In part 2 of GM Finegold's series, he has a trick that even Houdini can't perform - neither Harry nor the silicon version! It's one of the most famous single moves of all-time. The exhaustive analysis shows it was the...
It's the Benjamin Button of chess videos! Every chess player occasionally needs to go in reverse, and IM Keaton Kiewra shows you three examples why. The first is his oversight, which causes him to immediately resign....
Facing the Accelerated Dragon, Dom makes his coach proud today. Though he fell into an early trap, GM Bojkov's student fought back. After later being up the exchange, Dom converts like a professional, finishing things...
How strong do you like your tournaments? How does an average rating of 2793 sound? The inaugural Sinquefield Cup was held in St. Louis, USA this September, and IM Danny Rensch and GM Melik Khachiyan deliver the action...
Who's afraid of leaving the king on an open file? Not GM Dzindzichashvili! Today our video author shows the reputable "Anti-Max Lange Variation." Black snatches all of White's pawns and pieces, then holds on for the r...
There are a myriad of systems to chose from against the Samisch Variation of the King's Indian Attack, yet White continues to make this one of the most popular choices. Maybe our author has the remedy for Black! GM Pe...
Put away your calculators today - GM Kaidanov has no use for them. Adding up the points of each army will only distort the truth and obscure the magnificence of this queen sacrifice by GM Boris Gulko. It almost seems...
The student sees more than the teacher in this fantastic attack conducted by one of GM Khachiyan's protégés. After Black plays the rare ...Kf8 in the Winawer, White makes two moves on her own first rank that are parti...
GM Finegold is back with his usual mix of humor and insight. He even makes seemingly lifeless endgames fun to watch! Today he will make so many king moves "you'll get dizzy." The grandmaster beats a world youth champi...
IM Keaton Kiewra draws several parallels between the fourth Carlsen-Anand game and other world championship matches. What similarities did he see? This game saw more fight from both players. You'll see the action ramp...
GM Bojkov has chronicled many top grandmasters in his videos, but today he takes a lesson from one of his talented student's games. After being tricked from a King's Indian into a Pirc, Black plays the dubious ...e5 (...
The first game to finish in the USCL Finals was also the best. Longtime board one for the Miami Sharks, GM Julio Becerra, gets his team ahead 1-0 en route to their first ever league title. The game is a straightforwar...
The final game of the historic 2013 World Championship Match is broken down in every minute detail by IM Danny Rensch and GM Ben Finegold. You'll learn how the second-youngest world champion finished off his title. Am...
The horror! The horror! The "unimaginable horror" as GM Dzindzichashvili puts it. Just like Mr. Kurtz, Black should have died in this member game, but instead White didn't see into his Heart of Darkness. Black survive...
How can chess imitate Tetris? When your pieces are cobbled together, you can sometimes form Tetris shapes, and today you'll see two of them. Anatoly Karpov gets the "box" of 4 pieces (inflexible in Tetris but powerful...
The first full season of the United States Chess League on Chess.com concludes with the New York Knights taking on the Miami Sharks! The Knights were looking for their third title, while Miami sought its first title i...
GM Khachiyan continues his miniseries on how to tame the serpentine machinations of French Defense players. Against the McCutcheon, he advises allowing an endgame that was previously thought to be give Black good pla...
GM Yermolinsky shows fellow GM Sam Shankland's best game of the year. White plays g4 to loosen his opponent's position, then completely obliterates it with an exchange sacrifice. The mates are pleasing and forced, so...
After the most exciting match in the World Championship, GM Ben Finegold and IM Danny Rensch break down how Magnus Carlsen somehow avoided getting mated (hint: getting two queens helps!). White's best chance may have...
With chagrin, IM Keaton Kiewra shows us three worse or losing positions from the same tournament. How many did he actually end up losing? Zero! By digging in and finding hidden resources, Kiewra shows you how to play...
FM Kostya Kavutskiy takes a walk around the best of the best in the USCL. In the semifinals, New York and New England square off in the East, while Miami and San Francisco battle in the West. The three best games are...
Nearly voiceless after the excitement of Game Nine, FM Mike Klein and GM Jesse Kraai cover the final game of the historic 2013 World Championship. Magnus Carlsen was up three points with three games to play - would he...
In the first You Pick 'Em video, viewers essayed two queen sacrifices. Today, we have a pair of famous games more positional in nature. Who played the better tactic - Kasparov or Anand? Would you have played either in...
Wow! Three queens on the chessboard at the same time in a World Championship Match! When was the last time that happened? But even after Magnus Carlsen got his bonus prize, he was perhaps still not winning. How could...
Who else would you rather spend a solid block of four hours with? IM Danny Rensch makes his 2013 USCL debut and is joined by GM Ben Finegold as they give their usual witty commentary and hilarious banter to cover the...
