
Sometimes your chess opponent is so legendary that you can consider an unlikely draw as a win. Such is the case with Anatoly...
How To Play The Short Endgame
The Short Endgame, named for GM Nigel Short, arises after a classic opening and middlegame pattern. GM Hammer shows you...
Why You Should Study Master Games: Capablanca vs Carlsen
One more big reason you should study master games is how often the themes, strategies and tactics repeat themselves through...
Learn To Play The Tarrasch Defense: Attack With Your Pieces
For your next in-depth lesson on the Tarrasch Defense, learn how to activate the power of your pieces in this opening system....
Learn To Play The Tarrasch Defense: Early Dark-Square Bishop Development
As you understand more about the Tarrasch in this deep lesson series, watch this video to learn about lines where the dark-square...
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,...
Learn To Play The Scotch Game: Rare Variations
If you've followed our comprehensive lessons on the Scotch Game, you know the basics of the opening, key ideas and even...
Learn To Play The Scotch: Instructive Games, Caruana vs Bacrot
The Scotch is an opening prized by beginners and intermediate players for its straightforward nature, but it's serious enough...
Learn To Play The Scotch: Instructive Games, Carlsen vs Leko
Want to learn how to play the Scotch game? Check out this instructive game from a young Magnus Carlsen, who used the opening...
Boost Your Puzzle Rush Score: Seal The King
You wouldn't believe some of the ways you can use a subtle tactic in a chess game. Find out how to seal up the king so it...
How To Trust Your Chess Intuition
As you grow as a chess player you will develop a sense of intuition over the chessboard. Learn how to trust this sense to...
Bronstein’s Open Games: Great Chess Master Methods
David Bronstein might be one of the best chess players ever who did not become world champion, and you can learn a lot from...
Tal’s Open Files: Great Chess Master Methods
Mikhail Tal had many brilliant ways to win chess games, but perhaps his signature method was to make use of open files....
How To Beat A World Chess Champion: Anand vs Aronian
Vishy Anand is a longtime chess legend, and one of the greatest world champions in history. Learn how another modern great,...
How To Beat A World Chess Champion: Larsen vs Petrosian
Wait, is it even possible that the legendary Tigran Petrosian lost a chess game? Learn how Bent Larsen took down the greatest...
How To Beat A World Chess Champion: Ivanchuk vs Kasparov
Garry Kasparov is widely considered one of the greatest chess players of all time, but even he lost some games. Find out...
How To Beat A World Chess Champion: Bronstein vs Botvinnik
It seems hard to imagine that Mikhail Botvinnik, a legend on the chessboard and in the classroom, could ever lose his world...
How To Beat A World Chess Champion: Reti vs Capablanca
How can a perfect chess machine like Jose Raul Capablanca possibly lose? Well, it happens to every world champion. Find...
Get Better At Bullet Chess: Time Management
This is perhaps the most obvious way to get better at bullet chess, where time is the paramount concern. But the bullet...
Karpov vs Kasparov: Games That Changed Chess History
Karpov vs Kasparov was probably the most intense chess rivalry of all time. IM Anna Rudolf continues her series on the most...
2018 World Chess Championship: Game 12 Analysis
It was one of the most controversial games in world chess championship history as Magnus Carlsen offered Fabiano Caruana...
2018 World Chess Championship: Game 10 Analysis
Game 10 of the 2018 world chess championship between Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana was a wild battle, with chances...