International Master Jacek Stopa is back for round 2! Today he continues his dissection of the Evans Gambit, and offers a "boat load" of tactical ideas to take home with you. Tell mom and dad that Uncle Jacek taught y...
Pencils down! Seriously, you are about to take a quiz. Subject? The principles, attacking patterns, and tactical motifs within the confines of pawn "chains". IM David Pruess has been arming you with knowledge in his f...
Do you ever wonder what your rooks dream about? Well, you're about to find out! We have an excellent presentation prepared for you this weekend, suited perfectly for Beginning to Intermediate level players. GM Dejan B...
IM Rensch brings us Live Sessions and then some today! Two games with two "postmortem" reviews: First in the Accelerated Dragon and second in the Main Line 3.Nc3 French Defense. Grab your popcorn for the entertaining...
Solidify and complete your opening repertoire against the ultra-solid Caro-Kann Defense today! Grandmaster Dzindzichashvili is your guide, and our journey continues with two more games from his personal "online battle...
Garry began his comeback against Karpov in the latter rounds of their match, and it all started after a huge victory with the black pieces. Once Kasparov declined Karpov's draw on move 12, the "psychological tables" h...
Grandmaster Dejan Bojkov provides two thrilling examples of the power of using a "rook lift" when attacking the enemy king. First we see a theoretical discussion in the Sozin Najdorf, with multiple variations displayi...
In the second video of his new series, IM Rensch takes the reverse perspective against the Knight and Bishop, reviewing one of his own losses where the Rook grabbed the initiative and never looked back. Watch as the R...
Today GM Khachiyan reviews one of his own games, highlighting how to dominate your opponent with the little guys! Here black achieves a strong structural advantage and manages to "hold the fort" for the remainder of t...
Today GM Dzindzi reviews a game in which his opponent was, well, squeezed to death! His victim, GM Ljubomir Ljubojević, found himself slightly worse in a position that seemed simple, with very little "bite". However,...
Before Kasparov could become the king of the chess world, he would have to dethrone his nemesis: Anatoly Karpov. To say this match wasn't going to be easy would be a huge understatement, as Karpov's "rock-solid" appro...
"This way! Follow your pawn-chains to victory" - Mythological Chess Player, a very long time ago... IM David Pruess follows up his first Pawn Structure 101 video with a "counterpoint", clearly displaying all of black'...
Fasten your seat belts! This weekend we get to see a great game from the personal library of GM Melik Khachiyan! Here we review a "complete" battle in every sense of the description: Starting with white's active devel...
Today Dzindzi offers our members the most important advice of all time: DON'T make decisions based on your opponent's rating! There it is, you are now 300 rating points better! However, it would still make sense to wa...
Learn how to turn the small advantage of a semi-open file and isolated pawn target into a crushing victory! How? GM Dejan Bojkov shows you the way today with two examples: The first is a game used in IM Rensch's IQP v...
International Master Daniel Rensch begins a new video series today on the subject of "material imbalances" in the game of chess. What you need to know: In many cases where the "points" add up to be the same (or close...
IM Sam Shankland helps you recover from your crazy weekend with a little bit of "sacrificial-love" by the Great One! Kaspy takes Lputian to "ouch-town" in this Saemisch King's Indian full of complex tactics, well thou...
We're back! IM David Pruess "pinch-hits" for Daniel Rensch's "Pawn Structure 101" series this weekend -- and man does he "hit one out of the park"! There are a couple more videos to come, but today David kick starts o...
Today Roman continues his video series on the discussion of his own best work! Two games: First a win over England's rising star (at the time) Jonathan Speelman; and second, a big "in house" win over his teammate, Vi...
GM Khachiyan follows up his first 'Structural Thinking' video (September 8th) with a masterpiece by the legendary Capablanca. We hope you will enjoy this game and come to admire Capablanca's positional vision as much...
Today GM Bojkov reviews three practical game examples, displaying the art of using the rooks positionally. Specifically you will learn to strangle an opponent's "hanging" and/or "isolated" pawns on the open and semi-o...
Today International Master Sam Shankland begins a new video series covering the "life and games" of perhaps the greatest player of all time. Take the first step on this journey by watching Sam's review of a Kasparov l...
This weekend Roman not only gives us a sequel to his "Easy System vs Caro" video, but he also provides excellent commentary to a game between Chess.com's own IM Daniel Rensch and IM Irinia Krush from the SPICE Cup in...
In the climax to his five part video series on advanced Rook Endings, and the typical mistakes made therein, Grandmaster Melik Khachiyan gives us two examples of how to lose against the "theoretically drawn" Rook and...
We are certainly in for a treat today when we watch GM Gregory Kaidanov play "Chess Solitaire", a technique where you go over the game of a Grandmaster, trying to guess their moves as if it were your own game. Gregory...
