91 min
Q & A With Coach Heisman 1/10/14: Complete Show
Watch the entire 90-minute show from NM Dan Heisman. Viewers love to ask, and he loves to answer. Sounds like a match made in heaven!
29 min
Giuoco Piano - Part 5: 5. e5 d5! The Unfinished Story
GM Dzindzi shows off what amounts to a small book on the Two Knights Defense. He advocates for Black to play the reorganizing maneuver ...Bc5-b6 before attempting to advance his c- and d-pawns. Meanwhile, if White get...
20 min
The King's Indian Defense: Beating the Sämisch! - Part 3
Part 3 of GM Perelshteyn's offbeat approach against the Sämisch shows that if you are flexible with your pawn structures, you can catch White out of his theoretical knowledge. The grandmaster plays a pair of games in...
25 min
Beauty in Chess: Mikhalevski vs Kaganskiy
Wow! Just spectacular. One of the best single moves we've ever featured in a video on Chess.com! GM Mikhalevski plays a sharp opposite-side castling position, where he eventually disrupts Black's development by invadi...
26 min
Coach Dejan Explains: Lucas With the Lid Off!
GM Bojkov features another star student's game. You'll see a bevy of dark-squared tactics in Indian Systems, but perhaps more important are the endgame techniques that our author wants you to learn. First, a queen end...
34 min
2013 Pan-Am Intercollegiate Team Chess Championship – Round 6 Highlights!
The best of the final round of the Pan-Am Intercollegiate Team Chess Championship! The ridiculous team from Webster University, with four Olympiad players, goes into the round as the only school with 5-0. FM Mike Klei...
26 min
Giuoco Piano - Part 4: 5. e5 d5!
The "Quiet Game" is back under the microscope as GM Dzindzichashvili examines the system where White answers ...d5 with Bb5. Conclusion: Black is fine if he plays to defend the pin. But keep watching and you'll learn...
19 min
Melik Suggests: A Wild Game at the OC!
Today you'll see our regular video author GM Khachiyan have to beat a young IM about a half-dozen times. Equally important perhaps is seeing how Black makes life as difficult as possible for the GM. The tenacity leads...
21 min
The King's Indian Defense: Beating the Sämisch! - Part 2
GM Perelshteyn starts off the new year with another success in his offbeat treatment against the Sämisch. You'll see how the typical King's Indian pawn sac can be used in his flexible system. There's not as much theor...
2 min
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Millions of chess players from around the world play on Chess.com! From beginner to grandmaster, you’ll find a game with someone at your level. Chess isn’t just about playing, it’s about getting bett...
27 min
2013 Pan-Am Intercollegiate Team Chess Championship – Round 1 Highlights!
How else could we close out the year? The man, the myth, the legend - IM Danny Rensch. Your favorite guru shows the rating mismatches of round one of the 2013 Pan-American Intercollegiate Team Championships. You'll se...
23 min
Giuoco Piano - Part 3: Max Lange Attack!
Still thinking that the main line Max Lange is the way to go for White? Well Black may not allow it, and here GM Dzindzichashvili shows why you also need to know the main variations of the Giuoco Piano. But instead of...
222 min
2013 Pan-Am Intercollegiate Team Chess Championship – Round 6 Complete Show!
The complete Chess.com/TV broadcast of the final round of the biggest tournament in college chess! Webster University in St. Louis, only in its second year of existence, boasts a starting squad with an average FIDE ra...
22 min
Beauty in Chess: Mikhalevski vs Bunzmann
Throw out the playbook for this one! We've got a b-pawn advancing on the first move, multiple knights on the edge, neither king castling, and a queen sacrifice. So it's beautiful, yes, and it is also crazy. GM Mikhale...
28 min
Coach Dejan Explains: Dom Using the Dark Squares!
GM Bojkov's talented student is back. Today you'll see one of the games that helped Dom gain nearly 500 rating points. Black gets two pieces for the rook, and all of the fun. White's major pieces shuffle around listle...
162 min
2013 Pan-Am Intercollegiate Team Chess Championship – Round 1 Full Version!
The full rebroadcast of round one of the Pan-Ams in Lubbock, Texas. Almost three hours live from Texas Tech as IM Danny Rensch flies solo! Watch and see which teams showed up for the annual college battle. And see if...
104 min
2013 Sinquefield Cup Round 4 - Part 2
Watch the broadcast of round 4 of the strongest chess tournament ever! Hosts FM Kostya Kavutskiy and GM Melik Khachiyan show the finish to two tense games. Could Nakamura hold the worse endgame against Aronian? Could...
35 min
Live Sessions: An Old Friend and a New Line!
IM Danny Rensch plays the part of Stephen Colbert! A "tip of the hat and a wag of the finger" as he inadvertently plays into a Giri-Morozevich game that was very scary for Black. Rensch also gets in trouble; at multip...
23 min
Melik Suggests: A Plan Against Killer Bs!
Needing a win, GM Khachiyan uncharacteristically opens with 1. Nf3 and pretty soon faces a double fianchetto. But the game hinges on control of the d-file and what he calls the "Anti-Nimzowitsch." You'll be amazed at...
18 min
Winning With Opposite Colored Bishops! – Part 3
You can hear it in his voice. GM Finegold loves the unpredictable - namely when a seemingly drawn OCB ending turns out to be winning. Here he shows the brilliant multiple breakthroughs of Mikhail Botvinnik, a sitting...
23 min
Giuoco Piano - Part 2: Two Knights 5. e5!
More incredibly deep analysis from GM Dzindzichashvili! Even though he calls it a "preview," today's video goes in-depth to the e5 system in the Two Knights Defense. Analysis both ...Ng4 and ...Ne4 (saving ...d5 for a...
61 min
Death Match 14: GM Elshan Moradiabadi vs GM Yaroslav Zherebukh - Part 2
Where were you for Death Match 14? Yeah, I don't remember either. But we do know that GMs Elshan Moradiabadi and Yaroslav Zherebukh were online and fighting on the chessboard. Are Iran and Ukraine friendly in real lif...
25 min
Beauty in Chess: Mikhalevski vs Finkel
Playing completely uncompromising chess, GM Mikhalevski plays an early novelty and gets great development and open lines against Black's king. Pawn structures are similar to many Sicilians - Black's center must withst...
29 min
Live Sessions: How to Tame the Dragon!
As usual, another video potpourri from the always unpredictable IM Danny Rensch. Commenting live in a 10-minute game, Rensch loses several minutes explaining his opening choices and referencing every slapstick comedy...
27 min
Melik Suggests: Listen to Petrosian!
GM Melik proudly shows off a game from one of his star students - a player he compares to some of America's newest IMs and GMs. It may not be a name you are familiar with, but that makes it all the more impressive how...