Even a world champion like Vishy Anand is not immune to Carlsen's endgame abilities. GM Dejan Bojkov shows one of the key games that made Magnus the champion.
Even at a young age, Carlsen could play amazing endgames. GM Dejan Bojkov shows how Carlsen gave back his extra pawn and used the bishop pair to score an amazing victory.
The Sicilian Wing Gambit can lead to sharp attacks if you're not careful, but GM Eugene Perelshteyn prefers for Black to keep the initiative. Check out his original analysis to get a good game.
The French Wing gambit can be dangerous, but with GM Eugene Perelshteyn's analysis, you'll make your opponents regret not playing a safer option.
It might be the worst first move in chess, but the Grob is an aggressive opening that you need a plan against. Fortunately, GM Eugene Perelshteyn demonstrates everything you need to get a great game.
Even Magnus Carlsen has tried the Benko Gambit on occasion. How should you handle this positional pawn sacrifice? GM Eugene Perelshteyn has a strong and creative solution.
The Blumenfeld can be dangerous, but GM Eugene Perelshteyn's home-cooked preparation will take the teeth out of the gambit and offer white great winning chances.
The Exchange Slav has a reputation as a boring opening, but despite the symmetry, both sides have chances to play for a win. GM Johan Hellsten demonstrates the key ideas.
GM Johan Hellsten begins his overview of Sicilian structures with the Scheveningen, a favorite of Bobby Fischer and Garry Kasparov!
The dragon structure often leads to sharp play in both the Sicilian and the English Opening. GM Johan Hellsten demonstrates the key plans and tactics for both sides.
The Catalan is one of the most popular openings at the top level today. GM Johan Hellsten demonstrates the key ideas for both sides in this tricky structure.
Today, engines are too strong to play even matches against humans, but they still regularly produce brilliant games against each other. CM James Coleman demonstrates an amazing attack from Stockfish, one of the top en...
Sometimes engines come up with tactics that a human would never see. CM James Coleman demonstrates an astounding stalemate trick in a match between the engines, Shredder and Gull.
In one of the strangest games you'll ever see, in 2008, GM Hikaru Nakamura was able to take advantage of a flaw in the engine, to defeat Rybka, one of the strongest engines of the day.
By 2007 chess engines were already starting to advance past the point where humans could compete. CM James Coleman brings you one of the final man vs machine encounters between Hydra and GM Mickey Adams.
In the old days, engines were often accused of playing in a materialistic style. In this game from 2009, Rybka demonstrated that it had learned to play romantic, attacking chess as well as anyone.
One of the trendiest sacrifices at the top level is to give up a pawn on c4 in the Catalan or Slav Defense. WGM Keti Tsatsalashvili shows you how it's done.
WGM Keti Tsatsalashvili is back with more sacrifices to destroy your opponent! She begins her coverage of common pawn sacrifices in the opening with the g2-g4 advance, an idea that's getting more common by the day!
Should you capture that pawn or is it poisoned? WGM Keti Tsatsalashvili demonstrates another thematic pawn sacrifice in the opening.
WGM Keti Tsatsalashvili demonstrates a common pawn sacrifice to slow your opponent's development. She demonstrates a brilliant sacrificial miniature by GM Pentala Harikrishna against GM Hikaru Nakamura.
WGM Keti Tsatsalashvili demonstrates another common opening sacrifice. One side can give up a pawn for open lines and long-term pressure.
One of the most aggressive was to meet the open games or the Sicilian is to sacrifice quickly with d4 and c3. WGM Keti Tsatsalashvili brings you a quick win by GM Vasyl Ivanchuk.
It seems like there's a new Indian GM every few weeks these days. GM Ganguly brings you one more lesson on the best games of the up-and-coming Grandmasters, Gukesh Dommaraju and Raunak Sadhwani.
GM Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa and Nihal Sarin might be competing for the world title in a few years. GM Ganguly brings you the best games of these young stars.
Nowadays there are many brilliant young GMs in India. GM Surya Ganguly shows some of the greatest wins of the younger generation.
