Today a 14-year old Sam Shankland battles it out for first in a "must win" game! GM Shanky reminisces about his past, and then takes us through the several critical stages of approaching these situations: First, he le...
Today GM Khachiyan reviews all of white's options against his recommended 5...Nf6 against the 4.Nc3 main line. The details are critical and Melik delivers them in instructive fashion! His summarizes his thoughts on th...
All Sicilian players know not to combine g6 with e6 in an "Open" Sicilian... or at least they should! In this Member Analysis video, GM Roman Dzindzichashvili explains this further, offering some enlightening descript...
International Master Jacek Stopa brings his video series on the Evan's Gambit to a close this weekend by offering his best advice on how black should approach the opening stage. In this example game against IM Mulyar,...
Today you take your quest to master all the critical tactical patterns in chess to the next level! IM Daniel Rensch is your guide, and you will certainly need one as some of these positions are a "big jump" from the l...
Perhaps the most critical element of knowing when to simplify, the recognition of a sidelined enemy piece, is once again on display in today's video lecture. The follow up plan of trading off all the other pieces in o...
Today GM Khachiyan continues his video series on the Schliemann Gambit by reviewing a recent victory against IM Jack Peters. When his opponent surprises him with what is clearly "Opening Prep", Melik has to think fast...
In one of the strongest tournaments of the era (early 1980's), Grandmaster Dzindzichashvili -- currently in his prime -- took first place against a field of some of the world's best! In the 5th and critical round, Dzi...
In this highly interesting game review, GM Kaidanov displays one of his best... losses! After achieving a comfortable position out of the opening, he is outplayed by his opponent in creative, original fashion. Black s...
When the dynamic middlegames of the Panov Attack (Caro Kann) quickly enter an endgame where both sides posses an isolated pawn, making the correct evaluation can be awfully tricky! IM Rensch believes if he can gain co...
In part 5, International Master Stopa brings us the thrilling conclusion to his critical tournament victory! After white brings his Rook onto the open b-file, black drastically mis-evaluates the position, assuming his...
Hit the way-back button and watch the low-tech hilarity at the inaugural Death Match 1, where all the games were bullet. The players narrate the games themselves, and turn the broadcast into equal parts sketch comedy,...
In Part 2 of the Pruess-Rensch battle, Rensch has the bigger screen size and the bigger score. He leads by a full five games, but since the format consisted of all three hours of all 1+1 time control, there's plenty o...
Rensch has extended his lead over Pruess, but both players are exhausted heading in to Part 3. Prize money was based on score, so every point meant extra winnings. In this segment you'll see who tries to stuff his poc...
Today GM Khachiyan offers advice on both practical and psychological levels for dealing with worse positions. How bad are these positions? Some of them are bordering on dead lost, but as Melik shows, a cool head, accu...
To follow up his introduction to the g3 Variation and other sidelines, Roman continues this "All Things Nimzo" video series with a variation long thought to be dead! Black's most common approach to the early Nge2 deve...
In part 2 we not only learn the answer to the puzzle GM Bojkov posted at the end of the first video lecture, but we take our knowledge of this critical concept in technique to the next level! Learn more about recogniz...
Today GM Dzindzichashvili kicks off a new, deeply prepared, video series on the Nimzo Indian Defense. In this ten part saga, Roman intends to take viewers from "beginning to end" in regards to the ins and outs of play...
In part two of this exciting Solitaire Chess video, we learn that the best defense can be a good offense! Here we see Grandmaster Tomashevsky defend his worse position by creating strong counter-play (a5 with the thre...
Though World Champion Alexander Alekhine may not have been the "model Russian citizen" during the Bolshevik Party rise, he was king of the chess world. In many ways the world's first "truly complete" chess player, Ale...
Somehow, the tables are turned in this Live Sessions! IM Rensch finds himself executing a Minority Attack normally played from the white side of a Queen's Gambit Declined, but when the minor pieces disappear, he isn't...
Get ready for another awesome video series by GM Dejan Bojkov! Brought to you because of direct member request, this well prepared and well articulated video series is going to improve your technical skills and knowle...
Gambit lovers, eat your heart out! IM Jacek Stopa is back with another installment for his video series on the Evan's Gambit. To say this game "goes deep" into the variations of the topical theory in this line, would...
Today we learn how a Super-GM does it! Grandmaster Peter Svidler, on his way to winning the Russian Super-Final, won in a "must win" situation in the last round as black against GM Alekseev, and he did so with style!...
In this two part Solitaire Chess video lecture, GM Kaidanov chooses the game of a "well-known positional player", hoping for some Karpov-esque chess. Boy did he ever choose wrong! When Super-GM Tomashevsky surprises u...
