Grandmaster Judit Polgar makes her video author debut this weekend by reviewing one of the most important victories of her career. Our members receive a "taste" of our scholastic extension site, ChessKid.com, in the v...
Gligoric's use of the most common central pawn "weaknesses" in the following two games is amazing, and as Grandmaster Bojkov explains - Gligoric uses them to launch a couple of ruthless kingside attacks that his str...
Here Melik provides interesting positions that require a need for what he likes to call "Combinational Vision". He provides multiple example puzzles, and emphasizes how solving them, learning "what to look for", and r...
Today GM Kaidanov provides more instructive examples of when the initiative and rapid development should be valued higher than material in the early stages of a chess game. He starts by reviewing the game of a student...
(NOTE: This was an April Fools joke video!) Just a few days ago, IM Daniel Rensch played one of the best games of his career, right here on Chess.com! Today Danny reviews this game for all us, where demonstrated one o...
When the strongest players in the world come together for an elite tournament that will ultimately decide who has the right to challenge the world champion for his crown, holding back preparation and novelties is no l...
As promised, Grandmaster Timur Gareev makes his Video Author debut today, reviewing the games he played on March 6th against our members! As you watch and learn from Timur's instructive analysis, as well as his honest...
After reviewing a game in which Gligoric quickly turns a "slow moving center" into a dangerous kingside attack (as was typical of his style), GM Bojkov displays a game that ends in a combination you might recognize! O...
Today GM Khachiyan reviews one of his favorite games! A battle full of swindles, surprising (often amazing) tactical shots, and many resourceful options for both sides: Gormally-Sutovsky, Gibraltar 2005 was something...
With his second video, GM Perelshtyen provides more proof that a repertoire built around positional themes and thematic ideas can work at the highest level! He reviews his own games, highlighting the critical moments...
GM Magesh Panchanathan reviews Chess.com member games in this replay of her live show, originally broadcast on March 26. Learn what Chess.com members did right and wrong in their games, as GM Panchanathan considers ea...
Today IM Rensch takes a break from helping you achieve the "full board nirvana" you so desire to play a Live Session game. The catch? He's playing blindfolded! The first ever Blindfold Live Session takes place today,...
GM Kaidanov elaborates this weekend on the consequences of neglecting your development and "general activity" for the sake of material. He reminisces on an highly influential book from his youth, but more importantly,...
GM Bojkov continues his coverage of the third world champion by reviewing two games full of middlegame tactics and the kind of high level technique that Capablanca is most famous for. In this video, before taking on t...
In this Member Analysis video lecture, targeted toward our more experienced members, GM Dzindzichashvili breaks down the critical "middlegame transition into the endgame", highlighting the dire consequences of playing...
Grandmaster Eugene Perelshteyn introduces a very original approach to the first stage of chess today, suggesting the idea of building a repertoire around "thematic principles" in the pawn structure, development patter...
Today GM Melik thanks the Chess.com Members for providing him with the needed encouragement and support to keep playing actively and to strive further, and always for improvement! Without that, we would never have had...
GM Shankland continues to review his games from the recent Pan-American Team Championship! Here he reviews an extremely sharp, Open Sicilian Najdorf that has the "flavor" of an English Attack, but not quite the "theor...
Your spiritual chess journey towards full board enlightenment continues today. Will you put IM Rensch's training methods, passed down to him from the gurus and masters of old, to work? Or will you succumb to your own...
IM Molner is back this month as a featured author to continue revealing his secrets in the Pirc Defense! He hopes to "convert" as many Chess.com Members to the Pirc as possible, and he's providing some wonderful analy...
Two "comprehensive recommendations" for the price of one! GM Kaidanov wastes no time in today's video lecture, providing solid recommendations for white against the Alekhine's and Scandinavian (including sidelines of...
After reviewing one of Capablanca's most famous endgame achievements (the infamous Rook Ending victory against Tartakower), GM Bojkov reviews an exciting middlegame attack that, in classic Capablanca style, is convert...
Today Melik provides more proof that "tactics must server strategy"! He shows that with the right positional knowledge, and correct intuitive approach, you can spot tactics that might have been otherwise too hard to s...
GM Magesh Panchanathan reviews Chess.com member games in this replay of her live show, originally broadcast on March 12. Learn what Chess.com members did right and wrong in their games, as GM Panchanathan considers ea...
Roman's coverage of the late, great Efim Geller comes to an end today with the review of two amazing games. The first, a classic against GM Kotov, the second, a game from the 90's that you would have thought had been...
