In this video, Grandmaster Khachiyan continues his series on the important positional idea of "restriction". What better way to display this idea than by reviewing another famous game between two of the stro...
Here Danny battles it out in yet another "Live Session"! Although his opponent badly misplays the opening, after achieving the advantage, it takes IM Rensch a while to convert against his opponent's aggressive play. W...
In this "Intro" video, GM Roman describes everything a beginning player needs to know about the Four Knights Opening. This very detailed "Opening Survey" of a video provides everything from opening...
Check out Melik's original review and perspective of one of the most famous games in chess history. Grandmaster Khachiyan explains the importance of not taking basic ideas, such as pins, for granted. Furthermore, he d...
In this Live Sessions, Danny finds himself facing off with a familiar opponent (check out Live Sessions 11 in IM Rensch's Library). Does the "Rematch" spell doom for Danny against his "titled" opponent? Does he mishan...
GM Roman takes us on a tour of a game between two Chess.com members and teaches us some very valuable concepts along the way... Including: How to deal with the Catalan as black; The Development of your pieces and your...
We promise you will not be disappointed with the long awaited sequel to Sam's first video: "Creating an Opening Repertoire"! The second video in this series is designed to help tournament players deal with t...
In this Live Sessions match, Danny ventures into a main line of the Scotch Game. With the Scotch Game being an opening he knows quite well, Danny is able to shed some light on this theoretically well-known ending, as...
In the second installment of this series, GM Khachiyan displays a very interesting game filled with everything from positional blockades to tactical exchange sacrifices. In this highly instructive example of good tech...
Grandmaster Dzindzichashvili reviews another Chess.com member game, and he certainly had some things to say about it! Roman provides important tips on development, planning (especially for Closed Sicilian players) and...
IM Rensch's Live Sessions are back, and in this game, well, he was black (hence the title). Here Danny tackles a slightly strange move order in the 1.Nf3 and Reti/Type Systems. Although the game started off looking li...
IM Shankland returns for more analysis of "top level" Grand Master play. Today's subject: The streaking Georgian, GM Jobava. Recently, GM Jobava has been on an absolute tear, but he finally met his match aga...
Grand Master Khachiyan reviews one of his own games, and in doing so he passes on many great tips of practical and psychological nature. How to dictate a position? How to deal with time pressure? Do you know "How...
In the second half of the game covered in Amateur's Mind 3, IM Rensch covers the psychology of how to handle positions where you are down a pawn with good compensation, and some key principles for technique when you h...
Well, just take a look at the title! Truly one of the most instructive examples of "Endgame Technique" in chess history... GM Roman guides us, tells the "in-person" version of the story, and sheds...
In "Unexpected Turn" Grunfeld expert, GM Melik, provides us with an interesting game in which some of his opening preparation, in a well known line, didn't exactly work out... When his opponent surprised him...
Take that all you "Passive Queen Pawn Players"! IM Shankland brings us the finale in his video series designed to deal with the offbeat and dangerous 1.d4 Sidelines. In the climax, all of us non 1...d5 peopl...
You may remember him from the classic hits "Amateur's Mind 1" and "Amateur's Mind 2." Yes, Daniel Rensch is back, with even more opening principles, more explanations about the queen's gambit, and...
In his second installment of the video series designed to deal with 1.d4 Sidelines, IM Sam Shankland shows us how to play as black against the Stonewall and Zukertort Opening Formations. Once again, players looking to...
Danny exhorts all aspiring "strategists" and "tacticians" to become shapeshifters, by far the dominant profile among all strong players. What is a shapeshifter? Well for that and a wealth of other...
Ever have trouble dealing with Sidelines? Are you a serious tournament player trying to "solidify" your repertoire as black? Then IM Shankland's new series is for you! In the first of this Video Series desig...
GM Dzindzichashvili offers some thoughts on the commonly asked question of "How can I improve? How did you become a master?" Then he offers a very nice game with an instructive opposite colored bishop endgam...
We continue on the quest to understanding how white loses such a superior position to one of the greatest players of all time-- A. Nimzowitsch. Follow along to discover how a refined player wins again by knowing what...
GM Khachiyan shares two more classic examples of Ruy Lope maneuvering, one favoring black and one favoring white. You can learn a great deal about strategic maneuvering from these games; absolutely essential for any r...
In the second half of his analysis, Danny teaches a bunch of important principles, for the queen's gambit structure, for playing with an uncastled king, and more. However, he never stops reminding the student that the...
