64 min
Melik & Me: Complete Show From 12-4-14
GM Melik Khachiyan and Brother Josh review member games in this full replay from the live show originally broadcast on Dec. 4, 2014.
20 min
A "Fire"-side Chat For The Sicilian Dragon!
The Dragon Sicilian is one of the most misunderstood openings, according to GM Ben Finegold. Does it win by force, or lose by force? GM Finegold will demonstrate that neither is true. The Dragon Sicilian is playabl...
57 min
Your Games Analyzed! Complete Show from 12-3-14
WGM Tatev Abrahamyan analyzes your games in this full replay of the live show originally broadcast on Dec. 3, 2014.
18 min
Hammertime With Magnus!
What happens when the world’s best player faces one of his training partners in a serious game? GM Eugene Perelshteyn shows you a fascinating game Magnus Carlsen played against one of the players who knows him best,...
26 min
Live Sessions: Attacking Blitz Beatdown!
Get inside IM Keaton Kiewra’s head as he plays an exciting live blitz session on Chess.com. Learn how Kiewra handles a variety of tricky openings against a series of strong players when there’s not much time to calcu...
82 min
2014 World Championship -- Highlights from Rounds 9 & 10
IM Daniel Rensch and GM Georg Meier take the helm of Chess.com’s highlights coverage for the world chess championship between Magnus Carlsen and Vishy Anand. Games nine and ten were crucial for the eventual outcome o...
66 min
2014 World Championship -- Highlights from Round 11
Don't miss these highlights from the decisive round 11 of the world championship match between Magnus Carlsen and Vishy Anand.
23 min
Fabiano Caruana vs Krishnan Sasikiran: High-Level Blitz Blunders!
Do super grandmasters make mistakes? You bet they do. We saw two astounding blunders on the highest possible level in game six of the world chess championship between Magnus Carlsen and Vishy Anand. So if world cham...
19 min
Expect The Unexpected: In-Between Moves
Both Magnus Carlsen and Vishy Anand missed a critical in-between move in game six of the 2014 world championship match. GM Melikset Khachiyan will teach you to look out for these game-changing moves, whether they are...
15 min
Magnus Carlsen's Lesson On Positional Brilliance!
Can you play brilliant positional chess in a blitz game? Magnus Carlsen can, of course. GM Eugene Perelshteyn shows you the positional genius of Carlsen, who successfully defended his world championship against Vish...
15 min
Let Tal Help You Build An Attack!
Who better to teach you attacking chess than Mikhail Tal, the brilliant former world champion? IM Keaton Kiewra walks you through one of Tal’s most spectacular attacking games, where all his sacrifices arise from sol...
17 min
How To Beat Higher-Rated Players!
Most players know how to win games against lower-rated opponents. In many cases, it’s simply a matter of technique. But how on earth do you beat an opponent whose rating is higher than yours? After all, that ra...
73 min
2014 World Championship - Round 11 Recap
Join GM Dejan Bojkov and GM Danny Gormally for Chess.com’s official recap of game 11 in the world championship match between Magnus Carlsen and Vishy Anand. This was the game that proved decisive in securing Magnus C...
71 min
2014 World Championship - Round 10 Recap
Join GM Alex Yermolinsky and GM Simon Williams for Chess.com’s official recap of game 10 in the world championship match between Magnus Carlsen and Vishy Anand. The clock was ticking for Anand, who needed to score a...
61 min
2014 World Championship - Highlights from Rounds 7 & 8
GMs Dejan Bojkov and Melik Khachiyan host Chess.com’s comprehensive highlights show for rounds seven and eight in the ongoing world chess championship between Magnus Carlsen and Vishy Anand. Get caught up on these t...
26 min
Live Sessions: Playing Mind Games -- Part 5
IM Daniel Rensch concludes his “comeback tour” with an instructive last-round game in the Mind Games tournament on Chess.com. IM Rensch shows you how to take apart the Accelerated Dragon with a traditional Yugoslav A...
94 min
2014 World Championship -- Round 9 Recap
Join GM Alex Yermolinsky and GM Danny Gormally for Chess.com’s official recap of game nine in the world championship match between Magnus Carlsen and Vishy Anand. Although this game was not as thrilling as others in...
45 min
Pawn Structure 101: Every Opening Explained!
Can IM Daniel Rensch teach you 40 openings in a single video? In part one of this fundamental video series, enjoy a crash course in pawn structure for every main-line chess opening. In this fast-paced lesson, IM Rensc...
69 min
2014 World Championship -- Highlights from Rounds 5 & 6
GM Hikaru Nakamura is back in his analyst’s seat for rounds 5 and 6 of the ongoing world chess championship between Magnus Carlsen and Vishy Anand. Nakamura joins Chess.com host IM Daniel Rensch in reviewing these tw...
90 min
2014 World Championship -- Round 8 Recap
Join IM Thomas Rendle and John Sargent for Chess.com’s recap of game eight in the 2014 world chess championship between Magnus Carlsen and Vishy Anand. After the 122-move epic struggle in game seven, game eight was...
19 min
How To Win A Game You Should Win
One of the most stressful aspects of chess is trying to win a game you know you should win. WGM Tatev Abrahamyan uses one of her games from the 41st Olympiad to demonstrate a logical technique for winning games again...
54 min
2014 World Championship -- Round 7 Recap
GMs Robert Hess and Melik Khachiyan host Chess.com’s recap of game seven in the 2014 world chess championship between Magnus Carlsen and Vishy Anand. Didn’t have time to watch all 122 moves of this epic battle live?...
70 min
2014 World Championship -- Highlights From Rounds 3 & 4
Join Chess.com hosts IM Daniel Rensch and GM Hikaru Nakamura for highlights of the Magnus Carlsen-Vishy Anand world championship. GM Nakamura offers his peerless insights to the high-level ideas hidden in these exc...
86 min
2014 World Championship -- Round 6 Recap
Even if you watched every move of game 6 live, you’ll want to check out this recap from GMs Yermolinsky and Atalik. Round 6 of the world championship between Magnus Carlsen and Vishy Anand might go down as the most f...
93 min
Hack Attack! Episode 39
IM Thomas Rendle takes on all comers in another brillant episode of Hack Attack. Today we kick it off with a bit slower match of 5 minutes plus 2 seconds. Hear IM Rendle’s every thought in this replay of the live stre...