FIDE Master Valeri Lilov is back again with another Opening Lecture for beginners! Today he covers the defensive ideas of the great Aaron Nimzowitsch, and even though this opening is not considered "the most main line...
When the best in the world actually has to play defense, he does it pretty well! In the game McShane-Carlsen, London Classic 2011 the "world's greatest amateur" had the world #1 on the ropes, but when Magnus puts on a...
To provide conclusion to his Complete Nimzo video series, Roman covers every move "under the sun" for white! From 4.Qb3 to 4.Qd3, onto the awkward bishop moves that are sometimes tried by amateurs (4.Bd2 and 4.Bf4), a...
Similar to the first installment in his new video series on Prophylactic Thinking, GM Kaidanov brings us one position after another, stressing the need for us to think about what our opponent's (not our own) next move...
Sometimes the most important thing to know is what not to do! IM Daniel Rensch starts an attack against the enemy king, and is tempted multiple times to "blow things open" and go for mate... but when he shows his tech...
Today GM Khachiyan reveals yet even more "Dragon Secrets" when he reviews the game Bruzon-Malakhov from the year 2000. He highlights white's best approach against the slightly dubious choice to develop with...
With his next installment, GM Bojkov explains how his student captured her first National Title (Bulgarian Women's Championship). The game itself was a tricky one, with Isolated Queen Pawn strategies dictating the pla...
Grandmaster Eugene Perelshteyn starts a new series today, reviewing the most exciting games from the 2012 US Championship. He will continue his coverage for the next couple months, displaying all the most critical, in...
Sam acknowledges breaking a promise with his latest video lecture on the concepts of defense, but we would have all missed out had he not! After claiming to have wrapped up the ideas of defense (both concrete and prac...
This weekend Roman tackles one of the "Big Guns" of the Modern Nimzo Indian with style! GM Dzindzichashvili gives us his own personal recipe for dealing with the immensely popular 4.Qc2 Classical Variation. In this sl...
Grandmaster Kaidanov is featured this month on Chess.com, and with today's video he begins a new series on what he puts as "arguably the most important skill to develop as a chess player". Though he doesn't claim it a...
In today's video white experiences the terrible consequences of playing too slowly on the kingside, neglecting to play for a normal (aggressive) plan of driving the f-pawn against the Scheveningen structure. IM Rensch...
Are you ready for some fireworks? In today's video lecture, Ivanchuk puts on a display of creativity and brilliance against former World Champion Garry Kasparov! When Chucky plays a novelty early on in a well known, s...
Grandmaster Dejan Bojkov is back on the "Greatest Chess Minds" trail, breaking into new territory today with his coverage of the great Dr. Akiba Rubinstein! Though many of Rubinstein's achievements have been discussed...
With the fourth installment to his new video series on defense and prophylactic thinking, GM Shankland reviews a loss he had when he was a lowly IM. In this sharp King's Indian, despite outplaying his opponent, Sam un...
This weekend IM Rensch gets back to the never ending, on-going, "Energizer Bunny" that is the Pawn Structure 101 video series. He continues to review the Scheveningen structure, and he reveals some of the deepest poin...
To conclude his "mini-series" on what all beginner players need to know in order to start the first few moves of every chess game "on the right foot," IM Pruess brings us all of Black's main line options against 1.d4....
In perhaps the most revealing video lecture of this series, Roman displays variations from his personal arsenal that will leave even the most experienced Nimzo players in shock! His recommendations for handling the fo...
FM Lilov is back with the next installment to his "Openings for Beginners" video series. Today he discusses one of the most popular defenses for black at any level in chess: The Sicilian Defense. He breaks it down to...
Today Melik makes the initial transition away from the Maroczy Bind structure with his first video on the "Old Main Line" of the Accelerated Dragon. He reviews black's "best option" against the threat of the Yugoslav...
GM Shankland provides his next defensive planning and prophylactic thinking video today, and it's his last where he uses the subject matter of Opposite Colored Bishop endings to illustrate his critical thinking points...
If it's good enough for Bobby, it's good enough for me! Let's focus on Black's responses for now though! IM David Pruess delivers his long awaited sequel to the "Every Chess Opening Move" for White, with a deep look a...
GM Josh Friedel makes it look easy today! Breaking down black's toughest defense (the "3rd Rank Defense") with style! The Queen vs Rook Endgame "evolved" and became much harder to win once computers figured out this a...
In addition to the main lines of the Huebner (i.e. the closed positions arising after black plays for the d6 and e5 pawn pushes) - black can strike against white's center with 8... d5. GM Dzindzichashvili breaks it do...
In today's video GM Khachiyan provides a module game from black's point of view, displaying clearly all of black's long term positional goals (mainly, controlling the dark-squares) in the Accelerated Dragon Maroczy Bi...
