Part 2 of this new video series from FM Daniel Rensch, stresses the importance of patience and discipline to utilize the Principle of Two Weaknesses. Reminding us that a pawn advantage is really no advantage at all i...
GM Khachiyan presents some priceless defensive advice. Among the topics covered are: how he handles a situation where his opponent appears to be well prepared in the opening; which path to take when you have a bad pos...
What makes the difference in levels between Chess players? Patterns! In his first chess.com video lecture FM Ingvar Johannesson talks about essential checkmating patterns in Chess. Sharpen your vision and understandin...
GM Dzindzichashvili begins his series on interesting underrated openings with a look at the Scotch Gambit, on which he is well-known to be the foremost expert. This video also addresses several unusual lines by black,...
FM Rensch begins a new series on the crucial strategic notion of Two Weaknesses. Facing a tough endgame situation with barely perceptible advantages, Rensch breaks down the psychological approach to finding a secondar...
IM Sam Shankland brings you more on 6. Bg5! in the Najdorf. The conventional lines show white in the clear so Sam offers some solid theory to avoid a very cramped and difficult position for black. The sharpest respon...
Learning Openings can be a very difficult task let alone choosing one! In this lecture FM Charles Galofre shares an opening which he has developed from his youth—The Modern Nimzowitsch. Learn how to play aggress...
GM Khachiyan continues to provide advice on the oft-neglected but always important subject of defense. Particularly useful is his advice on how to respond when you realize you've made a mistake and what to do when you...
FM Todd Andrews brings the basics into focus with a video enlightening you on the principles of checkmate. Learn to walk a king down the board to checkmate with rooks, and the importance of proper placements in a quee...
Sam Shankland introduces the Scotch with a beautiful 2009 US Chess Championship game played against GM Alexander Onischuk. This video offers not only analysis of a fascinating game but explains the popular lines and...
Sometimes a chess position is totally out of control; in such positions, concrete calculation is often of primary importance. However, in many cases, you can actually discover a logic to the position. GM Khachiyan sho...
FM Rensch has a wonderful present in store for anyone who has studied his series, Rook Endgames: Beginner to Master. Now that you know a whole range of theoretical positions, techniques, positional considerations, and...
In a lifetime of chess love, GM Dzindzichashvili has seen thousands of incredible and beautiful positions. In this video, he distills a handful of the absolutely most amazing positions he has ever encountered. A pure...
Experience what is considered to be the most significant moment in the history of chess—“The Match of the Century”. After defeating the world’s elite in the candidate matches, Robert James Fis...
FM Elliot Liu continues teaching us the all-important art of torturing your opponent’s un-castled king. In a sharp Sicilian Liu teaches the subtleties of attacking the king in the center and maintaining the pre...
IM Shankland continues his Najdorf series with a first look at 6.Bg5. This is one of white's most aggressive lines, a long-standing battleground where the Nd5 sacrifice to open the e-file became famous. But amidst all...
The “Achilles’ Heel” of chess? Still attacking with 2 pieces? Playing emotional? Making fear based moves? Squandering your development? FM Lilov brings his knowledge to the beginner level player of...
GM Khachiyan turns his eye to an oft neglected subject: how to play your less pretty positions. There are many points to be scored in these positions too, if you set your mind to it. Khachiyan presents us with a trick...
In this video, GM Dzindzihashvili demonstrates how top Grandmasters now harness the power of Rybka to find new life in common openings. For many years, the Italian Game has been out of favor, with most top players ass...
In the 10th video of his complete rook endgame series, FM Rensch looks at a few examples from actual tournament play. In addition to reinforcing some typical themes he has introduced earlier, such as cutting off the k...
GM Khachiyan takes the opportunity of a critical last round contest with GM Gufeld to present the viewer with a host of ideas for how to play the Scheveningen structure in the Sicilian Defense (characterized by black...
FM Elliot Liu illustrates simple attacking methods to take advantage of the uncastled King. Pouncing on a seemingly harmless move in the early lines of a Four Knights Sicilian, Liu grabs the game tempo and with fairl...
Your Najdorf knowledge is incomplete without a look a 6. f4. IM Sam Shankland’s latest video on the Najdorf investigating 6. f4!? with responses 6…e5 or ...Qc7. Shankland keeps it in the Najdorf avoiding transposition...
Learning the rules is one thing, learning when to break them is another thing entirely. GM Roman Dzindzichashvilli offers Chess.com “the most interesting game I have ever played in my life.” From 1957, R...
The Torre Attack is a favorite weapon of many players, allowing white to comfortably develop all their pieces without early complications. FM Valeri Lilov shows us the game in which Grandmaster Torre first introduced...
