Materialism: Giving Back Material
IM Kostya Kavutskiy wraps up his series on material by demonstrating how you can give back some or all of your material...
IM Kostya Kavutskiy wraps up his series on material by demonstrating how you can give back some or all of your material...
What do you do when your opponent insists on sacrificing? IM Kostya Kavutskiy demonstrates how superstars Boris Spassky...
When your opponent sacrifices, it's OK to be cautious, but you should still calculate for yourself. IM Kostya Kavutskiy...
In many openings, one side sacrifices a pawn early on to start a quick attack. IM Kostya Kavutskiy will help you learn which...
Often one extra pawn is enough to win the game. IM Kostya Kavutskiy begins his course on materialism by demonstrating when...
IM Kostya Kavutskiy wraps up his series on decision-making with a master class on strategic play. White consistently improves...
What should you do when there are no clear tactics? IM Kostya Kavutskiy is back to demonstrate how you can evaluate imbalances...
IM Kostya Kavutskiy has another video explaining how to decide on moves. This time he'll teach you how to anticipate and...
IM Kostya Kavutskiy is back with another discussion of how to make decisions in chess. This time he'll show how the great...
IM Kostya Kavutskiy brings you a new series on how to choose candidate moves and make good decisions in chess. He starts...
Underpromotion, when done correctly, illustrates the subtle beauty of chess. That's not the case here, because Hikaru Nakamura's...
They say cats have nine lives, but in chess you can be sure that copy cats don't. Learn why you should never mirror your...
Surprise! It's stalemate on the board after a shockingly low number of moves. Was this one of the greatest chess failures...
How many times can a chess position repeat until it's a draw? If you answered three, you obviously haven't seen this hilarious...
The legendary GM Gligoric won a serious tournament game in 29 moves without any captures being made by either side. Find...
Is this the most famous man-vs-machine online game ever? Hikaru Nakamura turns the computer engine Rybka into his digital...
FM Kostya Kavutskiy previews his new book on the open Sicilian in this exclusive video for Chess.com. If you’re looking...
Everyone knows you can sacrifice to checkmate the enemy king. But when is it good to give away material for just a strategic...
To win in modern chess, you need to be well versed in both tactics and strategy. As the number-two player in the world,...
Chess players of all levels have heard it over and over: practice tactics to get better. While this is certainly true,...
Tired of seeing grandmasters take their advantage to the endgame? FM Kavutskiy has the cure. Today he shows four checkmates...
"It's always nice to see 2700s beating the snot out of each other!" says our video author, FM Kavutskiy. Today he shows...
FM Kavutskiy brings the yin and the yang today - a positional masterpiece and a tactical melee. GMs Aronian and Nakamura...
Let's slow down the rapid chess of the London Classic one more time. FM Kavutskiy brings his final examples of creative...
Poor Vishy. Only a few weeks after losing the world championship in front of a billion countrymen, he travels to London...