The First Modern Chess Game Ever Recorded
What are the games that every chess fan needs to know? IM Anna Rudolf is here to show you the most important games ever...
What are the games that every chess fan needs to know? IM Anna Rudolf is here to show you the most important games ever...
This is it—the final round of the U.S. championship, with the title on the line. Learn from the U.S. champion himself as...
Alexei Shirov is known for his fiery style, and he is often compared to the legendary Mikhail Tal as both grandmasters had...
Having an extra piece vs a bunch of pawns is a classic chess conundrum. The piece should be more powerful, but if those...
Have you ever felt the pressure of a must-win or must-draw situation in an important chess tournament? You know that psychology...
Levon Aronian is a giant of modern chess, and his endgames are as educational as they are beautiful. Take a look at three...
To win an important chess tournament, sometimes you have to turn a shaky start into a win on the chessboard. That's what...
They say cats have nine lives, but in chess you can be sure that copy cats don't. Learn why you should never mirror your...
We all know that the former world champion Tigran Petrosian was one of the best players ever when it comes to technique,...
How many times can a chess position repeat until it's a draw? If you answered three, you obviously haven't seen this hilarious...
Did you think that chess openings are boring, with everything worth knowing in old textbooks? Opening novelties are still...
GM Yaroslav Zherebukh showed Chessbrah GM Eric Hansen that he isn't the only master of modern online chess. IM Keaton Kiewra...
Paul Morphy and Frank Marshall are two titans of American chess history, so it's no surprise that they both have contenders...
This young chess prodigy managed to beat two players you might have heard of during the 2018 PRO Chess League: Hikaru Nakamura...
IM Keaton Kiewra shows you the gnarliest moves and tactics from the San Diego Surfers' best chess games of the 2018 PRO...
Apparently it is too easy for Magnus Carlsen to make a perfect PRO Chess League score from home, so last weekend he played...
This is the checkmate that knight fans dream their whole lives of playing in a real game -- the smothered mate. It's probably...
The first time this checkmate happens to all of us, it's a shock. Let GM Williams show you how to sac your queen and use...
Do you know the dovetail checkmate? Even GM Simon Williams admits he wasn't familiar with the name, if not the pattern....
This picturesque checkmate is one you need to know, as it comes up quite often in all kinds of games. Let Simon Williams...
You know all the crazy, newfangled ways to checkmate, sure. But do you know one of the very oldest patterns? Simon Williams...
The kiss of death in chess is when a queen delivers checkmate on the square directly in front of the enemy king. It seems...
Let GM Simon Williams take you to checkmate school to teach you the most commonly attempted mate in all of chess: the scholar's...
It's the most powerful piece vs the lowly pawns. Who will win this battle in the endgame? GM Finegold gives you an important...
GM Hikaru Nakamura was both fast and furious in his win over GM Sergey Grigoriants in the Speed Chess Championship. FM Mike...