Watch this full replay of the Pardon Our Blunders show, which was broadcast live on July 28, 2014 on Chess.com/TV. Join IM Daniel Rensch and GM Ben Finegold for a live bullet chess throwdown before they square off i...
GM Ben Finegold shows us three generations of winning endgames, examining master games by his father, his son, and himself in his latest video for Chess.com. You will learn that the key to winning a supposedly drawis...
Learn from Coach Dan Heisman as he answers chess questions in this full replay of his 8/8/14 live broadcast.
FM Elliot Liu analyzes an instructive Aron Nimzowitsch game where nearly every move contains a potent threat. Nimzowitsch’s positional understanding was decades ahead of his time, and he makes use of that knowledge t...
IM Keaton Kiewra shows you three more important and entertaining zugzwang endgames: one from a student, one from his own game, and the most famous zugzwang game ever, a masterpiece between Sämisch and Nimzowitsch in 1...
FM Mike Klein reviews an amazing 2001 game between two of the strongest bullet players of all time: GM Roland Schmaltz and GM Ronen Har-Zvi. Is this the most incredible bullet game you never knew about? Probably. F...
GM Ben Finegold reviews his father’s famous game with Bobby Fischer, one of the greatest players of all time. NM Ronald Finegold played an excellent game in the French Defense against Fischer, who was 20 years old,...
Watch this complete broadcast replay of Chess.com's coverage of the 2014 Chess Olympiad's exciting round two. Be sure to check out Magnus Carlsen's first Olympiad game in four years. For a full report on the round...
GM Irina Krush and GM Nadezhda Kosintseva squared off in Chess.com's Death Match 26 on July 26, 2014. It was the highest-rated all-female Death Match ever, and it showed in the games. Watch this highlights video to s...
GM Irina Krush and GM Nadezhda Kosintseva squared off in Chess.com's Death Match 26 on July 26, 2014. It was the highest-rated all-female Death Match ever, and it showed in the games. Watch this replay of the complete...
Watch this complete broadcast replay of Chess.com's coverage of the 2014 Chess Olympiad's exciting round one. Be sure to check out Peter Svidler's excellent combination from his first game. For a full report on th...
You need to know what not to do in the endgame! GM Roman Dzindzichashvili breaks down the blunders and bad ideas in this member game analysis. Watch as GM Dzindzi awards nine question marks to the last 15 moves of...
IM Keaton Kiewra shows you how to win three of the most important and entertaining zugzwang endgames: 1. Rook vs. knight. 2. Queen vs. rook. 3. Extra pawns with opposite-colored bishops. If you find yourself on th...
IM Rusa Goletiani shows you how to limit your opponent’s best ideas in her debut video for Chess.com. You will learn two ways to stop your opponent’s plans before they happen: 1. Prevent your opponent’s best moves u...
The d6/e5 pawn structure for Black in the Sicilian is one of the most common patters. It's time you got to know the plans and themes for both sides! GM Khachiyan doesn't need to dig deep in his vault. Instead, why not...
Ever see those people scanning a beach or park with a metal detector? FM Mike Klein does the chess version of that, unearthing the best games you've never seen. Klein begins his new series by showing a game that was s...
Take a lesson in the “old school” of chess with GM Alex Yermolinsky. Today Yermo exlpores the fall of Kramnik. After being on top thoughout London, Kramnik dropped off. Check's Yermo's take on the subject....
The Challenge, should IM Rendle choose to accept it: You must castle the opposite way of your opponent and you must not allow a trade of queens. Chess is hard enough without such arbitrary additional rules, but that's...
If you want to see a superb demonstration of knight usage, look not further than GM Alejandro Ramirez's game from this year's U.S. Championship. First he offers an exchange, then he builds up a rock-solid pawn structu...
The full 90 minutes of hacking from IM Rendle. The blitz is so fast, he shorted his first name to Tom. No time for formalities on Chess.com!
Learn from Coach Dan Heisman as he answers chess questions in this full replay of his 7-25-14 live broadcast.
Wow! Roman is not short on superlatives for this one! First he shows you several positions where the discussion is whether a bishop is good or bad, then you get to see both sides' misunderstanding of this concept. But...
So you have a better position, huh? When is the right time to trade in positional advantages for material ones? Today you'll see a top American GM face that same question many times. There's a right way and a wrong wa...
GM Dzindzi wants to be a trend setter. For years he has played and studied 3...d6 in the Spanish Game and he can't figure out any clear route to an advantage for White. Today you'll see more of why he thinks top playe...
The final chapter in the Dutch Defense covers various other responses, including what to do when White fails to fianchetto. The Ginger GM also shows a model game where Black accomplishes the thematic ...e5 and gets an...
