Keaton Kiewra, better known as "The Dragon Master", brings his initial segment in the Dragon Video Series to a close today with flare! First he reviews the critical ins-and-outs of the 9...d5 variation, then he astoni...
We know, we know... it's been a while since you got your Live Sessions fix! Forgive us for the more than a month delay, get excited, and come on in! You're invited to this party with IM Daniel Rensch. When white takes...
A man without a plan is a dog chasing cars! GM Roman Dzindzichashvili may not use the same terminology, but his criticisms of the following game should be just as sufficient. Learn vicariously from your fellow Chess.c...
The ponies come to the rescue! Well, not really... As we learn in GM Dejan Bojkov's next installment of this very important endgame (important for "Lopez Players" and "non-Lopez Players" alike) the Knights don't impro...
Tigran Petrosian was not only a proponent of the Sicilian Defense, but many of the ideas arising in the dynamic middle-games were first pioneered by him! From sacrifices of the exchange to the long-term pressure of th...
When GM Sam Shankland gets complacent in a winning position, things take a turn for the worst! However, Shanky's honest recap of his mistakes, psychological state, and all other practical aspects of this game are as i...
This weeked, IM-Elect Keaton Kiewra continues his series on the infamous Dragon Sicilian with a victory of his own from the US Chess League! Here we see Keaton take on d4, but rather than win by a queenside attack, he...
Learning a new opening is about more than just the "main line theory". You must understand the position from a general sense, as well as all the critical side lines. That's where GM Eugene Perelshteyn comes in! Take a...
It's one of the hardest things to do as a chess player, and one of the last things a "child prodigy" learns. What's that? To defend a worse position, keeping a cool head and strong will, against tough opposition. That...
Never fall asleep on your pawn structure! Especially when playing black in the Berlin Defense... GM Bojkov's description of white's positional advantages in the infamous "Ruy Lopez Endgame" should be instructive for b...
Roman's review of Karpov's wonderful victory over Topalov from Linares 1994, as good as it is, doesn't compare to his detailed recount of the "man" Karpov and the events surrounding his 50th birthday celebration. GM D...
Grandmaster Sam Shankland is back from his summer abroad, and back in the "video making biz" as well! No rest for the weary however, as Sam immediately rejoined his teammates in their quest to defend their 2010 US Che...
GM Eugene Perelshteyn is back this October to continue his series on the Scandinavian Defense. Today he launches the first of three videos designed to discuss the main line 3... Qa5 variation. For players looking for...
IM-Elect Keaton Kiewra makes his chess.com video author debut today with the first in a series about fire-breathing beasts! The introduction video into the Yugoslav Attack brings us one of the original "stem games" in...
In the climax to his mini video series on space in chess, IM Pruess summarizes for us what it really means to "build strength", displays the potential of a space advantage when it exists on one side of the board, and...
Learn this highly useful theoretical draw, and rule the world! Well, maybe you won't rule the world, but at least you won't blunder away a drawn ending like this Grandmaster did! GM Melik Khachiyan continues his extre...
Learn about one of the most commonly reached structures in the Ruy Lopez today! In the introduction to his new series, GM Bojkov reviews the "endgame formation" reached via the Berlin Defense, the Exchange Lopez, and...
If your opponent should choose to "politely decline" your generous pawn offer in the Blumenfeld Gambit, IM Mac Molner advises you not to fear! To conclude this mini-series, Molner reviews all of black's opti...
Roman concludes his presentation on the genius of Vishy Anand today with two games from his most recent World Championship matches. These games against Topalov and Kramnik display Anand's calculation skills, as much a...
Another week of video lectures, another exciting Live Sessions with IM Rensch! Here Danny finds himself on the black side of a sideline of the Berlin Defense - Ruy Lopez. After equalizing, he slowly begins to expand u...
Grandmaster Gregory Kaidanov brings us an exciting look into the minds of the world's best chess players in his new videos series. Here we see one of the best attacking players of all time! Kaidanov reviews an unknown...
IM Pruess lists for us the four major ways to exploit a space advantage in a chess game, and he covers two of his "power-points" in this weekend's video. Exposing cramped enemy pieces being the first one, while altern...
GM Bojkov concludes his series on the first world champion today with a summary on some of Wilhelm Steinitz contributions to chess theory. As we have learned, Steinitz was a man of principle who fought hard to defend...
A golden game by one of GM Khachiyan's "golden boys"! Today Melik reviews another great performance by one of his students. Here we watch as FM Steven Zierk takes down IM Amanov on the black side of a French Defense....
As explained in part two, Vishy Anand's influence over the growth of chess in India was tremendous. Even as a mere "candidate" in the 90's, long before winning the title over a decade later, he was seen as a national...
