GM Sam Shankland is back with another deep game analysis against one of the top players in the world. This time, Shankland faces the fearsome Russian GM Alexander Grischuk. Will the young American grandmaster be ab...
What is the single-most-important piece of information when GM Roman Dzindzichashvili analyzes a game? It’s not the rating, not the player, not the event, and not the location. It’s the time control. Watch how a rel...
FM Alisa Melekhina thoroughly analyzes one of her recent games to teach you the importance of keeping the tension on the chessboard. After building a very promising position out of a hyper-accelerated Dragon, FM Mele...
Super-GM Anish Giri recently held a fundraiser simul on Chess.com to benefit the Nepal earthquake relief effort. Join Chess.com's Director of Content Peter Doggers and GM David Smerdon as they watch and comment on t...
You can’t play the Queen’s Gambit Declined if you don’t know Lasker’s Defense. Take a lesson on this complex positional set-up from one of the world’s greatest chess theoreticians, GM Gregory Kaidanov. Learn how to...
Shaun McCoy joins GM Melik for another outstanding eposide of Melik & Me. Enjoy a full replay of this fun and educational program originally broadcast on May 14. Find out what the Chess.com members did right and wron...
GM Sam Shankland found himself at board one of the FIDE world team championship last month, facing the best players each team had to offer. Enjoy this insightful game where GM Shankland matches wits with one of the h...
GM Babaev has taught you both sides of the King’s Indian Defense and Attack, but what do you do when your opponent starts with e4? You can still apply the same ideas as the KID by responding with the Pirc. GM...
Like it or not. a great number of games are decided by forcing decisions. If you’re going to play chess, you simply have to know how to handle these crucial moments. GM Melikset Khachiyan gives you an important less...
Take a lesson in the “old school” of chess with GM Alex Yermolinsky. Cheating in chess. Yermo explains why they topic can no longer be avoided, and explores the history of cheating. Enjoy this full replay...
GM Alex Yermolinksy draws inspiration from a recent FIDE World Team Championship game to teach you the intricacies of a complex endgame. With a rook facing off against a bishop and knight, the position isn’t so...
GM Alex Yermolinksy and GM Max Dlugy host Chess.com’s coverage of the 2015 Shamkir Chess tournament and its best moments. How do you define chess? GM Yermo says it’s a board of 64 squares, black and white...
Do you sometimes wonder why chess masters make certain moves? This new series is for you. IM Keaton Kiewra analyzes an exciting game between two of the best players in the world, Wesley So and Anish Giri, and explain...
This time its Gerard Le-Marechal joining Melik for this week's Melik & Me. Check out this instructional show to see Chess.com members' games analyzed by the proclaimed Chess.com Tutor originally aired on May 7.
GM Gregory Kaidanov continues his Queen’s Gambit primer with one of the most important variations: the Classical. This historic opening was famously battle-tested in the Alekhine-Capablanca world championship match,...
GM Simon Williams concludes his comprehensive lesson on the aggressive hybrid Sicilian system known as the Dragodorf. Learn what to do when White tries to counterpunch with the move a4, and how you can maintain your...
Get excited, Chess.com members. GM Maurice Ashley is back with an astounding Millionaire Chess game for your enjoyment. You’ll find some of the positions in this game hard to believe, so GM Ashley explains them thoro...
Take a lesson in the “old school” of chess with GM Alex Yermolinsky. Yermo speculats on the return to Kasparov to competetive chess before moving on to the Russian team championship. Enjoy this full replay...
Do you want an opening to use especially for blitz games? GM Maxim Dlugy, one of the best blitz players in the world, shows you how to use the Vienna Game to quickly get a good and playable position. Learn how to th...
GM Alex Yermolinksy is back with another full episode of Old School. With no shortage of opinions, game analysis, and amusing stories, this show has something for every chess fan. Enjoy this full replay of the show...
GM Gregory Kaidanov returns with another world-class lesson on the Queen’s Gambit. You won’t believe how thoroughly GM Kaidanov teaches you The Cambridge Springs Defense, an opening that Kaidanov considers to be very...
Melik returns with co-host BrotherJosh for another great episode of Melik & Me. Enjoy a full replay of this fun and educational program originally broadcast on April 30. Find out what the Chess.com members did right a...
IM Rendle practices hacking up Chess.com members rated between 1500 and 2000 in this week's Hack Attack! Hear IM Rendle’s every thought in this replay of the live stream originally broadcast on April 30.
GM Melikset Khachiyan walks you through the key idea of the positional sacrifice in one of his own instructive games. You’d better get ready to take notes, because this video is full of Melik’s positional advice. Le...
GM Simon Williams is back with more crucial information on the Dragodorf, a relatively unknown hybrid between the Dragon and the Najdorf. Use this new opening idea to surprise your opponents and attack them merciless...
