Mating Nets: Judit Polgar Goes Catches a King
GM Judit Polgar is one of the greatest attacking players of all time. WGM Tatev Abrahamyan shows you one of Polgar's exciting...
Mating Nets: Alekhine's Endgame Attack
Did you know that you can still look for checkmate tactics in endgames? World champion, Alexander Alekhine loved to attack...
Mating Nets: Tatev Slays The Dragon
How does WGM Tatev Abrahamyan hunt her opponent's kings? Check out one of her best games, a brilliant attack against FM...
Mating Nets: Chigorin's Queen Sacrifice
How should you chase down and checkmate your opponent's king? WGM Tatev Abrahamyan begins her new series on mating nets...
Mating Nets: An Amazing Study
WGM Tatev Abrahamyan wraps up her series on king hunts with an amazing study by Genrikh Kasparyan.
Grandmaster Opening Kitchen: Playing For A Win With Black
How do you prepare to win with black against a top grandmaster? Sometimes you need to try a variation that everyone else...
Grandmaster Opening Kitchen: Second For Topalov
How do you prepare against a world champion, like Vladimir Kramnik? GM Romain Edouard reveals how he worked with GM Veselin...
Grandmaster Opening Kitchen: A Clever Trap
GM Romain Edouard is back for another lesson from the GM opening kitchen. Check out how Romain helped his student, GM Adrien...
Grandmaster Opening Kitchen: Anticipate The Opponent's Ideas
What type of opening preparation does a grandmaster bring to a tournament? GM Romain Edouard starts his course by demonstrating...
How To Play The Kalashnikov: White's c4 Push
Often in the Sicilian White will try to grab space with an early c4 advance. Don't worry! GM Fabien Libiszewski is here...
How To Play The Kalashnikov: d5 Break
Learning openings is more than just memorizing moves. GM Fabien Libiszewski demonstrates the key positional idea for players...
How To Play The Kalashnikov: McDonnell vs Le Bourdonnais
GM Fabien Libiszewski is back to show you the most famous game ever played in the Kalashnikov Sicilian. See if you can find...
How To Play The Kalashnikov: Introduction
Are you looking for a fighting opening against 1.e4? GM Fabien Libiszewski brings you an in-depth look at his favorite weapon,...
How To Play The Kalashnikov: Leon Hoyos vs Maze
How does the Kalashnikov Sicilian look in the hands of a modern Grandmaster? Check out a great game by our author's compatriot,...
How To Play The Kalashnikov: Nunn vs Nataf
How can you use the Kalashnikov Sicilian to attack? GM Fabien Libiszewski shows you an amazing game by GM Igor Nataf, where...
How To Play The Kalashnikov: Dark Square Strategies
Learn how to fight for the darks squares in the Kalashnikov as GM Fabien Libiszewski demonstrates key attacking ideas by...
How To Play The Kalashnikov: N1c3 Sidelines
You've learned the key ideas, now make sure you know the precise move orders. GM Fabien Libiszewski demonstrates how to...
How To Play The Kalashnikov: Nd4
GM Fabien Libiszewski is back to show some key Kalashnikov lines, all featuring a powerful black knight on d4. Black is...
How To Play The Kalashnikov: Counterplay With The Bishop Pair
GM Fabien Libiszewski is back with more details to prepare your Kalashnikov repertoire. Check out one of the variations...
How To Play The Kalashnikov: All Of The Sidelines
GM Fabien Libiszewski wraps up his extensive coverage of the Sicilian Kalashnikov by demonstrating Black's answers to any...
Top 10 Games Of The 1990s: 11-Year-Old Chess Prodigy Wins Brilliancy–Passov vs Sammour-Hasbun 1991
Sam Copeland's pick for the tenth best game of the 1990s was played by an 11 year old! Was this the greatest game ever played...
Top 10 Games Of The 1990s: Shirov's Miraculous Chess Swindle–Kramnik vs Shirov 1994
Alexey Shirov is a famed attacker and in this game against the great Vladimir Kramnik, Shirov's desperation attack broke...
Top 10 Games Of The 1990s: Kramnik Crushes Kasparov–Kasparov vs Kramnik 1996
Garry Kasparov didn't lose many games in the 1990s, but in Dos Hermanas, 1996, Vladimir Kramnik played a daring sacrificial...
Top 10 Games Of The 1990s: The Perfect f2 Attack In Chess–Nunn Vs. Nataf, 1999
John Nunn is known as a great attacking player, but in Sam Copeland's number seven game of the 90s Igor Nataf took the initiative...
Top 10 Games Of The 1990s: Anand's Positional Chess Masterpiece!–Ivanchuk vs. Anand, 1992
How can a positional game be one of the greatest of the 90s? Sam Copeland explains how each counter-intuitive decision by...