FM Galofre shares a game of his from the Philadelphia International tournament versus IM Laxmann. In this decisive encounter Charles walks you through the reasons behind his moves and dissects Laxmann's seemingly unor...
Nine is for awesome, in this ninth video of the Rook Endgame series by FM Daniel Rensch. Presenting another series of practical positions, this time focusing on the potential for the outside passed pawn. How practica...
Chess.com founder Erik takes a short break from designing awesome new features for the site to offer fellow members some of his own insights into chess. In this video he goes over one of his own favorite games from ch...
FM Elliott Liu continues his extensive analysis of a Chess.com member game moving into the complexity of the middle game. Major themes include opening the center and continued development. Retter-Gyrow offers an oppor...
GM Melik Khachiyan hones in on “concrete” tactics in this 2nd video of his dynamic chess series on Chess.com. Analyzing two games featuring dynamic chess and inspired tactics Khachiyan continues to let us...
In the final half of his analysis of 9.O-O-O in the Dragon, GM Dzindzichashvili demonstrates a white advantage against some of the toughest lines considered by theory to be sufficient for black. The analysis goes quit...
FM Valeri Lilov teaches the Petroff Defence for Beginners. An interesting opening with black attempting to equalize in the first moves of the game. This system is not for the faint hearted with many pitfalls for black...
IM Sam Shankland takes a break from his Najdorf series to analyze a Chess.com member game. Sam offers his insight of the opening and then offers thoughts on the development of the Chess.com players and the Benoni. Sam...
FM Daniel Rensch brings us “Practical Rook Endings 101,” continuing the Rook Endgame series. In this lesson, part 8 of the series, we focus on a familiar position. If you need help with your endgame you need to watc...
Dynamic Thinking! GM Melik Khachiyan offers a lesson in imaginative chess. Down in development and a wrecked kingside, GM Khachiyan shows us the meaning of dynamic play. With subtle sacrifices and brilliant creative t...
FM Liu analyzes another game featuring two Chess.com members. Liu offers an interesting opening variation for black when facing the Orangutan (1.b4) but his main focus is on the development in the game. This video e...
GM Dzindzichashvili gives some very important advice about the principles of chess vs. the desire for creative play. He shows two model games to emphasize his points, focusing on principles of development and consiste...
Named after the TV Show "The Desperate Housewives", FM Galofre humorously chose a game that is considered to be one of the best played in our practice's history. So much to the point that the actual game has...
In the first five videos on the strategy surrounding development advantages, IM David Pruess talked about various different situations where one side holds a development advantage, and how to value or use that advanta...
IM Sam Shankland continues his investigation of the Najdorf, after 6. Be3. Offering you solid lines in a complicated middle game, Shankland's analysis of the opening through to the middle game will help you get throug...
In the second of his excellent videos on the theme of Restricting Bad Pieces, GM Khachiyan shows another excellent game of his. In this game, the way to make progress involves eventually trading his opponent's bad pie...
FM Daniel Rensch’s seventh in the series on Rook and Pawn endgames introduces the Umbrella Method: a simple series of moves that will open your mind to new winning strategies. Shielding your King with your opponent’s...
In his second video on the Qd6 Scandinavian, GM Perelshteyn covers the main alternatives to the mainline, as well as several other likely ways your opponents might respond. Once you have seen these two videos, you wil...
The Dragon has seen a resurgence in the past couple years in the hands of dynamic young super-grandmasters Magnus Carlsen and Teimour Radjabov. Most games at top level have focused on the 9.Bc4 mainline, but here GM D...
GM Friedel continues in the vein of "How *not* to Play in your Opponent's Time Trouble" 1 and 2, offering good practical advice for situations where both you and your opponent are in time pressure. This lect...
FM Lilov analyzes the brilliancy prize winning game Byrne-Fischer. From an equal looking position in the symmetrical Gruenfeld, Bobby launched a sudden aggressive strike which famously had his opponent resigning while...
In his fifth video on the strategy surrounding development advantages, IM David Pruess tackles the gray area of "quality" of development. After explaining how passively placed pieces may not allow you to develop an in...
The sixth in FM Daniel Rensch's series on Rook and Pawn endgames continues to cover the frontal attack of the defensive rook. Here, however, FM Rensch covers situations where the king is cut off by two files, and we s...
FM Galofre covers a classic game of Morphy's. In the lead up to an exquisite combination, Galofre explains how Morphy gained space in the center, and then a very interesting theory about the application of a space adv...
GM Perelshteyn looks at an unusual defense to e4, which he thinks is perfectly viable for black. Your opponents won't be very well prepared, and there is plenty of new territory to investigate. This video covers the m...
