The completion of the game Paul Morphy vs -- in "Elliot Star Wars terms" -- "Count-Dukeo" is our presentation for today! Though FM Liu doesn't make anymore Star Wars references in the second part of this video, he doe...
Today FIDE Master Elliot Liu continues our "Amazing Games for Beginners" series by bringing us part 1 of this two part video, reviewing perhaps the most famous game in the history of chess. Paul Morphy played a game,...
Grandmaster Melik Khachiyan reviews another epic USCL Match for us this weekend! Here we see his own game against GM Yuri Shulman, and although Melik was not the victor in this this battle, his team won the war that n...
Moving on from "King on the 6th, Pawn on the 5th" we can now strive to understand the concepts behind Distant and Irregular Opposition. Anticipating your opponent's ability to make "waiting move(s)" as well as laying...
Today GM Roman Dzindzichashvili reviews two games from a previous Chess Olympiad in which he played board 1 for the United States. Both games being highly instructive and original, we can take away several points: "Ry...
The power of pressure on an open file... oh what a beautiful thing! IM David Pruess continues his video series describing the way in which tactics support strategy, strategy supports tactics, and so on and so on. Whit...
International Master Shankland concludes his video series on the topic of good technique and material conversion today. Here we see a classic game between Super-GMs Peter Svidler and Vishy Anand (before he was World C...
For beginners: To build your endgame "muscles" you must start with king and pawn endings. IM Rensch's new video series will help you do just that! By starting with these basic king and pawn positions, you will be abl...
GM Dejan Bojkov continues his systematic breakdown of every chess piece, their strengths, weaknesses, and everything in between. Today's video, instructive for beginner and advanced players alike, highlights the Knigh...
While we are all attracted to Grandmaster Melik Khachiyan's videos, he is attracted to well known positional weaknesses that inevitably lead to mating attacks. Much like IM Pruess's video, describing how to develop a...
Almost there! IM Sam Shankland took an outside chance of tying for first place at the US Junior Closed Championship into the last round of the main event against FIDE Master Conrad "Thunder" Holt. Don't worry, the cli...
Today we "re-release" GM Roman's video lecture covering an opening repertoire recommendation against the Benko Gambit. As usual, his example game and highlighted points come from one of his own experiences. Pay close...
"Tactics are the servants of strategy." -- Some Chess Nut-Job. Oh wait, that was former World Chess Champion Mikhail Botvinnik! This weekend, our own IM David Pruess tells a similar story, as he paints a picture of co...
International Master Rensch brings us a video full of magic! No, seriously this is just a fundamental technique that is necessary for every chess player's growth and endgame understanding... Many equal endings come do...
IM Shankland continues his tale of "a series of lucky events" that ultimately led to his comeback at the US Junior Championship this July. Today we bare witness to two post mortem reviews: First against FM Darwin Yang...
Captivating. Hysterical. Inspiring. Those are perhaps the best words to describe these Fischer Random (Chess960) videos from FIDE Master Charles Galofre. His ability to stay cool under time pressure, calculate quickly...
Grandmaster Khachiyan follows up his game with GM Alejandro Ramirez (last week) by displaying a battle against a former student. In today's video lecture, we see more explanations and tips on developing plans and coor...
This weekend Grandmaster Dejan Bojkov continues his video series on the discussion of "piece couples", and how to use them in chess. The most talked about and common couple in the history of chess is on the docket tod...
Today International Master David Pruess continues our new video series designed for beginners to learn tactical, instructive, and particularly creative ideas. Here the legendary Pillsbury executes his own attack to pe...
Grandmaster Alexander Lenderman makes his Chess.com Video Author debut today! The first video in a series designed to tackle the "lost arts" in chess (Namely: Time, Harmony, and Space) deals with the latter. Alex revi...
Today GM Melik Khachiyan launches a two part video series -- both describing games from the U.S. Open in Southern California not more than a month ago. His first battle, though a loss to Grandmaster Alejandro Ramirez,...
Have you ever watched a video where a master/teacher is consistently making references to "chess terminology" and you have NO idea what he/she is talking about? Well, with this new video series "Chess Vocabulary", we...
Today Grandmaster Roman Dzindzichashvili brings us an unexpected sequel to a previous video... As he says himself, the featured game in this lecture is "one of his most memorable". Not only because it was a victory ov...
Wow! FIDE Master Charles Galofre follows up IM Rensch's Game of the Week prize (and video) with his own brilliant performance in the rapid time control and exciting format of the US Chess League! Be forewarned: The ga...
GM Dejan Bojkov continues with his excellent coverage of the "power" of the chess men: how the pieces move; their strengths and limitations; as well as their "hidden" features. Have you ever seen a king use Triangulat...
