WGM Abrahamyan concludes her mammoth series on all things French. You should pair today's video with an earthy Bordeaux and tangy Roquefort. Today she focuses on rare continuations for White, including an early f4 or...
The BIG Show is back with IM Danny Rensch! The hardest working man in the chess business takes on 10 Chess.com members at the same time. It's just another day at the office for Rensch, who throws out hashtags and movi...
By now you probably know about GM Finegold's crush on Paul Morphy. But how about the lesser-known, formerly top-10 GM Valery Salov? If you're a young player you may not remember his name (he retired while still near h...
The resurrection of the Budapest Gambit is here! First GM Rapport uses it to defeat the world-class GM Gelfand, then Chess.com's Master's Bulletin features it, then our newest video author, GM Simon Williams, says he'...
In GM Kaidanov's words, you are about to "witness the victory of spirit over material." True indeed - in the first 15 moves, White's king and queen switched places and he advanced all eight of his pawns! At times it l...
The name of the game is pawn thrust today. White misses not one but two chances to end the game with advances on the enemy king. GM Dzindzi shows the relatively simple sequences that would have followed. Instead, Whit...
FM Klein jumps into IM Kiewra's excellent series on entertaining chess ideas. This time the subject is underpromotion - always a special treat in a chess game. You'll see a few creative studies and several examples fr...
In what is surely the most exciting of any Nakamura-Carlsen encounter, this one had more twists than an M. Night Shyamalan movie. It seemed for a while that the American could win on the f- g- or h-file, despite getti...
Watch the opening interviews and 5+1 portion of Blitz Death Match 21. Germany's GM Georg Meier has much more experience in classical chess than GM Imre Balog of Hungary. Will that prove to be important? Meier has a te...
Things are getting very interesting in the 3+1 segment, as the underdog Balog simply will not relent. The two are playing almost the same setup every game, and Meier cannot seem to go on a run. Both are showing incred...
This isn't just any old Death Match conclusion. Watch and see the streak that Meier goes on to even the score and then overtake Balog with only seconds remaining on the match clock. But he won too quickly, allow one l...
"I'm up a piece, with compensation!" That's a pleasant situation to be in, as you might guess. GM Finegold shows you how he got there. Using an offbeat variation against the Grunfeld that no other GM plays, our video...
GM Melik recognizes the talent in his young opponent, but he's not willing to pass the torch yet! Needing a win in the last round for a good payday, the grandmaster plays his favorite Philidor and a wild fight ensues....
Our French Defense maestro illuminates the rest of what Black needs to know in the Exchange Variation of the French Defense. Importantly, WGM Abrahamyan advocates some lines where the pawn structure or pieces are imba...
What was GM Dzindzichashvili doing when the Beatles were on the Ed Sullivan Show? He was crafting his own ballads on the chess board. Here the grandmaster shows us some 50-year-old analysis in the Taimanov Sicilian. I...
Lightning doesn't strike twice. Except if you're a world champion. Today Vladimir Kramnik's twin rooks jump all around the board, mocking the power of the queen. It worked so well once, he figured why not try it again...
Who says the sequel is never as good as the original? In Part 2, GM Kaidanov shows the full package of in-between moves. He picks out two world champion games, a king-and-pawn ending with a myriad of variations, and a...
Grab a snack - we've got a long live session with IM Danny Rensch. Was he in the mood to accept the Smith-Morra Gambit today? And how can you help experts in the line like GM Lenderman and IM Esserman enlighten us mor...
Let's slow down the rapid chess of the London Classic one more time. FM Kavutskiy brings his final examples of creative play from the event, starting off with the unusual tactic of castling queenside as a double attac...
In the Alekhine, your opponent is ceding a space advantage in hopes of destroying your central pawn advances. But don't be timid - shove your pawns down the board, avoid trades, and you'll be better according to GM Dz...
IM Danny Rensch takes on 10 players simultaneously on Chess.com. He's got his Zen tea brewing, but the lack of caffeine won't slow him down. Watch and see if any of the Chess.com rank and file were able to take out t...
The author Joseph Heller told us what the term "Catch 22" meant - a situation with no good outcomes. Today GM Finegold shows us a game where his blunder is the best move. A Catch 22? You decide. But he did pair it wit...
The first competitive game between Anand and Carlsen since their World Championship Match. That's not enough to make you watch? How about Carlsen-Nakamura, facing off in the last round of the blitz tournament? Perhaps...
The double-fianchetto - it's all the rage, but GM Khachiyan has the antidote! Watch and see how White gets all the play, beginning with the opening of the b-file and eventual crashing through on the 8th rank. Black ne...
The complete broadcast of round 3 of the strongest chess tournament in history. With an average rating of 2801, the Zurich Chess Challenge had no "off days" for the players. Watch the full Nakamura-Carlsen battle, a g...
