Restriction; Winter v. Capablanca 1919
Check out Melik's original review and perspective of one of the most famous games in chess history. Grandmaster Khachiyan...
Member Analysis: Exigentsky v. Clarosdajang
GM Roman takes us on a tour of a game between two Chess.com members and teaches us some very valuable concepts along the...
Member Analysis: Amanultra v. Quale
Grandmaster Dzindzichashvili reviews another Chess.com member game, and he certainly had some things to say about it! Roman...
How to Change the Course of the Game
Grand Master Khachiyan reviews one of his own games, and in doing so he passes on many great tips of practical and psychological...
Amateur Game Review: Amateur's Mind 4
In the second half of the game covered in Amateur's Mind 3, IM Rensch covers the psychology of how to handle positions where...
Amateur Game Review: Amateur's Mind 3
You may remember him from the classic hits "Amateur's Mind 1" and "Amateur's Mind 2." Yes, Daniel Rensch...
Amateur Game Review: Strategy vs. Tactics
Danny exhorts all aspiring "strategists" and "tacticians" to become shapeshifters, by far the dominant...
The Road to Chess Improvements
GM Dzindzichashvili offers some thoughts on the commonly asked question of "How can I improve? How did you become a...
Aaron Nimzowitsch; Not Pawns, Pieces 2
We continue on the quest to understanding how white loses such a superior position to one of the greatest players of all...
Spanish Torture; Part II
GM Khachiyan shares two more classic examples of Ruy Lope maneuvering, one favoring black and one favoring white. You can...
Amateur Game Review: Amateur's Mind 2
In the second half of his analysis, Danny teaches a bunch of important principles, for the queen's gambit structure, for...
Amateur Game Review: Amateur's Mind 1
Danny tackles the use of intuition and calculation in the first half of this game analysis, exhorting his viewers to use...
Bishop vs. Knight; Fischer-Taimanov, 1971
Showing a Bobby Fischer effort, GM Khachiyan gives an instructive display on how Rook and Bishop can, seemingly effortlessly,...
Aron Nimzowitsch; Not Pawns, Pieces
The Innovators! The independent thinkers! Ladies and Gentlemen-- the Hyper-modernist. No chess tome or appreciation would...
Amateur Game Review: Chess Crimes 2
IM Rensch brings you a second installment of Chess Crimes. Today's main crime... dogma! Check this one out, as not only...
Isolated Queen Pawns: Good and Bad Knights
If you enjoyed IM Rensch's series on isolated queen pawns, be sure to check out this video, in which GM Khachiyan adds to...
Good and Bad Bishops; vs. IM Tate
GM Khachiyan continues his strategic lessons about bishops with an example from his own recent tournament play. In this...
Amateur Game Review: Chess Crimes 1
IM Rensch kicks off a new series. Analyzing the games of lower-rated players, he seeks to provide useful advice that you...
Playing with Positional Advantage
GM Dzindzichashvili tackles the gigantic question of how to play with a positional advantage. The subject being too vast...
Good and Bad Bishops; Ivanchuk v. Anand, 1992
GM Khachiyan shows us an incredible strategic conception from [future] World Champion Anand. After showing us how important...
Unusual Strategy and Tactics
GM Dzindzichashvili analyzes an unusual strategic effort of his own from the 1984 Chess Olympiad, where he covered first...
Good and Bad Bishops; Karpov v. Lautier
GM Khachiyan (with the assistance of World Champions Karpov and Kramnik) shows us how to exploit a bad bishop in the opponent's...
Spanish Torture; Part I
GM Khachiyan introduces a very important strategic consideration in the Ruy Lopez (Chigorin lines): the black knight which...
Good and Bad Bishops; Averbakh v. Furman,1960
GM Khachiyan shows the repercussions of one poor bishop trade... in a brilliant endgame display by Grandmaster Averbakh....
Isolated Queen Pawns: BONUS Video
Danny's a really nice guy. Nice guys like to give out bonuses. Hopefully you learned a lot of important themes for iqp positions...