Bernstein vs Najdorf: Games Of The 1950s
Chess legend Ossip Bernstein had his greatest chess successes in the early 1900s, but 50 years later he had an incredible...
Bronstein vs Rojahn: Games Of The 1950s
David Bronstein is one of the greatest and most innovative chess grandmasters in the last century. Against the top Norwegian...
Stoltz vs. Steiner: Games Of The 1950s
Soon-to-be grandmaster Gosta Stoltz offered an incredible queen sacrifice in his masterful game against Herman Steiner....
Botvinnik vs Smyslov: Games Of The 1950s
World Chess Champions Mikhail Botvinnik and Vasily Smyslov competed in three world championship matches! Here is probably...
Beylin vs. Lipnitsky: Games Of The 1950s
Isaac Lipnitsky wrote the classic chess book, "Questions of Modern Chess Theory." In his beautiful game against Beylin,...
Keres vs. Szabo: Games Of The 1950s
The brilliant attacking player, Paul Keres, is one of the greatest chess players never to have become world champion. We...
Moran's Once-In-A-Lifetime Chess Masterpiece!
To paraphrase Anton Ego, not everyone can become a great chess artist; but anyone can create great chess art! Pablo Moran...
The Closed Sicilian Structure: Every Pawn Structure Explained
The Closed Sicilian is a tricky weapon against the Sicilian Defense and frequently occurs with reversed colors in the English...
The Rossolimo Structures: Every Pawn Structure Explained
The Rossolimo Variation of the Sicilian has become the dominant Anti-Sicilian today. The same structure occurs frequently...
The Advanced French Structure: Every Pawn Structure Explained
When White's pawn chain reaches from b2 to e5, it could lead to a kingside attack, but Black also can target the pawns and...
The Competing Majorities Structure: Every Pawn Structure Explained
In many openings, one side has more pawns on the kingside and the other has more on the queenside. GM Johan Hellsten demonstrates...
The Trendy e5 Advance: The Loud Italian
At the very highest level, many grandmasters meet Black's capture on d4 with the immediate e4-e5 to target the black knight....
The New Nbd2 Variation: The Loud Italian
The last two variations have been popular for generations, but this gambit has only caught on in the last several years....
The IQP Line: The Loud Italian
When White prefers to keep material equality the d4 Italian often leads to isolated pawn positions. GM Kosteniuk shows the...
The Greco Gambit: The Loud Italian
GM Kosteniuk begins her series on sharp variations of the Italian with the classic Greco Gambit. This line was popular in...
The Dubov Gambit: The Loud Italian
In 2020 GM Daniil Dubov played a rare gambit to defeat GM Sergey Karjakin in a spectacular game. GM Alexandra Kosteniuk...
A Rare Gambit: The Loud Italian
What could be more natural than castling early in the game? GM Alexandra Kosteniuk demonstrates why meeting exd4 with 0-0...
Every Gambit Refuted: The Milner Barry Gambit
The Milner Barry Gambit is currently experiencing a new boom in popularity. GM Eugene Perelshteyn demonstrates the refutation...
Every Gambit Refuted: The Hennig - Schara Gambit
The Hennig - Schara has been played repeatedly by Magnus Carlsen, but GM Eugene Perelshteyn has found a way to put Black's...
Every Gambit Refuted: The Belgrade Gambit
The Belgrade Gambit is an attempt to sharpen the quiet Four Knights Opening. However, GM Eugene Perelshteyn has found a...
Every Gambit Refuted: The Vienna Gambit
The Vienna Gambit might look like a good King's Gambit, but GM Eugene Perelshteyn has no trouble refuting that one as well....
Every Gambit Refuted: The Budapest Defense
The Budapest Defense or Budapest Gambit is a tricky way to play for a win against 1.d4. However, if you follow GM Eugene...
Botvinnik - Tal: Games Of The 1960s
NM Sam Copeland's pick for the best game of the 1960s is this amazing world championship battle where Mikhail Tal shocked...
Polugaevsky - Tal: Games Of The 1960s
In one of the most impressive pieces in the history of opening preparation, GM Lev Polugaevsky prepared deeply and took...
Nezhmetdinov - Chernikov: Games Of The 1960s
No one attacks like Nezhmetdinov! Check out his most famous game and NM Sam Copeland's pick for the third greatest game...