10 min
Beth Harmon's Top Five Chess Moves
Check out the five best moves from Beth Harmon, the star of Netflix's Queen's Gambit!
3 min
1. d4 Openings for Beginners (White)
The most popular alternative to 1.e4 is 1.d4. One of the main openings after d4 is the Queen's Gambit, which goes 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 (or c6). This will lead to the Queen's Gambit declined or the Slav defense.
6 min
1. e4 Openings for Beginners (White)
One of the most common opening moves is 1.e4. Black's most solid response is 1...e5. The game frequently continues with 2.Nf3 Nc6 and then one of three main moves, Bc4, Bb5 or d4.
3 min
1. d4 Openings for Beginners (Black)
When playing against 1.d4 most players prevent White from playing e4 with 1...Nf6 or 1...d5. If you play 1...d5 and White plays c4, you will usually want to play e6 or c6 to support the d5 pawn.
13 min
Doubled Pawns: Squeezing The Samisch
Despite White's initiative, the Samisch Nimzo-Indian isn't popular among Grandmasters today. See how GM Pavel Eljanov took advantage of Black's better pawn structure and won a great game.
14 min
Doubled Pawns: The Samisch Nimzo Indian
The Nimzo-Indian Defense frequently features a trade on c3, giving White the bishop pair, a big center and attacking chances. It all worked brilliantly for White in this classic game by GM David Bronstein.
17 min
Doubled Pawns: Attacking The Nf6 Caro-Kann
The Nf6 Caro-Kann gives Black an opportunity to play for a win, but White has good attacking chances as well. GM Fabien Libiszewski brings you a sparkling attacking game by GM Alexander Khalifman.
17 min
Doubled Pawns: The Aggressive Caro Kann
How can you tell if doubled pawns are strong or weak? Join GM Fabien Libiszewski in his course on the uses and drawbacks of doubled pawns. We'll start with the exciting 4.Nf6 Caro-Kann. Black intentionally accepts dou...
13 min
The Latvian School Of Chess: Opening Ideas
The Latvian school of chess has generated attacking ideas for generations. From the Latvian Gambit to the Riga Variation, to the Shirov-Shabalov Gambit, check out some of the most amazing attacking ideas throughout th...
16 min
The Latvian School Of Chess: Alvis Vitolinsh
IM Alvis Vitolinsh was one of the founders of the Latvian School of chess. Many of his creative attacking plans have been used by the top Grandmasters in the world. GM Arturs Neiksans will show you some of Vitolinsh's...
14 min
The Latvian School Of Chess: Alexander Shabalov
One of the top attackers from the Latvian School is four-time US Champion Alexander Shabalov. Check out some of Shablov's greatest hits, including some of the most spectacular queen sacrifices you will ever see.
15 min
The Latvian School Of Chess: Alexei Shirov
Alexei Shirov is one of the greatest attackers since Mikhail Tal! Check out some of his best games, including maybe the greatest chess move ever played!
14 min
The Latvian School Of Chess: Mikhail Tal
The brightest star of the Latvian School of chess was the World Champion, Mikhail Tal! GM Arturs Neiksans shows you some of the highlights of his amazing career!
13 min
Learn From The Best: Stockfish Goes On A King Hunt
One thing that Stockfish won't abide is an opponent's exposed king. Check out how Stockfish takes down Leela's early f5 in a brilliant game!
10 min
Learn From The Best: Stockfish's Morphy Impression
It's not often that one of the top engines in the world gets checkmated on move 24. Check out how Stockfish makes the engine Stoofvlees look like a 19th-century amateur!
12 min
Learn From The Best: Stockfish's King's Indian
Traditional engines have long considered the King's Indian Defense to favor White. However, Stockfish, armed with a neural net recently won one of the most amazing King's Indian Attacks ever played!
16 min
Learn From The Best: Stockfish Slays The Dragon
In its inaugural event after adding a neural net Stockfish won with a brilliant dismantling of the Sicilian Dragon. Check out how Stockfish balanced attack and defense in an amazing display!
12 min
Dubov's Briliant Opening Ideas: vs Bjerre
How did Daniil Dubov win a key Olympiad game and barely spend any time on his clock? GM Romain Edouard demonstrates the amazing preparation that Dubov unleashed against Danish GM Jonas Buhl Bjerre.
12 min
Dubov's Briliant Opening Ideas: vs Karjakin Again
Did we say that Sergey Karjakin is incredibly difficult to beat? Well, GM Romain Edouard is here to show you another quick win by Daniil Dubov with the Black pieces. Check out how aggressive play and precise tactics p...
11 min
Dubov's Briliant Opening Ideas: vs Karjakin
GM Sergey Karjakin has been nicknamed the Minister Of Defense. That didn't scare GM Daniil Dubov who surprised Karjakin in the opening and won right out of the opening with Black. GM Romain Edouard shows you how it ha...
20 min
Dubov's Briliant Opening Ideas: vs Svane
GM Daniil Dubov is an up and coming star. GM Romain Edouard has a new series on Dubov's spectacular and creative opening ideas. Check out Dubov's most spectacular game to date against GM Rasmus Svane.
4 min
Pieces Working Together
Like in team sports, all of your pieces should work together for success in chess! One powerful piece will not be able to compete with many pieces working together.
4 min
Using Your King
Early in the game you will want to castle the king to safety. In the endgame you want to use the king to help escort pawns up the board. When it can't be checkmated, the king can be a strong piece!
2 min
Using Your Queen
Queens are very powerful, but you must be careful not to lose her for less valuable pieces. For that reason, queens often develop a little later than other pieces. The best use of a queen is to target the opposing kin...
1 min
Using Your Rooks
Put your rooks on open files, where they won't be blocked by pawns. Rooks are also good on semi-open files, attacking opposing pawns or defending your pawns. Rooks are effective in batteries, working together on an op...