Grandmaster Melik Khachiyan brings us more from his days as a schoolboy, this time providing more insight into how his tutor -- former World Champion Tigran Petrosian -- viewed positional chess and sacrifices. watch a...
1.d4 players looking for some "new light" on dealing with the infamous Dutch Leningrad might want to take a look at this video lecture! IM Thomas Rendle walks through this highly interesting, and in some cases "ultra-...
The transition from a worse middlegame to an equal ending was seemingly all IM Daniel Rensch needed to feel confident that he was outplaying his opponent... but how wrong he was! Though Bishops are generally superior...
Continuing upon the theme from his last video in this series, GM Dzindzichashvili analyzes more practical games for us today in the Bogo Indian. Here we see games from black's perspective, displaying several common po...
Once upon a time, there was a chess land with no crowned champion... but that ended in the match that takes place here. Perhaps the first ever "Isolated Queen Pawn" battle took place between Zukertort and Steinitz in...
Today GM Melik Khachiyan lectures on the imbalances of positional weaknesses vs activity and the initiative. In the end, it turns out white's strongest piece was one of the "little guys". The anchor on f6 allows white...
Unfortunately, the most important chess lesson of your life comes to an end here, but we hope you enjoyed the ride! IM Rensch guides us through the "final frontier" of this mini-series with a review of two amazing gam...
Your journey continues today! IM Rensch leads us into the final stage of chess with a few goals in mind: understand the power and important role your king plays in the endgame; recognize and execute the power of your...
The most important video series for beginners continues with the second installment in "Everything You Need To Know". IM Rensch brings us a fast paced ride through the fundamentals of tactics and strategy. Buckle up a...
If you only had one chess lesson in your life, this would be it! The "Everything You Need To Know" video series launches today, and continues this week for beginners. The chess world is about to lose thousands of "pun...
International Master Thomas Rendle, otherwise known as the "Pterodactyl of Opening Theory", brings us yet another video series on the subject! On the docket this time is a weapon of great popularity at every level of...
Grandmaster Roman Dzindzichashvili continues his series on the Bogo-Indian this weekend with an interesting practical game that highlights common mistakes made by both sides. In particular, black's misunderstanding ho...
Grandmaster Khachiyan continues his new video series on the subject of recognizing and then exploiting your opponent's sub-par positional (pawn play) understanding. Here we see his young opponent walk into a reverse B...
Today Danny "puts his money, where his mouth is" when he opts for the slightly worse end of an Unbalanced Material trade -- claiming that his knowledge of how to use the pieces, apply pressure where it matters, and us...
Don't ever let your guard down! That might be the critical lesson from today's video lecture by GM Dejan Bojkov. After outplaying his opponent with the black pieces, quite easily we might add, World Champion Wilhelm S...
Though Dzindzi shifts focus from 4.Bd2 to the "other" main line in 4.Nbd2 in today's video, the ideas for black remain strikingly similar and represent easy, comfortable play. The overriding positional themes of the B...
To follow up on the "First Lady's" dominance over the Rooks a couple weeks ago, we now get to see the "Towers of Power" coordinate, infiltrate, and completely dominate the Queen! Two games from the personal library of...
Today GM Melik Khachiyan begins a new videos series designed to show examples of exceptional, and sometimes not-so-exceptional, pawn play in chess. We start with a classic battle between Botvinnik and Keres in which t...
In this exciting video lecture, a legend is born! Soon after securing the World Championship title, Wilhelm Steinitz unveiled part of his life's work in the later named "Steinitz Gambit". His philosophy that the King...
GM Dzindzichashvili concludes his analysis of the 4.Bd2 variation of the Bog-Indian Defense today, and what does he say is the secret? Being old! With the ideas being much more positional then they are theoretical, it...
Another Rook Ending video lecture by GM Khachiyan... another Super-GM blows a theoretical draw! This video lecture contains arguably one of the most practical lessons of your chess life. Understanding that not all Roo...
GM Shankland's US Championship journey comes to an end this weekend in style with an Armageddon game against GM Robert Hess! After an interesting "silent auction", Sam is surprised to be dealt the white pieces. What w...
The "un-crowned" king of the chess world before an official World Championship title was awarded was, in many people's view, Adolf Anderssen. That was until Andersen made the mistake of challenging the young Wilhelm t...
Today GM Dzindzi starts a new series designed to help players "complete" their black repertoires against 1.d4. The difference between the many "Indians" is explained today, and Roman recommends a more positional appro...
After coming up short against their more experienced opponent's, young American stars Robert Hess and Sam Shankland were paired with what would be their final "mini-match" of the 2011 US Championship -- a battle for 3...
