FM/IM Rensch gets into some seriously good anti-iqp play when he brings in Karpov. Karpov does everything you want to do when playing against the iqp: suppress counterplay, control d4, simplify towards winning endgame...
GM Khachiyan shares with us another deep positional sacrifice from his own practice, underlining the reasons he made it in such a clear way as to make it seem simple. Also included are some of his thoughts and recomme...
Grandmaster Kaidanov's debut on chess.com! He goes over an extremely instructive virtuoso performance by Boris Spassky from the match against Petrosian that brought him the World Championship title. You should learn p...
FM Galofre is back, sharing his thought process move by move as he plays two live games. Get inside the head of a master!
GM Khachiyan goes over a positional game of his in the Sicilian Scheveningen variation, discussing plans for black and white. Again he plays for a version of the e5-break, and shows the resulting isolated pawn to be a...
IM Pruess shows another masterful recent GM game in the Petroff Defense. There are good lessons here about using a development advantage and creating and taking advantage of weaknesses with the help of the initiative....
IM Rensch continues his series on Isolated Queen Pawns, with a look at some techniques for the side without the isolated pawn. Should they get the upper-hand, he offers two strategies that can be used to press that ad...
Taking two classic and instructive examples from the practice of former World Champion Kramnik, FM Galofre shows us some classic endgame principles in action. He also gives the viewer several cues to try and come up w...
GM Khachiyan continues his theme of positional sacrifice, with another game full of dramatic blows. An opening pawn sacrifice to fight for control of an important central square escalates as a misplaced king forms the...
Video 2 of GM Dzindzichashvili’s Essentials of Minor Piece Endgames we discover the nuances in the bishop vs. knight endgame. Roman analyzes one of his own games, a clean and uncomplicated illustration of a winn...
FM/IM Rensch gives us the third video in his critically-acclaimed series on isolated queen pawns. You won't want to miss "lights out," "exclamaviatch," or the savage attacking ideas he illustrates in this video. Prepa...
GM Khachiyan examines a complicated and beautiful game from his own recent chess practice. Follow the grandmaster's thought process step by step through the game, and learn about true long-term positional sacrifices.
Erik takes a break from making Chess.com awesome and attempts to analyze a game solo. Much to his dismay he gets busted providing rookie advice by IM David Pruess. Erik reviews an interesting game against a new Chess...
FM Charles Galofre missed you all so much he made a video for you. This video features move-by-move commentary as Charles plays live chess. With a 15 minute time control Charles lets you inside the mind of the master...
IM David Pruess brings to video 2 recent games by top 10 GM’s featuring sharp, playable lines for white in the Petroff. New ideas in the Petroff, is it possible? But isn’t that the drawish, boring defense against 1.e4...
IM Sam Shankland dissects a recent game featuring Nigel Short v Zahar Efimenko. Interesting ideas by Short with the white pieces keeping his options open in the beginning of a Sicilian with 4.Nge2. Shankland's observa...
GM Melik Khachiyan loves the Gruenfeld and uses a recent tournament game to illustrate the moment when a player leaves opening theory and turns his attention to domination. During this lecture we are reminded of the p...
Part 2! IM Daniel Rensch wants you to play with your pawn in the d5 breakthrough. Bring a pen and paper, this is a lesson and Rensch is delivering some powerful principles. Rensch brings practical ideas to real posit...
The second piece to GM Melik's intellectual creation on video! In this session he shares his game with GM Pavel Blatny where he had the white pieces and battled versus the Modern opening/ Gurgenidze variation-- A favo...
GM Roman Dzindzichasvili wants you to know that just like openings every endgame has basic principles too. The lecture addresses corresponding principles in particular endings such as opposite color bishops, knight vs...
IM Shankland continues his analysis of the member game featuring a Sicilian Dragon. White carries into the second video with an advantage, but black has options. Another exciting member game analyzed by Shankland with...
IM-Elect Daniel Rensch begins a new lecture series on the Isolated Queen Pawn. This 10 part series begins with the important and most common formation facing an isolated Queen pawn. Daniel begins the video illustrati...
You’ve got to fight! For your right! To gain…initiative. Yes, what the Beastie Boys don’t know about chess could fill Chessbase but fortunately for Chess.com, GM Melik Khachiyan is here to show us h...
IM David Pruess brings the pain, with punishing tactics and challenging positions for you to analyze as he continues part 5 of his lecture on Development: Attack and Defense. And just when you think it's over, David h...
The Member Analysis sessions are always a fine display of the Video Masters world class. Take the time to observe a fine display of calculation and positional assessments that show a true refinement of chess skill. In...
