GM Dzindzichashvili explains how a positional advantage is often realized not by slowly increasing it, but by dynamically using your pluses to create decisive action. He uses as his examples two clear instructive game...
Danny makes things more exciting for the viewer by sacrificing his queen on move 6! An exciting game ensues where in particular he gives a lot of good advice on how to handle positions with strange material balances.
Do you feel like crying because you're working too much? Wait until you meet this bishop! The brilliance behind this move is the overworked piece. Topalov v. Shirov, a must for every Chess enthusiast.
GM Khachiyan shows the repercussions of one poor bishop trade... in a brilliant endgame display by Grandmaster Averbakh. Along the way we are treated to insights into color complexes, pawn structures, exchange strateg...
GM Dzindzichashvili gives another instructive analysis of two chess.com members' game. In this one he covers strategic considerations for piece placement in the opening, and how to take advantage of faulty ones; excha...
Having problems with the Hyper-modern openings? whats hyper-modern? Charles explains a universal system versus the King's Indian Attack, that could be used against many of the hyper-modern sets ups. A presentation for...
#9 is one of the most cold-blooded defenses you will ever see. Two world champions, Kramnik and Anand, locked in a tense struggle, after a sharp piece sacrifice in the opening. On the verge of losing, Anand unleashes...
GM Khachiyan shows a second game of his from this mainline Italian Game, but this time he switches to the white pieces, and we get an insight into the kind of maneuvering that occurs with a locked center. How to use a...
Gambits!? This time International Master Daniel Rensch gives it a try at the challenging yet very dynamic and entertaining Live Sessions. Master Rensch plays deep into a Blumenfeld Gambit and shows us how to deal with...
GM Khachiyan shares with us one of four games he played in an important mainline of the Italian game... in one tournament!! Including his recommendations for opening lines, explanations of key middlegame maneuvers and...
One of the most classic and also most difficult endgames in chess, explained by a Grandmaster. However, don't think you'll have it mastered in 15 minutes... you will also have to do some practicing for that!
IM Shankland begins an exciting new series: a rundown of the 10 best chess moves he's ever seen. Coming in at #10 is GM Ilya Smirin with a surprise counter-attack as black in a grim-looking King's Indian Defense.
GM Dzindzichashvili takes a microscope to the final two games of the Kasparov-Karpov clash of 1987. Not only analyzing the moves to understand chess better, but also to consider how we can understand the mistakes made.
GM Roman Dzindzichashvili tells us the story of the mysterious conclusion of the 1987 World Championship Match between Kasparov and Karpov (a friend of Dzindzichashvili's). The next part will be a double-episode in wh...
IM Sam Shankland examines one more game from Gelfand's run to the 2009 World Cup title. In chess, just as important as defeating your opponents when you have a chance, is defending resolutely when you have a bad posit...
GM Khachiyan looks at an entirely tactical game. It does however kick off with a piece sacrifice based entirely on positional considerations. But when the opponent fights back, the only way to win is to be concrete. T...
IM David Pruess plays two games on live chess, while recounting his thought process. The level of the games is not very high; beginners should be able to learn some useful lessons from the techniques he employs, and t...
A white player needing just a draw to achieve a desired result-- this is a pretty common scenario in professional chess, and we usually see very solid games where the opponent is given few if any hopes of winning. Not...
Danny's a really nice guy. Nice guys like to give out bonuses. Hopefully you learned a lot of important themes for iqp positions from the first 10 videos. Here as a parting treat, he shows another great concept for pl...
GM Dzindzichashvili recaps one of the most nerve-wracking moments in chess history: the final couple games from the Botvinnik-Bronstein World Champioship match. Each player faced a must-win game with the stakes as hig...
IM Shankland focuses on the psychology of playing in the last round, when both players tend to be tired from a long event. He also talks about playing with a slight advantage, and how to get the maximum out of it in s...
GM Khachiyan again shows how a logical chain can run through an entire game, guiding and informing the player's decisions along the way. He stresses piece activity, coordination, while going through many important pos...
In this game, black was unable to make anything of a clear positional advantage in the endgame. As GM Dzindzi explains, this positional advantage is large enough to be decisive with proper play; and he explains the gu...
FM Galofre lets us in his head in yet another live session. He shares his thoughts as he plays a game, and then when it's over, goes back over the entire game, highlighting important lessons from it.
GM Khachiyan covers the Bc4 line (the previous lecture covered Bb5) of the Grand Prix with analysis of a game from his own tournament practice. He also gives his recommendation for black, while showing key ideas and c...
