Coach Dejan Explains: Dom Using the Dark Squares!
GM Bojkov's talented student is back. Today you'll see one of the games that helped Dom gain nearly 500 rating points. Black...
Winning With Opposite Colored Bishops! – Part 1
GM Finegold is back with his usual mix of humor and insight. He even makes seemingly lifeless endgames fun to watch! Today...
Attacks with Opposite Colored Bishops - Part 3
Going for opposite colored bishops out of the opening? Why not? GM Bojkov concludes his series by showing that many openings...
Attacks with Opposite Colored Bishops - Part 2
Having explained all the ins and outs of OCB middlegames and endgames, today GM Bojkov shows a pair of examples where the...
Positional Tips: Learning from My Own Play! - Part 6
Not every game is a tactical melee. Today GM Khachiyan admits that he did "nothing special" - but there is beauty in simplicity....
Positional Tips: Learning from My Own Play! - Part 5
Determined not to lose a worse position, GM Khachiyan shows his resolve by using the full complement of his arsenal. First...
How to Develop Initiative: Part 3!
After a seemingly innocent pawn-grab by GM Mikhalevski's opponent, White suffers for the the rest of the game. His undeveloped...
How to Develop Initiative: Part 2!
One of the hardest imbalances in chess to gauge is queen for two rooks. In a recent game from the World Open, GM Mikhalevski...
Positional Tips: Learning from My Own Play! - Part 4
Continuing his series on the lessons, both on and off the board, Melik draws from his own games this weekend, he reviews...
Member Analysis: Missed Opportunities!
Calling it "one of the most instructive games" that he has analyzed for Chess.com, GM Dzindzi examines all the fireworks,...
How to Develop Initiative: Part 1!
GM Viktor Mikhalevski plays against a topical anti-Grunfeld setup that even Nakamura just essayed at the 2013 FIDE World...
Positional Tips: Learning from My Own Play! - Part 3
GM Melik Khachiyan shows a useful tip on deciding which side of the board your king belongs in the endgame. Something as...
Playing with Material Imbalances - Part 2
GM Ben Finegold sacrifices the exchange again in another brilliant combination. He channels his inner 19th-century persona...
Positional Tips: Learning from My Own Play!
In another game where prophylaxis rules the day, GM Khachiyan masterfully restricts black's pieces until he obtains the...
Playing with Material Imbalances - Part 1
When asked by a group of top juniors for one of his best games, GM Ben Finegold only had to go back a few weeks in his memory...
Lessons on Positional Play - Part 4: Unusual Exchanges 2
GM Kaidanov has many useful maxims to help bridge the gap from amateur to master. One of them is to focus more on piece...
The Technique of Calculation - Part 13: Prophylactic Calculation 2
GM Melik Khachiyan continues his incisive series on prophylaxis and calculation by showing one of his own recent games,...
Isolated Pawns: Playing With Them, and Without Them
What happens when a former U.S. Women's Champion and a former U.S. Champion collide? The two engage in a feisty debate over...
The Technique of Calculation - Part 12: Prophylactic Calculation 1
GM Melik Khachiyan unearths another fascinating position where the calculation won't be easy but will reward the player...
Lessons on Positional Play - Part 3: Unusual Exchanges
Another masterpiece from the pedagogue GM Kaidanov! This time he cobbles together a handful of similar positions to produce...
Lessons on Positional Play - Part 2: Pawn Structure
There is a wealth of information on isolated queen-pawn positions, but how much do you know about Carlsbad pawn structures?...
The Technique of Calculation - Part 10
If you want to see the forest through the trees, you have to first see the "bushes"! GM Melikset Khachiyan continues...
Winning with the "No-Counterplay" Strategy - Part 3
Are you constantly playing opponents who play solid, boring lines, hoping to trade everything right away and never spicing...
Winning with the "No-Counterplay" Strategy - Part 2
Karpov doesn't play often anymore, but he lives on through GM Leonid Kritz. Here, our video author stifles every pawn push,...
The Technique of Calculation - Part 9
Are you trying to become a grandmaster by analyzing positions a dozen moves deep? GM Melikset Khachiyan shows you that two...