Circumstantial Initiative
GM Friedel takes an example from his own recent tournament practice to illustrate the role of the initiative when in a bad...
Deep Positional Understanding
GM Dzindzichashvili recaps one of the most memorable games of his life, with a special story about Tigran Petrosian. You...
Nursing a Minimal Advantage 3
GM Khachiyan continues his series on using minimal advantages by turning to one of his own favorite openings, and the games...
Nursing a Minimal Advantage 2
GM Khachiyan goes over a game with a pawn structure similar to the Petrosian-Botvinnik game in "Nursing a Minimal Advantage...
Practical Defense 7
In this video, Khachiyan goes over a very instructive game where he converts a seemingly hopeless endgame position into...
Pawn Sacrifices: Playing to Win
GM Friedel talks about how Grandmasters approach decisions about sacrificing pawns. He analyzes a game of his against Gata...
The Principle of Two Weaknesses 4
FM Rensch continues his series on the Principle of Two Weaknesses with a crystal clear same-colored-bishops endgame. While...
Practical Defense 5
GM Khachiyan starts to take a look at some incredible defensive gems from famous Grandmasters. The first one is from former...
The Principle of Two Weaknesses 3
“How can we improve our thought process?” asks FM Daniel Rensch as he continues his lecture series on the Principle of 2...
Practical Defense 4
The last in Grandmaster Khachiyan's series on defense presents an ultimately practical problem. Facing an opponent's bishop...
The Principle of Two Weaknesses 2
Part 2 of this new video series from FM Daniel Rensch, stresses the importance of patience and discipline to utilize the...
Practical Defense 3
GM Khachiyan presents some priceless defensive advice. Among the topics covered are: how he handles a situation where his...
The Principle of Two Weaknesses 1
FM Rensch begins a new series on the crucial strategic notion of Two Weaknesses. Facing a tough endgame situation with barely...
Practical Defense 2
GM Khachiyan continues to provide advice on the oft-neglected but always important subject of defense. Particularly useful...
The King in the Center 2
FM Elliot Liu continues teaching us the all-important art of torturing your opponent’s un-castled king. In a sharp...
Fundamental Concepts: Mobilization!
The “Achilles’ Heel” of chess? Still attacking with 2 pieces? Playing emotional? Making fear based moves?...
Practical Defense 1
GM Khachiyan turns his eye to an oft neglected subject: how to play your less pretty positions. There are many points to...
The King in the Center
FM Elliot Liu illustrates simple attacking methods to take advantage of the uncastled King. Pouncing on a seemingly harmless...
The fly(FM) vs.The INDIAN-ELEPHANT(IM)
FM Galofre shares a game of his from the Philadelphia International tournament versus IM Laxmann. In this decisive encounter...
Development Part 6: Getting Ahead
In the first five videos on the strategy surrounding development advantages, IM David Pruess talked about various different...
Restricting Bad Pieces 2
In the second of his excellent videos on the theme of Restricting Bad Pieces, GM Khachiyan shows another excellent game...
Development Part 5: Quality
In his fifth video on the strategy surrounding development advantages, IM David Pruess tackles the gray area of "quality"...
The Center in Chess 2
If the opponent doesn't let us "have" the center, but seeks to create their own strongpoints there and contest...
Development Part 4: The Importance of Weaknesses
In his fourth video on the strategy surrounding development advantages, IM David Pruess talks about the role of weaknesses...
Development Part 1: Counting
The first video in IM Pruess's series about strategies surrounding development advantages. In this video he explains what...