Isolated Queen Pawns: Attacking Ideas Continued
FM/IM Rensch gives us the third video in his critically-acclaimed series on isolated queen pawns. You won't want to miss...
Positional Sacrifice; GM Khachiyan v. Matikozian
GM Khachiyan examines a complicated and beautiful game from his own recent chess practice. Follow the grandmaster's thought...
Live Sessions; One Move at a Time
FM Charles Galofre missed you all so much he made a video for you. This video features move-by-move commentary as Charles...
Fighting for Initative 2
GM Melik Khachiyan loves the Gruenfeld and uses a recent tournament game to illustrate the moment when a player leaves opening...
Isolated Queen Pawns: d4-d5 Pawn Breakthrough
Part 2! IM Daniel Rensch wants you to play with your pawn in the d5 breakthrough. Bring a pen and paper, this is a lesson...
Member Analysis: Manjinit v. Takeosao 2
IM Shankland continues his analysis of the member game featuring a Sicilian Dragon. White carries into the second video...
Isolated Queen Pawns: Intro
IM-Elect Daniel Rensch begins a new lecture series on the Isolated Queen Pawn. This 10 part series begins with the important...
Fighting for Initative
You’ve got to fight! For your right! To gain…initiative. Yes, what the Beastie Boys don’t know about...
Development: Attack and Defense 5
IM David Pruess brings the pain, with punishing tactics and challenging positions for you to analyze as he continues part...
Member Analysis: Manjinit v. Takeosao
The Member Analysis sessions are always a fine display of the Video Masters world class. Take the time to observe a fine...
Liu Analyzes: Chess.com Member Games 3
The third part of FM Liu's analysis of a game submitted by a chess.com member. In this part of the game, the opposite side...
Development: Attack and Defense 4
Watch Dev: Att+Def 1-3 before you tackle this one. IM Pruess continues his investigation of proper thought process in situations...
How to be a Better Blitz Player
IM Shankland weighs in on a viewer request for tips on blitz play. He gives some advice about what types of openings and...
Development: Attack and Defense 3
The third part of IM Pruess's Advanced module on Development focusing the thought process and necessary skills for both...
Member Analysis: Liu Analyzes Games 2!
The second part of FM Liu's analysis looks at another exchange question and gets seriously into the middlegame, examining...
The Break Point
GM Khachiyan teaches a lesson on the value of surprise moves that change the nature of the game. He analyzes a game of his...
Member Analysis: Liu Analyzes Games!
FM Elliot Liu is back! In this video he begins taking a look at some games of chess.com members. Here the focus is on opening...
Counter Attack 4
GM Khachiyan examines a game of his against the very strong GM Ehlvest. An overly ambitious opening move as black placed...
Development: Attack and Defense
IM Pruess begins another advanced module on development. For any of these, it is sufficient to have watched Dev 1-6, or...
Maintaining the Initiative 2
IM Sam Shankland continues his analysis of Shankland-Molner, with a special guest! In addition to further lessons about...
Counter Attack 3
GM Khachiyan continues his series on "Active Defense." The game analyzed is one where he was half a point ahead...
Maintaining the Initiative
IM Shankland analyzes a crucial segment of a recent game of his from a top US tournament. He looks at the transition from...
Counter Attack 2
Another excellent example on refined defense... Melik Khachiyan presents to us a game from Zurich 1953 between Efim Geller...
Materialism and Initiative in the Endgame
Typically, the absence of queens would increase the importance of material compared to initiative, but in this lesson, FM...
Counter Attack 1
Khachiyan builds on his earlier excellent series on Defense with a selection of videos on Counterattack. These videos show...