How To Defend In Chess: Complicate It
How do you defend tough positions in chess? One important way is to complicate the game, muddying the waters so your opponent...
Don't Let Them Castle: When Things Go Wrong
Sometimes you can have the greatest plan and things just don't work out how you intended. At these moments it's important...
Don't Let Them Castle: How To Maintain Initiative
When you don't let your opponent castle, there will be an urge to simplify the position. Learn how to maintain the initiative...
How To Be Lucky In Chess: The Art Of Being Practical
There's endless debate about if chess is an art, science, sport, etc.—the truth is it's all of these, but in the moment...
How To Be Lucky In Chess: The Swindle
It's happened to everyone. The game has gotten out of hand. Your opponent is objectively winning. Should you smash that...
How To Be Lucky In Chess: Be A Time Scramble Beast
Time scrambles are an inevitable part of fast chess if you play enough, so you need to know what to do in them. GM Naroditsky...
How To Be Lucky In Chess: Flagging Basics
There is a saying that applies in many competitive pursuits: It's better to be lucky than good. While that might not be...
Fischer Random Chess: Danger On Move One
Former FIDE World Champion, Ruslan Ponomariov, discusses his experience in Fischer Random chess and what to do when you...
The Power Of Patience In Chess
Patience is an underrated skill in chess, and perhaps in life. In a game of imbalances, waiting for the right moment pays...
How To Restrict Your Opponent's Bishop
Bishops can be dangerous pieces to play against, but if you know how to restrict their power, you can turn them into glorified...
Never Underestimate Your Opponent
The last thing you want to do in a chess game is underestimate your opponent. Learn how to always respect the position on...
Yaz's Guide To Chess960 (Fischer Random): Introduction
It's not every day you get to learn a popular chess variant from a chess legend. GM Yasser Seirawan introduces you to the...
Why You Should Muddy The Waters In Chess
When playing against a human opponent, sometimes it pays off to create uncertainty and complications on the chessboard....
How To Trust Your Chess Intuition
As you grow as a chess player you will develop a sense of intuition over the chessboard. Learn how to trust this sense to...
Bronstein’s Open Games: Great Chess Master Methods
David Bronstein might be one of the best chess players ever who did not become world champion, and you can learn a lot from...
Tal’s Open Files: Great Chess Master Methods
Mikhail Tal had many brilliant ways to win chess games, but perhaps his signature method was to make use of open files....
Think Before Taking A Draw In Chess
If you're in a position where you have much less risk than your opponent, you should think hard before accepting a draw....
The Most Optimistic Chess Player
Can being optimistic in chess help your game? It sure can, especially if it leads you to look for winning moves. Learn how...
Mikhail Chigorin’s Super Knights
Chigorin is often considered among the best chess players ever to never win a world chess championship. Find out how this...
How To Take Your Time In Chess
Time in chess has two meanings: the actual clock you must adhere to, and how quickly your pieces reach their intended destinations....
How To Think Like Your Opponent In Chess
Is there one quick change you could make to your chess game to greatly improve your results? The answer is to simply try...
Mistakes: Losing Control Of Our Emotions
Chess may inspire many emotions, but cold, hard logic usually wins. Learn how to not lose your cool in stressful chess situations—and...
Mistakes: Learning Our Lesson In Chess
All chess players make mistakes. The key to improvement is how well you learn from them. In this new series, find out how...
Get Better At Bullet Chess: Time Management
This is perhaps the most obvious way to get better at bullet chess, where time is the paramount concern. But the bullet...
Why Caruana Can Beat Carlsen: Principled Play
How can Fabiano Caruana pull off a miracle and beat Magnus Carlsen to become the next world champion? One thing that will...