Garry Kasparov's Best Opening Preparation
World Champion Garry Kasparov often built his deadly attacks on groundbreaking opening preparation. Check out five of his...
Magnus Carlsen's Best Endgames
Magnus Carlsen became World Champion by winning seemingly drawn endgames better than anyone in the history of chess. GM...
Mikhail Tal's Best Queen Sacrifices
Mikhail Tal was the greatest attacking player that the chess world had ever seen. NM James Canty brings you Tal's five greatest...
Tigran Petrosian's Best Exchange Sacrifices
World Champion Tigran Petrosian specialized in sacrificing the exchange, both for attack and defense. Check out his five...
Top 10 Games Of The 2010s: Alireza Firouzja's Game Of The 21st Century–Firouzja vs Zarkovic 2019
Many people think that GM Alireza Firouzja will be the next World Champion. He played his first brilliancies in the 2010s...
Top 10 Games Of The 2010s: Magnus Carlsen's Most Spectacular Defeat–Aronian vs Carlsen 2017
World Champion Magnus Carlsen rarely loses a game. One of those losses came against the Levon Aronian in Norway in 2017....
Top 10 Games Of The 2010s: Ding Liren's Immortal Game–Bai Jinshi vs Ding Liren 2017
GM Ding Liren reached the number two spot in the rating list in the 2010s. He played one of the prettiest games of the decade...
Top 10 Games Of The 2010s: Most Ridiculous, Castling Move, Ever!–Dubov vs Giri 2019
GM Daniil Dubov is still getting better, but he first rose to the top in the 2010s, winning several amazing games. Check...
Top 10 Games Of The 2010s: Hikaru Nakamura's Best King's Indian Victory–Gelfand vs Nakamura 2010
Hikaru Nakamura rose to prominence in the 2010s, reaching as high as the second spot in the world ranking. Check out one...
Top 10 Games Of The 2010s: Magnus Carlsen's Perfect Chess Grind–Carlsen vs Karjakin 2013
World Champion Magnus Carlsen rose to the top by grinding out wins from nearly even positions. The perfect example was his...
Top 10 Games Of The 2010s: Vladimir Kramnik's No Castling Chess Attack–Aronian vs Kramnik 2018
World Champion Kramnik popularized the Berlin Defense as a way to reach an early endgame. However, in the 2018 Candidates...
Top 10 Games Of The 2010s: A New Kind Of Chess–AlphaZero vs Stockfish 2017
In 2017 the engine, AlphaZero, shocked the chess world with a whole new type of engine chess. Check out this amazing highlight...
Top 10 Games Of The 2010s: Wei Yi's Quiet Move Immortal–Wei Yi vs Bruzon 2015
It's not often that a chess game earns the monicker "Immortal." Young Wei Yi did it with his "Quiet Move Immortal" where...
Top 10 Games Of The 2010s: Anand's Immortal Chess Game–Aronian vs Anand 2013
NM Sam Copeland thinks that Anand's brilliant win against Levon Aronian in 2013 was the best game of the 2010s. Check it...
Mikhail Tal's Top Five Queen Sacs
World Champion Mikhail Tal was probably the greatest sacrificial attacker in the history of chess! NM James Canty demonstrates...
Stockfish Wins TCEC 19
This year Stockfish, with its new neural network won the Computer Chess Chess Championship. NM Sam Copeland demonstrates...
Vasily Smyslov - Master Of Attack: vs Gereben
Even a superstar like Smyslov wasn't above playing speculative gambits on occasion. Watch how he gave away a pawn for development...
Vasily Smyslov - Master Of Attack: vs Kottnauer
What do you do when Black falls behind in development in an Sicilian? You open the center and attack. FM Andrey Terekhov...
Vasily Smyslov - Master Of Attack: vs Kirillov
In a must-win situation, Smyslov played an unusual gambit. FM Andrey Terekhov demonstrates the surprising quiet move and...
Vasily Smyslov - Master Of Attack: vs Gerasimov
Smyslov played his immortal game when he was only fourteen years old. Check out his amazing attacking play and also an amazing...
Vasily Smyslov - Master Of Attack: vs Euwe
Smyslov's brilliant attacking ideas even worked against other World Champions. In the 1948 World Championship tournament,...
Today's Top Juniors: Jeffery Xiong
Jeffery Xiong just finished in second place in the 2020 US Championship. Against Dariusz Swiercz, Jeffery played over 20...
Today's Top Juniors: Alireza Firouzja
There's no greater young star than Alireza Firouzja. Many people think that he will someday be a world champion. GM Melik...
Today's Top Juniors: More Alireza Firouzja
Alireza Firouzja's brings fighting chess to the board with both colors. Check out how he turned the black side of a quiet...
Today's Top Juniors: Jeffery Xiong vs Hikaru Nakamura
Hikaru Nakamura has beaten Jeffery Xiong multiple times, but in the 2020 US Championship Xiong got his revenge in spectacular...