K+Q vs. K+R
One of the most classic and also most difficult endgames in chess, explained by a Grandmaster. However, don't think you'll...
Isolated Queen Pawns: The Majors
FM/IM Rensch strips the board down further, leaving only a queen and rook each. Now most all the dynamic chances of the...
Isolated Queen Pawns: It's so Simple
FM Rensch continues to go through the methods available to the player facing the IQP. In this video he covers such topics...
Isolated Queen Pawns: Convert to Endgame
FM/IM Rensch gets into some seriously good anti-iqp play when he brings in Karpov. Karpov does everything you want to do...
Essentials of Minor Piece Endgames 2
Video 2 of GM Dzindzichashvili’s Essentials of Minor Piece Endgames we discover the nuances in the bishop vs. knight...
Essentials of Minor Piece Endgames
GM Roman Dzindzichasvili wants you to know that just like openings every endgame has basic principles too. The lecture addresses...
Pawn Endgames 4
In his fourth video on king and pawn endgames, FM Zierk asks the viewer to take the tools learned in his first three lectures...
Endgame Technique: Bishops of Opposite Color
IM Shankland takes a look at a very instructive endgame, with bishops of opposite color, one extra pawn, and a couple rooks...
Pawn Endgames 3
In the third video of his Pawn Endgames series, FM Zierk lays out some crucial tools for the viewer including: corresponding...
Development: Simplification Continued
This video just continues to pound in the themes from the first part with further examples/analysis. In more detailed and...
Development: Simplification
This is the first half of an advanced lesson on development, appropriate for players over 1700, or anyone who has studied...
Getting Started with the Ruy Lopez 4
IM Shankland completes his short introduction to the Ruy Lopez, analyzing the second half of the Polgar-Morozevich game....
Nursing a Minimal Advantage 4
GM Khachiyan continues his discussion of the Ruy Lopez exchange, with another surprising opposite colored bishop endgame....
Zugzwang | Chess Endgame Technique
GM Friedel analyzes what could be a very difficult endgame. But with the application of the principle of zugzwang, he is...
Pawn Endgames 2
FIDE Master Steven Zierk, follows with his series on the fundamentals of pawn endgames. In this video he discusses basics...
The Principle of Two Weaknesses: Bonus Video!
FM Daniel Rensch finishes The Principle of Two Weaknesses series with a “bonus” lecture on the Knight vs. Bishop endgame....
Practical Defense 8
Khachiyan introduces a game with Enrico Sevillano played in 2003. Opening with a sharp Sveshnikov , the position quickly...
The Principle of Two Weaknesses 5
The Principle of 2 what?! Weaknesses, that’s what. You don’t want to lose to the weak do you? Advanced execution is the...
Pawn Endgames 1
FM Steven Zierk's first video for chess.com! He kicks off what will be a complete course on king and pawn endgames with...
Nursing a Minimal Advantage 1
We take a break from GM Khachiyan's series on defense, to bring you the first of another series on using minimal advantages....
Introduction to Pawn Breakthoughs
Continuing with his teaching style, FM Ingvar Johannesson shows us the basics of the important theme of pawn breakthroughs...
Rook Endgames: Masterful Bonus Video!
FM Rensch has a wonderful present in store for anyone who has studied his series, Rook Endgames: Beginner to Master. Now...
Rook Endgames: Beginner to Master, Part 10
In the 10th video of his complete rook endgame series, FM Rensch looks at a few examples from actual tournament play. In...
Rook Endgames: Beginner to Master, Part 9
Nine is for awesome, in this ninth video of the Rook Endgame series by FM Daniel Rensch. Presenting another series of practical...
Rook Endgames: Beginner to Master, Part 8
FM Daniel Rensch brings us “Practical Rook Endings 101,” continuing the Rook Endgame series. In this lesson, part 8 of...