Evaluation and Planning! - Part 12
If you want to see a superb demonstration of knight usage, look not further than GM Alejandro Ramirez's game from this year's...
Evaluation and Planning! - Part 11
So you have a better position, huh? When is the right time to trade in positional advantages for material ones? Today you'll...
Evaluation and Planning! - Part 10
Want to study the games of one the greatest positional aggressors of all time? GM Khachiyan says look no further than Efim...
Evaluation and Planning! - Part 9
GM Melik Khachiyan shows you how he began his planning even before the game began. Respectful of his opponent's calculation...
Evaluation and Planning!: Part 8
Doubled pawns? No problem. Now they're isolated too? GM Melik can handle that! Today he plays his favorite Philidor setup...
Evaluation and Planning! - Part 7
Which side of the board should you play on? You have to read the tea leaves, or in this case, the pawn structure. GM Khachiyan...
Evaluation and Planning! - Part 6
Not many players skip over the IM title on their way to GM, but a young Armenian kid is attempting to do just that. After...
Evaluation and Planning! - Part 5
What happens when you start an attack on the flank without establishing control of the center? That's like putting on your...
Evaluation and Planning! - Part 4
Today GM Khachiyan opens up his book on the classics. This instructive position from a former World Champion shows how simple...
Evaluation and Planning! - Part 3
GM Khachiyan has former World Champion Alekhine in his focus today. Watch how White slowly improves the position of his...
Evaluation and Planning! - Part 2
Want a unique system against the Closed Sicilian? No longer do you have to just drop knights into d4. GM Khachiyan shows...
Evaluation and Planning! - Part 1
How many of the Seven Wonders of the World can you name? It doesn't matter - what GM Khachiyan wants more is for you to...
Melik Suggests: Roller Coaster Ride!
GM Melik recognizes the talent in his young opponent, but he's not willing to pass the torch yet! Needing a win in the last...
Melik Suggests: A Plan Against Killer Bs! - Part 2
The double-fianchetto - it's all the rage, but GM Khachiyan has the antidote! Watch and see how White gets all the play,...
Melik Suggests: The French Fries You!
Losses are painful but losses are also lessons. Today GM Khachiyan flips the tables on his "Handling the French" series....
Melik Suggests: Handling the French! - Part 4
Playing the same opponent in the same line countless times can either be tedious or revelatory. For GM Khachiyan, he jumped...
Melik Suggests: A Wild Game at the OC!
Today you'll see our regular video author GM Khachiyan have to beat a young IM about a half-dozen times. Equally important...
Melik Suggests: A Plan Against Killer Bs!
Needing a win, GM Khachiyan uncharacteristically opens with 1. Nf3 and pretty soon faces a double fianchetto. But the game...
Melik Suggests: Listen to Petrosian!
GM Melik proudly shows off a game from one of his star students - a player he compares to some of America's newest IMs and...
Melik Suggests: Handling the French! - Part 3
The student sees more than the teacher in this fantastic attack conducted by one of GM Khachiyan's protégés. After Black...
Melik Suggests: Handling the French! - Part 2
GM Khachiyan continues his miniseries on how to tame the serpentine machinations of French Defense players. Against the...
Melik Suggests: Handling the French! - Part 1
Needing to win to help his team get into the USCL Playoffs, GM Khachiyan plays a pet line in the Alekhine-Chatard Attack....
The Schliemann Gambit - Part 9: Back to the Schliemann!
The Schliemann is a draw?! GM Melik is surprised to learn that such an aggressive response to the Ruy Lopez has been yielding...
Positional Tips: Learning from My Own Play! - Part 8
GM Khachiyan channels the advice of his boyhood teacher, GM Tigran Petrosian. What do you think happens when you follow...
Positional Tips: Learning from My Own Play! - Part 7
Fans of GM Khachiyan's series should know, when he needs a win as Black against a lower-rated player, get ready for a Philidor....