So - Aronian: Fighting For The Initiative
The 2015 Sinquefield Cup marked Aronian's return to greatness and his victory with black against Wesley played a big part...
Carlsen - Aronian: Fighting For The Initiative
Learn about the art of the initiative from one of the greatest players of our time. Or just enjoy some high-level games...
Giri - Aronian: Fighting For The Initiative
Remember all those Anish Giri jokes? They call him "The Artist", because he likes to draw... He certainly is hard to beat,...
Prophylaxis And Technique Part Two
Two more examples: Yusupov-Magem, Barcelona 2010 and Hort-Kuzmin, BRD 1981. We hope you learned something!
Prophylaxis And Technique
Even in an endgame, prophylactic thinking can be used to keep and increase an advantage. The stem game is Yusupov-Timoshenko,...
The Psychology Of Prophylaxis Part Two
More damage done by prophylaxis, with the examples: Petrosian-Bannik, Riga 1958 and Yusupov-Hickl, Nussloch 1996.
Prophylaxis vs. Improving The Position
Artur shows why prophylaxis is superior to just improving your position without impeding your opponent's ideas.
The Psychology Of Prophylaxis
Artur explains the effect it can have on an opponent when his or her ideas are constantly prevented. The model game is Yusupov-Van...
Prophylactic Thinking Part Two
Time to rack our brains! The examples used are: Simagin-Abramson, USSR 1960, Yusupov-Timman, Linares 1992 and Yusupov-Luther,...
Prophylactic Thinking
We start to learn about the concept of preventing our opponent's plans while improving our own position by looking at the...
Improving The Position: On Magnus
Chess often comes down to finding the best spots for your pieces. GM Yusupov demonstrates Magnus's mastery of subtle improving...
Pendulum: On Magnus
This video is dedicated to the art of maneuvering. GM Yusupov explains how Magnus often beats his opponents by seemingly...
Moving Backward: On Magnus
Sometimes you have to make a couple of moves backward to coordinate and then regroup. Magnus Carlsen can do it like no other!
Coordination Of The Pieces: On Magnus
GM Yusupov demonstrates Carlsen's great feel for coordination.
Moving Toward The King: On Magnus
GM Artur Yusupov explains how Magnus Carlsen slowly builds up an attack against the enemy king.