NEW! Professional Chess Video Lessons on Chess.com!
Chess.com really is about 3 things: PLAY, LEARN, and SHARE. Today we added something special to LEARN -> Video Lessons! These new daily chess videos are created by some of the best players in the world - GMs, IMs, and FMs who will give you insights into every aspect of the game.
We have launched with 30 videos in the library and will be adding 5-6 new videos each week - that's hours and hours of video instruction!
Here are a few great videos you should check out:
Meeting GM Khachiyan: Exchange Sacrifice by GM GMMelik
GM Khachiyan goes over a remarkable game of his. Half a point behind his Grandmaster opponent in the last round, and with the black pieces, he went all out to create a sharp positional struggle that would give him chances to win the tournament. The game is full of deep ideas, surprising moves, excellent technique, a wealth of valuable insights, and a particular focus on the Exchange Sacrifice, a familiar weapon to Khachiyan as a pupil of the Tigran Petrosian School.
Shankland Teaches the Najdorf: 6.Bc4 part 1 by IM Shankland
Sam Shankland's series on the Najdorf Sicilian starts with a look at responding to 6.Bc4, the move championed by great Najdorf expert Bobby Fischer. Sam explains a defensive system for black based on a quick Nbd7-c5, defending e6 and giving black the option of trading white's b3 Bishop.
We hope you will enjoy the videos as much as we do!
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