Fans of the Budapest Gambit will appreciate GM Melikset Khachiyan's treatment of a topical anti-Grunfeld variation. Melik shows how his savvy preparation, with the help of his trusty sidekick Houdini, netted him an ou...
Making his Chess.com video debut today, GM Leonid Kritz discusses the effective strategy of winning games not by coming up with brilliant attacking plans, but rather by taking the mindset into every position that you...
GM Magesh Panchanathan reviews Chess.com member games in this replay of her live show, originally broadcast on May 1. Learn what Chess.com members did right and wrong in their games, as GM Panchanathan considers each...
Today GM Perelshteyn starts a new series on the endgame. He defines the difference between knowing "theoretical endgame positions" and being able to play "practical endgames" at a high level. He then reviews one of th...
Another video lecture by Grandmaster Bojkov, another gem by the third world champion reviewed today for our members! Here we watch Capablanca play the white side of the Reti System against Lilenthal in 1936, and thoug...
This weekend's Live Session sees IM Rensch face off against a fellow titled player in the Live Chess Arena for a wild battle in the Grand Prix Attack Sicilian. Shortly after over-pressing a small advantage in the midd...
GM Kaidanov launches a new series today in the spirit of Kotov, bringing you the modern day version of how to think like a grandmaster! Gregory provides useful tips on what "critical decisions" are worthy of a good th...
Today Grandmaster Finegold provides insights into his own high level preparation, sheds light on the psychology of dealing with your opponent's refutations, and everything else that rhymes in between! In reviewing his...
If you weren't excited already about this afternoon's upcoming Blindfold Simul Show on Chess.com/TV, GM Gareev reviews his perfect 5-0 sweep of last week's Simul here for you today! In his second video this week, Timu...
GM Magesh Panchanathan reviews Chess.com member games in this replay of her live show, originally broadcast on April 24. Learn what Chess.com members did right and wrong in their games, as GM Panchanathan considers ea...
Here GM Khachiyan reviews a big win he had as black at a tournament he won over President's Day weekend. In his own words, winning this event was a "recession buster", and Melik talks about his philosophy both on and...
We start off our week with GM Gareev's detailed breakdown of his Blindfold Simultaneous Exhibition Match, played in our Live Chess Arena a few weeks ago! Timur really mixed it up in this Simul, with games in the Bird'...
As we learn from another amazingly insightful video in this series by GM Dzindzichashvili, GM Bent Larsen ranked first among chess players when two things were considered... What were those two things? You'll have to...
Today's Member Analysis video features a wild game in the King's Gambit, with an early piece sacrifice, that ultimately leads to several instructive moments on how to play with the initiative, both "on and off the boa...
In part 4 of his series on the Dark Square Opening Strategy, GM Perelshteyn reviews a game of his own from a local tournament in New Hampshire. He highlights the "cohesiveness" of black's development, the common goals...
GM Magesh Panchanathan reviews Chess.com member games in this replay of her live show, originally broadcast on April 18. Learn what Chess.com members did right and wrong in their games, as GM Panchanathan considers ea...
Today we see the slightly more aggressive side of the third world champion, when GM Bojkov reviews several games that end with attacks against his opponent's kings, rather than a technically beautiful endgame! In this...
Sam brings his review of the games from the Pan-American Team Championships to a close today by providing in-depth analysis of his second encounter against GM Suarez. Sam takes you through his goals of the game, first...
In the first video of two parts on what is potentially white's most challenging approach to the Pirc, IM Mackenzie Molner does what he's done so well in this series: Make black's position look easy, completely playabl...
To bring his mini-series on advising our members not to underestimate their opponent's to a close this weekend, GM Lenderman reviews another one of his own games. A back and forth affair, Alex delves deeply into the a...
Today Kaidanov reviews a game where the young Ukrainian GM Anton Korobov conducted a beautiful, creative attack against GM Ftacnik, as if the spirit of the Magician himself had possessed him! This amazing game in the...
GM Perelshteyn's series on controlling the dark-squares, via a thematic opening repertoire approach, continues today with a surprising turn: He proves that you don't even need the dark-squared bishop to make this drea...
Grandmaster Khachiyan brings his series on the greatest and not so greatest endgame moments from this year's Tata Steel Super-GM Tournament in January. Here he reviews the reigning world champions misplayed endgame ag...
Today IM Daniel Rensch tries a faster time control in order to "attract" stronger competition for his Live Session games! He's hoping this new format/time control will provide a happy "middle-ground" for our members....
GM Lenderman offers more advice on the practical and psychological today! In reviewing his own games he elaborates on the critical moments not only in terms of the "xs and os", but also on how to maintain the right fr...
