As Melik nears the close of his ten part video series on the Accelerated Dragon, he draws our attention to one of the more exciting, "lesser known" variations of the Hybrid Accelerated Dragon. Today he reviews an exci...
He's well known for his tactical prowess, his lightning fast calculation skills, and great fighting spirit... but what many people don't know about Super-GM Hikaru Nakamura is that he also possesses great endgame skil...
He's hungry, and he can't be stopped! Today GM Lenderman displays multiple examples of how the world #1 continues to press, push, and pull for any kind of advantage in his chess games. Carlsen's objective, accurate de...
Dejan Bojkov begins a new video series today where he intends to review his own games, displaying for our members all the struggles, triumphs, and "everything in between" as it pertains to being a Grandmaster. Here he...
Playing without a plan can be costly! Thinking only one move at a time or playing "if chess" can lead to many problems in your position, and an uncoordinated army is just one of them. This Live Session by IM Rensch wa...
When he finds himself on the worse end of an Opposite Colored Bishop ending, GM Shankland must make a critical decision: Either try to improve his defensive setup before his opponent increases the pressure, or just st...
Today's Member Analysis lecture comes to us courtesy of one of our own! Our Video Producer, David Petty, places himself about the "Flames de Roman" for a good old fashioned roasting! Just how harsh was the Dzindzinato...
Today Melik tells a tale from his childhood, reviewing how hard times were for a certain period and how it affected his chess games. He displays one of his more dynamic wins - explaining how when you have the right id...
In one of the potentially most exciting match ups of the 2012 US Championship, young GMs Ray Robson and Robert Hess squared off for a classic, "King Pawn style", romantic chess battle! The opening quickly lead to a dy...
The Tiger Returns today with another great video lecture in his series about opening play for the beginner level! Today he discusses a dynamic and main line weapon for black against 1.e4: The French Defense! Lilov exp...
How many times have you lost a game (or come close to losing), despite gaining a large material advantage early on in the battle? Come on, we're all guilty! IM David Pruess breaks down the principles of technique in t...
Today International Master Rensch makes his first ever contribution to our long standing "Member Analysis" video series. He reviews an "over the board" game by one of our most active members and highlights the importa...
GM Alex Lenderman begins a new video series today on the subject of psychology in chess. He talks about the importance of treating every game, every opponent, and every move the same -- and he stresses that trying you...
In this game Rubinstein displayed once again just how far ahead of most of his peers he was by demonstrating that a completely symmetrical endgame, with nothing but slight differences in space and piece placement can...
In his next installment, Shankland observes some stellar defense by Super GM Fabiano Caruana against Shanky's former opponent on the "big stage" GM Peter Leko. In this "Poisoned Pawn" esque French position, black find...
Getting stomped by GM Roman Dzindzichashvili is not fun! Just ask IM Herzog and GM Garcia! In today's video the Dzindzinator takes two players to Smash-town with style. First we see a Four Pawns Attack/Benko Gambit go...
When one of the greatest chess players of all time offers you a draw in a roughly unclear position, you take it right? Not GM Melik Khachiyan! Today he kicks off a new video series by reviewing not necessarily his bes...
IM Daniel Rensch brings the Scheveningen Structure to a close today by reviewing two games from his personal library that highlight the tactical possibilities of the common sacrifice on e6. The second game under revie...
This weekend GM Perelshtyen reviews one of the most creative, exciting games from the 2012 US Championship. When Super-GM Hikaru Nakamura faces off against the young GM Robson in the Dragon Sicilian, you know there ex...
Is it ever really possible to master something without learning to love it? You can continue to "force feed" yourself technical, and boring positions in the endgame if you want, but you may never learn to like the fin...
In today's game, the Dzindzinator plays a "positional" Rook Sacrifice (yes, you read that right) for a long term form of compensation against black's uncoordinated pieces and exposed King. The attack climaxes with Rom...
IM Rensch explains that there are two different types of chess players, and two different types of people therein: Those who love to win, and those who hate to lose... Figure out his latest "crazy talk" in the critica...
Every "future" Grandmaster must challenge those who have come before him/her at some point, and today Melik reviews his first "GM Scalp"! He dives right into one of the sharpest lines of the Modern Pirc system against...
Sometimes your students have to lose tough games in order to learn critical lessons, even if your coach is GM Dejan Bojkov! When white surprises black with an ultra-aggressive move in the early stages of the Sicilian...
In round 3 of the 2012 US Championship, two of the most solid players in America (if not the world) met up for what would surely be one of the most interesting slug-fests of the tournament. The game Kamsky-Onischuk di...
