Top Level Trickery: Defending An Inferior Position
Grandmaster Alexander Grischuk is difficult to beat, even when his position is technically lost. Against GM Ding Liren he...
Top Level Trickery: Deceive Your Opponent
What happens when your author, Dejan Bojkov has to compete with top Grandmasters? See how top players have attempted to...
Top Level Trickery: Get Rid Of Annoying Pieces
Grandmaster Jan-Krzysztof Duda is one of the best attacking players in the world. How did GM Vladislav Artemiev defend himself?...
Tatev's Favorite Studies: Introduction
Tatev Abrahamyan kicks off her review of some of the best studies ever, with this short but tricky puzzle by Alois Wotawa....
Tatev's Favorite Studies: Too Many D-Pawns
Tatev Abrahamyan continues her look at studies by Alois Wotawa. Figure out White's unique path to survival. This study was...
Tatev's Favorite Studies: Stopping The Pawns
Tatev Abrahamyan brings you another great study by Alois Wotawa. How can you make White's rook and one pawn more valuable...
Tatev's Favorite Studies: How To Promote
Tatev Abrahamyan demonstrates another study by the great composer Alois Wotawa. Your pawn is nearly ready to promote, but...
Tatev's Favorite Studies: Checkmate Or Stalemate?
Tatev Abrahamyan demonstrates the most difficult study yet! White's king looks like it's about to get checkmate but there's...
Control The Center
Put your pieces in the ideal position to control the most important part of the board - the center. Try to attack those...
Develop Your Pieces
Take control of the game by developing your pieces rapidly to squares where they control the center. You want to develop...
Protect Your King
King safety is the most important positional factor in chess. Usually the best way to secure your king is to castle. That...
Active Pieces
An active piece has the potential to make many moves. At the start of the game, most pieces can't move at all and the knights...
Phases Of The Game
Chess games typically feature three phases. The opening is when each side focuses on developing their pieces from the back...
Your Opponent's Move
It’s important to pay attention to what your opponent is trying to do each turn. You want to watch out for any checks, captures,...
Online Nations Cup Game Of The Day: Yu - So
How did Yu Yangyi lead China to a win in the ONC? Check out the game here and see if you can find Yu's moves!
Online Nations Cup Game Of The Day: Caruana - Wang
The United States entered the final round needing a win against the great Chinese team to reach the finals. Fabiano Caruana...
Online Nations Cup Game Of The Day: Karjakin - Firouzja
Alireza Firouzja is seen by many as a future World Champion. He demonstrated why today by beating a former World Championship...
Online Nations Cup Game Of The Day: Yu - Duda
The Chinese team is dominating the ONC so far. See how GM Yu Yangyi led them to victory on Friday with a stunning attack...
Online Nations Cup Game Of The Day: So - Adhiban
In round 6 of the ONC Wesley So defeated Baskaran Adhiban to lead the US team to a victory over India. Check out how he...
Online Nations Cup Game Of The Day: Anand - Nepomniachtchi
Vishy Anand started day three with a 17 move crush against Ian Nepomniachtchi. How did he do it?
Online Nations Cup Game Of The Day: Firouzja - Dominguez
On day two of the ONC GM Firouzja and GM Dominguez played a wild game. Check out IM Levy Rozman's video analysis and see...
Online Nations Cup Game Of The Day: Artemiev - Aronian
In the first round of the ONC Vladislav Artemiev defeated Levon Aronian in a brilliant attacking game. Check out the highlights...
How To Defend In Chess: Persistence Pays Off!
How do you defend against a Grandmaster, when you know your position is already losing with best play? NM Jeremy Kane demonstrates...
Anatoly Karpov's Top Five Moves
Anatloly Karpov was World Champion for 10 years and a fearless rival to Garry Kasparov for another decade after that. Check...
Paul Morphy's Top Five Moves
Paul Morphy was the greatest attacking player of the 1800s. See if you can figure out the top five moves of his brilliant...