Play Against the Petroff?
IM David Pruess brings to video 2 recent games by top 10 GM’s featuring sharp, playable lines for white in the Petroff....
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...
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...
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...
Development: Attack and Defense 2
The second of three videos examining the interplay of defense and attack in a complicated Danish Gambit. You need to watch...
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...
Development: Simplification Continued
This video just continues to pound in the themes from the first part with further examples/analysis. In more detailed and...
Development: Simplification
This is the first half of an advanced lesson on development, appropriate for players over 1700, or anyone who has studied...
Amateur Analysis
Chess.com founder Erik takes a short break from designing awesome new features for the site to offer fellow members some...
Development Part 6: Getting Ahead
In the first five videos on the strategy surrounding development advantages, IM David Pruess talked about various different...
Development Part 5: Quality
In his fifth video on the strategy surrounding development advantages, IM David Pruess tackles the gray area of "quality"...
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...
Development Part 2: Open vs. Closed Positions
In his second video on the strategy surrounding development advantages, IM David Pruess examines how the value of a development...
Development Part 3: Fluid Positions
In his third video on the strategy surrounding development advantages, IM David Pruess examines the very tricky fluid positions--...
A Cautionary Tale
In this video, IM Pruess helps viewers uncover an awesome tactic by breaking it down into two basic patterns. The video...