You've got questions, and NM Dan Heisman has answers! Topics range from theory to gossip - check out this entertaining variety show from a man with 40+ years of chess history under his scorebook. You'll want to see wh...
In our final video on the U.S. Championships, FM Melekhina and FM Liu show related positions and ideas, but different outcomes. When is the king safe on f8 and when is he not? Who played for a win when he only needed...
It's an all-FM Sportscenter highlight package today on Chess.com. FM Melekhina and FM Liu discuss the critical moments of the U.S. Championship and U.S. Women's Championship. We had a four-queens endgame, a touch-move...
Who needs knights and pawns? By only using his long-range pieces, former World Champion Mikhail Tal pops the top of his opponent's king. The openness of the position and the calculation of Tal is too much for Black to...
You've heard from the winner on Friday, now you get to hear the live analysis of the loser today. IM Danny Rensch gives his take on the complicated Najdorf he played against IM Keaton Kiewra. How does his thought proc...
Have three hours to spare to improve your chess and be entertained? Why not settle in for the Death Match 25 complete broadcast? It's a clash of opposites. GM vs. IM. International professional versus park player. Nat...
The Third Annual ChessKid National Invitational Online Championship is front and center today. Host IM Danny Rensch shows the elite American prodigies navigate their way through 196 total moves of two technical rook-a...
Introducing Live Sessions distant cousin...Master Dual Sessions! Same principle, twice the mastery! Today IM Kiewra and IM Rensch play a single 10+5 game, then analyze together after the game. Hear how the two players...
A worse rook ending and a better queen ending. What's the fair result? Watch and see FM Alisa Melekhina grovel for a draw and push for the win at the 2014 U.S. Women's Championship. Learn some techniques for how to de...
Most of us are not professional chess players, and if you are an amateur, this is the show for you! GM Melik Khachiyan teams up with host Josh Sampson to analyze member games of all strengths. Watch this full replay o...
According to our PGN program, GM Mikhail Tal played his own variation in the Modern Defense! Which begs the question: What came first, the move or the man? Either way, the uncompromising "rock and roll" lifestyle also...
Two commentators for one recorded video - a Chess.com first? FM Alisa Melekhina is joined by friend WGM Sabina Foisor as they break down an obscure gambit in the French advance. Melekhina shows a classic win, then sho...
Double rook sacrifices lead to double diagonal mates! We bet you've never thought of that! When you offer both rooks, it makes sense to attack on the diagonals, and today FM Todd Andrews shows you two prime examples o...
Take a lesson in the “old school” of chess with GM Alex Yermolinsky. Rook Endgames in modern play is the subject of today's lecture. Enjoy this full replay of GM Yermolinksy’s live show that was orig...
Q & A with Coach Heisman where you are the star and ask the questions. Tune into NM Dan fielding Chess.com member's questions in this monthly Q & A session originally broadcast on May 16.
Pardon Our Blunders - think of like a Death Match of trash-talking and chess gossip. Now there's some chess too - when GM Finegold and IM Rensch disagree on a topic, they play a blitz game. The loser has to concede he...
Doubled pawns? No problem. Now they're isolated too? GM Melik can handle that! Today he plays his favorite Philidor setup and simply outplays White in the endgame. With the queens traded early, Black's rooks find all...
"The Immortal Mushroom Game" is how GM Jon Speelman dubbed this superb attack. We're not sure if the Ginger GM cooks with mushrooms, but we do know he likes spice. Fittingly, he plays the Dutch while in Amsterdam, and...
Two old friends and rivals are back in business. GMs Yermolinsky and Shabalov prove they've still got some energy reserves as they discuss Round 8 for 6.5 hours! That could be our longest Chess.com/TV program to date....
FM Melekhina admits to resorting to trickery when she must, but she's most proud of this "clean win" against a woman she's struggled against, WIM Iryna Zenyuk. By understanding the main themes of a pawn sacrifice in t...
Who does this guy think he is? Danny Rensch? No, but he was inspired by Rensch's Live Sessions. IM Keaton Kiewra proves that imitation is the sincerest form of chess flattery at he tries his had at blitz commentating....
Defending Champion GM Sergey Karjakin only mustered an even score through the first half of Norway 2014, but today he makes his move. Watch how he took out top Dutch GM Anish Giri - tons of circular maneuvering and 13...
Playing one more move - well, it beats resigning! GM Sam Shankland finds himself in a miserable position against his former trainer, but resolves to make the win as difficult as he can for GM Josh Friedel. Suddenly Bl...
Take a lesson in the “old school” of chess with GM Alex Yermolinsky. Today he goes back in time for a nice review of the Evan's Gambit starting with Chigorin vs Steinitz. Enjoy this full replay of GM Yermo...
The most exciting round in Norway thus far took place in round 5, as three players managed to win. A certain 2880 player finally got his first win, while the leadership changed hands thanks to an important head-to-hea...
