Opening Theory, Opening Theory, and oh yeah, more Opening Theory! Well, the Slav hasn't been the most topical Opening variation in chess for the last few years for nothing we suppose... IM Shankland does a superb job...
International Master Mark Ginsburg makes his debut for Chess.com videos! Continuing with his excellent lecture topics, this time he guides us through our thinking processes while showing a fine example of Grandmaster...
Grandmaster Khachiyan continues his video series on the "art of evaluating" with the review of yet another game from the 2004 World Championship Match between Kramnik and Leko. In this case, Leko finds himse...
Roman continues his series on the "Four Knights" opening with a third installment video. Rather than the discussion of basic plans and fundamental ideas (covered in the first two videos), here he moves into...
IM Shankland continues his series on "how to play the Queen's Gambit" with some recommendations in what has arguably been the most topical and theoretically relevant variation of the Slav/Semi-Slav over the...
In the fourth video of "The Complete Grunfeld" series, FM Lilov explains how important it is to not only have have your pieces on "nice looking squares", but also to place them where they can be "effective". By review...
In this video, IM David Pruess recaps the second half of this great "Member Analysis" game. In doing so, he expands on the importance of not "shying" away from may be a clearly great plan, simply because of personal p...
IM Sam Shankland begins a new video series targeted directly at players trying to learn the complex variations of the Queen's Gambit and its many relatives. If you are looking to map out your repertoire, and you want...
FIDE Master Lilov continues his dissection of the Grunfeld Defense by reviewing a more recent game between strong Grandmasters. The main points of the video feature dynamic piece play, the importance of square control...
Grandmaster Melik Khachiyan continues his video series on the subject of improving your positional understanding, with a review of the pivotal World Championship Match game between Kramnik and Leko in 2004. White's ab...
IM Rensch continues his series on "Pawn Structures" by analyzing the incredibly sharp, and volatile Panov-Botvinnik Structure. Here he reviews one of his own games from the Berkeley Masters in 2008 against Grandmaster...
In the second video of "The Complete Grunfeld" series, FIDE Master Lilov reviews another main line of this dynamic opening. By leaning heavily on GM Loek Van Wely (one of the most consistent players of the G...
In another Live Sessions, FIDE Master Charles Galofre tackles the sharp, but perhaps prematurely aggressive, Tarrasch Defense in the Queen's Gambit. FM Galofre sheds some light on white's ability to avoid main line th...
In this video review of a "Member Analysis" game, International Master David Pruess hits on many instructive points: Issues of development; king safety; and the importance of not over-estimating your opponent's threat...
FIDE Master Elliot Liu is back in action for Chess.com! Today he launches the first video in his series: "The Year of the Carlsen". Elliot will be recapping, dissecting, and turning over every stone regardin...
Get ready to learn everything you ever wanted to know about the Grunfeld Defense! FM Lilov kicks off this video series with an introduction into some of the most basic, and yet critical patterns in the Grunfeld. He th...
FM Charles Galofre decided to sit down for a "Live Sessions" battle last week, and it was certainly worth it! The Vienna Game is supposed to lead to attacking positions for white, but the only attack white experienced...
Grandmaster Melik continues his series on the "art of evaluating" with the quick review of a game played between two of the all time greats. Although his recap of this battle may be a short one, his instruct...
Here Roman reviews a game played between two of the strongest Grandmasters in the world. That surely means an incredible game full of flawless technique right? Wrong! In this video, we find out that EndgameTechnique i...
In the second video of this series dedicated to the "little guys", Danny evolves on his explanations of "seeing the bigger picture" and remembering that ALL strong positional plans are based around your knowledge of t...
An incredible show of positional technique by Anand, accompanied by an even more impressive description of the game itself by Grandmaster Khachiyan, makes for a masterpiece of an instructional video. In this lecture,...
Sam Shankland continues his series on "getting lucky", with the review of another one of his own games from a recent tournament in Europe. Sam describes the practical risk involved in trying to surprise your...
Everything you have ever wanted to know about Pawn Structure is about to be answered... Or at least we hope! International Master Daniel Rensch is inviting everyone to "hop on the train" for an epic video series that...
Roman continues his series on the Four Knights Opening with some practical game review. If you enjoyed the first video of this series, then watching the second is not really so much a choice, but a necessity! The best...
You may not want to admit it, but we all just get flat out lucky sometimes! Yes, even you!! So what is it about those games that go back and forth, up and down, and are just wild and crazy? How do we "hang in the...
