GM Shankland brings his series on the most "lovely games" he's ever played to a close today with a review of his interesting battle against GM Erenburg. After achieving a big advantage (on the clock if nothing else) S...
This weekend IM Mark Ginsburg brings us a very modern and interesting idea -- once thought to be a positional blunder -- in the Scheveningen Sicilian. With this video lecture, and solid preparation to follow, black ca...
Today Grandmaster Khachiyan starts a new series on another "weapon" of his as black against 1.e4. The series is designed for advanced players who wish to master the Accelerated Dragon. He starts with the most position...
If your opponent blunders a piece, but you don't take it, is it still a blunder? Yes, it is... except now there were two blunders! In IM Rensch's latest Live Session, his superior opening leads to a great middlegame p...
Kaidanov expounds upon the brilliance of former world champion Anatoly Karpov in today's video; particularly, his "lack of dogmatism", feel for the timing of when to "change the course of a game", and his strong desir...
Surprise, surprise! Just when you thought you had seen all you would from GM Shankland for the Complete Caro video series, he hits you with a curve ball! Today's video is the first in a few "sequel parts" designed to...
Today's game displays an obscure variation of the French Defense, and though white makes a positional mistake (the unnecessary capture with Bxg6) -- as Dzindzi explains, black's sins were much worse! Watch as white es...
This weekend GM Melik Khachiyan reviews the play of one of his personal favorite players of all time: The positional and technical mastermind, former World Champion Vladimir Kramnik! He discusses a complicated middleg...
After his opponent employs a slightly obscure opening, GambitGareth manages to create a natural attacking structure towards the kingside. As usual, Gareth's calculation is precise and his approach aggressive, but his...
Technically, the first line covered in IM Mark Ginsburg's new video series is an "old move", but Mark manages to shed new light on this variation with solid preparation. He provides a solid introduction into the basic...
In what Sam claims as his best game of the tournament, he finds himself holding on for a draw in a much worse position. Playing the black pieces against a fellow Grandmaster (Axel Bachman) is never an easy task, but G...
With his new video series, GM Bojkov intends to provide useful insights into the world of amateur chess by reviewing the games of his own private students. He will also teach the members of Chess.com what he teaches h...
The Dzindzinator is back, and you might want to sit down before you hear his critiques of black's play in this Member Analysis video! He expounds upon the importance of development, and why players should not be looki...
Grandmaster Kaidanov is back this weekend with another immensely popular Solitiare Chess video lecture! Today he reviews a game by a much younger Aronian, and he highlights the young Armenian's ability to play patient...
After developing into an extremely sharp Najdorf, Danny finds himself furiously defending against his opponent's piece sacrifice on d5. After making all the right moves (or so it seemed) -- his opponent lashes out wit...
Your next goal to become a chess expert is to learn to dominate the center! Here GM Khachiyan reviews an interesting battle between Kramnik and Leko, highlighting Kramnik's aggressive "outbursts" in the center. Melik...
IM Pruess and his "study subject" are back again today with another Live Session Hybrid! Member GambitGareth's success in the two games here not withstanding, IM Pruess begins to wonder if Gareth is not sometimes too...
The City of Brotherly Love played host to one of America's strongest open events so far in the year 2012, and our own Sam Shankland was there competing amongst the best! GM Shanky showed love for his brethren by beati...
FIDE Master Lilov's fourth installment to his new, highly popular video series comes to us today on the subject of the Two Knight's Defense! TigerLilov covers all the critical "ins-and-outs" that beginner players must...
GM Dejan Bojkov brings his installment on Aron Nimzowitsch in our Greatest Chess Minds series to a close today. The topic? One of Nimzo's final contributions to "modern chess understanding": The Mysterious Rook Move!...
In this video Dzindzi not only covers the most recent theory and critical lines of the Huebner Variation in the Nimzo, but he also provides specific advice on how to keep a position closed when battling Knights vs Bis...
In this highly instructive installment to his new video series, Grandmaster Khachiyan reviews critical moments from the games Anand vs Kasparov WCH Match 1995, Timman vs Karpov Montreal 1979, and Radjabov vs Kasparov...
The next installment to IM Rensch's Pawn Structure 101 series reviews the critical variations of the Sozin Najdrof in great detail, but most importantly, this video lecture should serve as an example of "black's stem...
FIDE Master Lilov brings us the third installment in his new video series designed just for beginners! Take notes on this "simplified breakdown" of the fundamental concepts behind the Caro Kann. Beginner players can u...
To bring this video series to a close today, GM Shanky completes his coverage of the Advanced Variation. Reviewing the more positional approaches by white, including "Carlsen's Choice", the "Short Variation" and the N...
