Why would a long-time d4 player switch to e4 for a game or two? Because it’s just a fun way to play. Learn the benefits of this chess approach from GM Alex Yermolinsky, who reviews his own foray into the fun world o...
IM Tania Sachdev makes her Chess.com video debut with this comprehensive lesson on the isolated queen’s pawn. Should you fear an isolated pawn structure? Tania and Tarrasch both say no! Learn all about this importan...
GM Willams joins GM Yermolinsky brings you the final installment of Komodo vs Nakamura! The American Champion starts off with a whopping 4 move lead! Amassing a huge center, will the American finally walk all over the...
Komodo has wiped the floor against all the IMs and GMs we've thrown at but this time humanity is bringing the big guns! Enter Nakamura! GM Yermolinsky and GM Hess bring you live coverage for this full replay originall...
GM Yermolinksy and GM Hess are back for game two of Komodo vs Nakamura! Komodo starts this game without the vulnerable f2 pawn! Will Nakamura be able to whip up an attack against the weakened king position before the...
It’s a new year, and it’s time to take another look at the first move every chess player learns: 1.e4. GM Alex Yermolinsky shows you a game from a recent tournament where he surprised everyone by playing e4 to start....
GM Robert Hess has the power of the Green Pawn and is ready to take on all comers in this edition of bullet brawls! Its fast and furious! Be sure watch for all the time trouble and blunders you could ever wish for not...
GM Irina Krush shows us an exciting game from the Qatar Master tournament--one of the strongest open tournaments in the world! In this match up vs Abhishek, our hero choose an exciting but positional Sicilian Defense.
What does it take to confuse a grandmaster? Quite a lot as GM Shankland finds against GM Romanov. Who will falter as this position descends into a chaotic pigsty?
Is equal really equal? GM Shankland defies the engine and pursues an opening that it insists is just equal, but his deeper understanding allows him to create significant problems for his opponent, IM Johan Saloman.
GM Robert Hess and IM Daniel Rensch preview the upcoming mega-match between GM Hikaru Nakamura and the computer world champion Komodo. The Chess.com journalists Peter Doggers and Mike Klein bring you all the news fro...
WGM Tatev Abrahamyan continues her comprehensive lesson series on the English Attack against the Sicilian, this time taking on the most popular variation of all, the fearsome main line Najdorf. Learn how to use this...
Everyone knows you can learn from a chess teacher, but how do you play against one? IM Keaton Kiewra has the answer in his latest video lesson. Learn how Kiewra played a well-known and active chess coach in a recent...
GM Alex Yermolinksy and GM Maxim Dlugy are back for more great action from the 2015 Qatar Open! Magnus moped up vs the unknowns but will he continue so easily with the black pieces against a player as creative as Madm...
IM Keaton Kiewra takes on a talented chess prodigy and decides to adopt the Scheveningen system instead of his pet Dragon Sicilian. Watch how IM Kiewra handles his opponent’s interesting anti-Sicilian by drawing on h...
Its Bobbing for Dlugy with Blitz Master GM Maxim Dlugy! We all remember his "Best Blitz Opening" series and now we get to see the master put his suggestions into practice battling Chess.com members head to head with a...
Take a look back at an earlier Man vs Machine match as IM Danny Rensch plays Stockfish in September. Get excited for the world's best computer, Komodo, and Hikaru Nakamura to face off on Chess.com Jan. 6!
Just in case you missed all the action, GM Alex Yermolinksy and GM Maxim Dlugy bring you these excellent highlights the strongest open tournament in history: Qatar Masters! You wont want to miss this action as Magnus...
Join the ChessCenter team for the best in chess news and entertainment. Get the latest from one of the strongest open tournaments ever in Qatar, where the newly minted “action hero” Magnus Carlsen faces a huge field....
How can you turn a dragon into your pet? IM Keaton Kiewra just finished a marathon of chess tournaments, and he is back with a new lesson on how to use one of Black’s most aggressive openings to play a stronger oppon...
GM Jon Ludvig Hammer shows you one of the most spectacular games he has ever played — and this game has it all. Hammer faces Veselin Topalov, and the Norwegian sacrifices a piece for a furious queenside attack. The...
Take a lesson in the “old school” of chess with GM Alex Yermolinsky as he continues the new Simult format with live commentary! How will your fellow Chess.com members fair vs GM Yermo! Enjoy this full replay of GM Y...
Reports of Magnus Carlsen’s downfall were slightly premature. The world chess champion won everything worth winning in London, and ChessCenter has your full report. Did you know that Magnus also appeared with Muhamma...
GM Jon Ludvig Hammer is back with another lesson from Norway Chess, and this time his opponent is a 2016 world champion candidate, Fabiano Caruana. Watch how GM Hammer uses his b-pawn to influence the center and secu...
Mikhail Tal is famous for his spectacular king hunts, but not all of them were in the middlegame. Sometimes the great master went after the opponent’s king even with most of the pieces cleared off the board — and he...
