GM Roman Dzindzichashvili discusses a member question regarding gambits and concrete opening theory. Generously answering a members question regarding the opening theory of an age-old line in the 2 knights defense, Ro...
GM Khachiyan analyzes a very strong and complete positional game of his, demonstrating a unique line of play for black in the closed sicilian, which he has specialized in for some time.
The third part of FM Liu's analysis of a game submitted by a chess.com member. In this part of the game, the opposite side castled attack finally gets under way. FM Liu offers his advice on the importance of time and...
Watch Dev: Att+Def 1-3 before you tackle this one. IM Pruess continues his investigation of proper thought process in situations where a more developed player launches a direct mating assault. More calculation exercis...
IM Shankland weighs in on a viewer request for tips on blitz play. He gives some advice about what types of openings and strategies to play; then gives examples with real-time blitz games where he shares his thoughts.
In response to GM Dzindzichashvili's videos about equalizing as black, a member wrote in asking how to equalize against the Evans Gambit. GM Dzindzichashvili responds, succinctly, with a short, easy to remember variat...
GM Khachiyan's second look at decisive moments. Going over a game of his, he explains the thought process by which a grandmaster identifies a critical moment. Then he shows how in a very complicated position, he came...
The third part of IM Pruess's Advanced module on Development focusing the thought process and necessary skills for both sides in direct mating attack situations. You'll learn about how to effectively organize your tho...
In his fourth video on king and pawn endgames, FM Zierk asks the viewer to take the tools learned in his first three lectures and analyze their first difficult endgames. Themes include king activity/penetration, the c...
The second part of FM Liu's analysis looks at another exchange question and gets seriously into the middlegame, examining the strategy in opposite side castled positions, some tricky pawn play and blockading themes in...
IM Shankland wants to start bringing us game analyses of high level games. And he starts out at the highest level, with a rematch of two World Champions. This is the first game from the recent Kasparov-Karpov clash, a...
GM Khachiyan teaches a lesson on the value of surprise moves that change the nature of the game. He analyzes a game of his against Armenian Grandmaster Petrosian. In this game, white comes to a crossroads, where it se...
The second of three videos examining the interplay of defense and attack in a complicated Danish Gambit. You need to watch the first one if you have not done so! This video continues to look at tactical patterns aroun...
FM Elliot Liu is back! In this video he begins taking a look at some games of chess.com members. Here the focus is on opening principles and decisions: what squares are important, what priorities you have in the openi...
IM Shankland takes a look at a very instructive endgame, with bishops of opposite color, one extra pawn, and a couple rooks on the board. You will learn about rook trades, what color square to put the pawns on, and ma...
GM Khachiyan examines a game of his against the very strong GM Ehlvest. An overly ambitious opening move as black placed him in imminent danger of a quick loss. How do you respond to such bad news? Do you retract the...
IM Pruess begins another advanced module on development. For any of these, it is sufficient to have watched Dev 1-6, or to be over 1800. In this video, we look at the problem of defending when behind in development, a...
IM Sam Shankland continues his analysis of Shankland-Molner, with a special guest! In addition to further lessons about the initiative, you will learn a lot about the thought processes of master-level players, and the...
In the third video of his Pawn Endgames series, FM Zierk lays out some crucial tools for the viewer including: corresponding squares, king activity, pawn majorities, doubled pawns, and the proper order in which to adv...
This video just continues to pound in the themes from the first part with further examples/analysis. In more detailed and complicated examples, we see the value of an actively developed rook over an undeveloped one, a...
GM Khachiyan continues his series on "Active Defense." The game analyzed is one where he was half a point ahead in the last round, so he discusses the question of playing for a draw. Then come questions of h...
IM Shankland analyzes a crucial segment of a recent game of his from a top US tournament. He looks at the transition from opening to middlegame, as white struggles to keep an initiative in an open sicilian. If white f...
This is the first half of an advanced lesson on development, appropriate for players over 1700, or anyone who has studied the first 6 videos in my series on Development. In this lesson, we look at some situations wher...
Another excellent example on refined defense... Melik Khachiyan presents to us a game from Zurich 1953 between Efim Geller and Max Euwe. He goes on to explain how Max Euwe reached the heights of chess, and how he is c...
Typically, the absence of queens would increase the importance of material compared to initiative, but in this lesson, FM Galofre shows us that there is plenty of scope for using the initiative in such positions. In s...
