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Super-GM Grischuk: Crushing The Sicilian Defense
The Sicilian Defense is one of the most dangerous chess openings that black can employ against 1. e4 as the resulting middlegame positions are usually very dynamic and double-edged. In this chess video...
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Crushing the Scandinavian Defense! with GM Damian Lemos
The Scandinavian Defense with 1. e4 d5 is one of those openings that I have always thought to be slightly incorrect, although you still see elite Grandmasters like Alexey Dreev and Viswanathan Anand...
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Immortal Game – INSANE King’s Gambit with GM Mikhalevski
In the below chess video excerpt from the Empire Chess DVD ¨How Grandmasters Beat the King’s Gambit¨, GM Victor Mikhalevski reviews the Immortal Game Anderssen vs Kieseritzky that is a stunning example...
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New Lines & Novelties in the Scotch and f4 Sicilian – GM Roman Dzindzichashvili
Turn unexpected moves in your favor! New Lines & Novelties in the Scotch and f4 Sicilian – GM Roman Dzindzichashvili Roman looks at unexpected variations to get a good position in the Scotch...
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New Lines for Black in the Accelerated Dragon and King’s Indian – GM Roman...
Time to put a smile on the student’s face! New Lines for Black in the Accelerated Dragon and King’s Indian – GM Roman Dzindzichashvili Roman takes a look at a disgruntled student’s complaint of on an...
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Chess Opening Traps with IM Valeri Lilov
Chess opening traps can decide the outcome of a game in the first moves! Chess players of all levels are always trying to set traps for their opponents, and if you are not careful you can lose a game...
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Positional Exchange Sacrifice: The Best Tips and Tricks Part I
Today, Sergey Kasparov, a GM from Belarus (a country in Eastern Europe, former USSR republic) is going to teach us some great chess techniques and strategies. He will give us some of the best tips and...
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Crushing the Nimzo-Indian Defense – Analysis by GM Damian Lemos
The Nimzo-Indian Defense is a tough chess opening to crack as black is able to establish a very strong bind in the center on the light-squares. However in this chess video, Grandmaster Damian Lemos...
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Zeitnot: How to use, and survive, it
Zeitnot is time trouble and describes the situation in which a player has little time to complete the required moves. When a player is forced to play quickly, the probability of making blunders is...
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Playing With Opposite Colored Bishops
Sometimes each side has a single bishop left, but they reside on opposite colored squares and can’t attack or block each other. Opposite colored bishops create very special conditions. Their presence...
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How Passed Pawns Can Affect the Game
Passed pawns are pawns that do not have opposing pawns in front of them on adjacent files. A passed pawn can become a serious advantage as it is quite hard to block. The opponent has to involve his...
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The Principle of Two Weaknesses
This is one of the most important principles of chess strategy, and it has been successfully used by all the great players. Sometimes, we have a clear advantage (passed pawn, extra pawn, opponent’s bad...
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Taking Advantage of the Weak Square Complex
One of the most difficult positions for amateur players to take advantage of is the weak square complex. A weak square complex is a group of squares of the same color that can’t be protected by pawns....
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The Direct Attack to the King
The quickest route to win in chess is checkmate. Amateurs commit the mistake of attacking the king in every single position, even when it is against the nature of the position. It is crucial to...
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Rook and Knight vs. Two Rooks
Rook and knight versus two rooks is probably one of the most difficult endgames players have to face over the board. Even though an exchange is a big material advantage, it requires a good technique to...
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Playing the Closed Center
There are many types of centers: closed, semi open, and open. These can be either dynamic or static. The closed center is characterized by pawn chains on both sides and blocked between each other....
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Playing Weak Pawns in the Endgame
This discussion applies to weak pawns in the middle game just as much as weak pawns in the endgame. A weak pawn is one that cannot be defended by another pawn. These types of weaknesses must be handled...
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Playing With Isolated Pawns in the Game
A pawn is isolated if it does not have friendly pawns on the adjacent files. Strategically, an isolated pawn is a weakness. It can’t be defended by other pawns and always needs high attention. We are...
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Using the Skills of the Rook
The rook is a very powerful piece with as large a range as the bishop, but it is even stronger because of the possibility to access to any square of any color. The rook moves horizontally or vertically...
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3 Basic Principles of the Opening Development
Development is the process of bringing pieces into the game from their initial positions. It is very important to develop the pieces quickly. A player who gets development advantage may start a quick...
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