Berlin Endgames Part 4: Bishops of the Same Color
Will the next Minor Piece step right up?! GM Bojkov's detailed look into the "Spanish Endgames", commonly reached via the...
Berlin Endgames Part 3: The Knight Endgame
The ponies come to the rescue! Well, not really... As we learn in GM Dejan Bojkov's next installment of this very important...
Future Champions: Never Give Up! Kayden's Fortress
It's one of the hardest things to do as a chess player, and one of the last things a "child prodigy" learns. What's that?...
Berlin Endgames Part 2: Black's Pawn Nightmare!
Never fall asleep on your pawn structure! Especially when playing black in the Berlin Defense... GM Bojkov's description...
Typical Rook Endgame Mistakes 10: Bishop Fortress
Learn this highly useful theoretical draw, and rule the world! Well, maybe you won't rule the world, but at least you won't...
Greatest Chess Minds: Wilhelm Steinitz - Part 6
Speaking of "World Champions ahead of their time", let's talk about Steinitz's deep understanding of the 3...g6 Ruy and...
Typical Rook Endgame Mistakes 9: Rook & Pawn
For advanced players looking to further their endgame knowledge of ideas and technical positions, GM Melik Khachiyan's "Endgame...
Everything You Need To Know 4: The Endgame!
Your journey continues today! IM Rensch leads us into the final stage of chess with a few goals in mind: understand the...
Typical Rook Endgame Mistakes 8: Outside Passer!
Another Rook Ending video lecture by GM Khachiyan... another Super-GM blows a theoretical draw! This video lecture contains...
Typical Rook Endgame Mistakes 7: Rook vs Pawns
Three pawns vs a Rook, and several blunders to go with it! GM Khachiyan continues today with another "quickie" filled with...
Typical Rook Endgame Mistakes 6: Lasker Abandoned!
After all your hard work learning the Lasker Defense in GM Khachiyan's previous videos, it all gets thrown away by another...
Put That Piece in Jail! A Trapped Rook's Sad Story
Alert: We have a prison break! Today GM Bojkov highlights the brilliant, and then not-so-brilliant, play by GMs Sergey Erenburg...
How to Think in the Endgame - Part 3
Geometrical domination! That is what the Rook holds over the Knight... Today GM Melik Khachiyan continues his video series,...
How I Prepared for the 2011 US Championship
Today you can learn to prepare like a Grandmaster! You may find that when getting ready for a big tournament, a little less...
The Active King: Complex Endgames
Another day on Chess.com, another great video by GM Dejan Bojkov discussing the specific powers of a piece! We continue...
The Active King: Special Cases!
Today the active King dominates a queen using highly interesting piece geometry and pawn cover! If the first exercise isn't...
The Active King: Rook Endgames
Nobody leads an army like the King! GM Bojkov continues his series on the study of the active King in action, and today...
The Active King: Bishop Endgames
In the open board, Bishops are much too fast for a King to catch, but throw some pawns in their way... and the King will...
The Active King: Knight Endgames!
Learn to make every piece count, as GM Dejan Bojkov continues his series on the active King. After reviewing a few amazing...
Structural Thinking 5: An Endgame Breakthrough!
When GM Melik Khachiyan retreated his dark squared Bishop to d2, and then completely sealed it in with "dark-squared"...
Structural Thinking 4: Planning the Endgame!
In today's video Melik follows his own game with NM Kostya Kavutskiy from the American Open in November 2010. Throughout...
How to Think in the Endgame - Part 2
When you were a kid, your mom made you eat vegetables that you didn't want... but, they were good for you! As GM Melik Khachiyan...
Amazing Games for Beginners: Rubi's Smooth Rook!
Beginner chess players, meet brilliant technique! IM David Pruess brings us the second video installment on the subject...
How to Think in the Endgame - Part 1
Today Khachiyan divulges several brilliant insights into the thought process of a Grandmaster in the Endgame. When he sat...
Amazing Games for Beginners: Rubinstein's Endgame!
Calling all beginners! Have you ever heard of a novelty... in the Endgame? Well, just as theory develops in the Opening...