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Learn To Play

Learn the basics of how to play chess.

Chess.com Team

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Play Like Gukesh Dommaraju

Test yourself against the best games of the world chess champion!

Jan's Four Knights

Grandmaster Jan Gustafsson teaches you how to react to 3.Nc3 in the most ambitious manner. This is essential viewing if you play either side of the Four Knights.

Gambit Buffet

Grandmaster Simon Williams combines an introduction to gambits after the first move 1.e4 with some famous games from chess history!

Yusupov On Aronian: Fighting For The Initiative With Black

GM Artur Yusupov demonstrates how GM Levon Aronian, one of the best players this century fights for the initiative and wins with the black pieces.

A Personal Look At Mikhail Tal's Games

Tal, nicknamed the “Magician from Riga,” was a gregarious and unworldly genius who overwhelmed his opponents with dazzling attacking chess. He made a strong impression on a young future Russian Champion: Peter Svidler.

Prophylactic Thinking

Artur Yusupov is back! The former World Number 3, famous coach, and pupil of Mark Dvoretsky, shares one of his secret weapons: prophylaxis.

Calculation With Dvoretsky

In 2016, GM Jan Gustafsson sat down to discuss calculation with the legendary trainer, Mark Dvoretsky. Learn from their in-depth conversation.

Loek's Endgame Strategy

Eight-time Dutch Champion, Loek van Wely teaches us the practical side of endgames at the grandmaster level!

How A Prodigy Plays Chess

Indian prodigy Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu showcases some of the best games of his young but hugely successful career, divided into three main themes: attacking the king, logical play, and coming back from a match deficit!

GM

Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu

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Mestaruus

Strategies For Rapid Chess

GM Liem Le offers his insights for successful play at faster time controls, based on his personal experience and practice.

Artur Yusupov: On Magnus Carlsen

Two top grandmasters, Artur Yusupow and Jan Gustafsson look at the reasons behind Magnus Carlsen's remarkable success.

The Most Amazing Chess Moves Ever Played

GM Surya Ganguly demonstrates the greatest chess moves every played with every piece!

GM

Surya Shekhar Ganguly

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Mestaruus

How To Win With Zugzwang

GM Dejan Bojkov explains how to use zugzwang to win games and tie your opponents in knots!

c3 Sicil For The Kill

FM James Canty teaches his favorite opening weapon, the c3 Sicilian!

Judit Polgar: From Child Star To Super-Grandmaster

IM Danny Rensch interviews GM Judit Polgar about highlights from her amazing career!

The Ultimate Blunder

GM Ben Finegold shows the biggest mistake you can make in chess, resigning in a winning or drawn position.

GM

Ben Finegold

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Hall of Fame | The 50 Greatest Chess Players of All Time

Grandmasters Jan Gustafsson and Peter Heine Nielsen bring your their list of the 50 greatest chess players in history!

Magnus Carlsen's Stonewall

World Champion Magnus Carlsen teaches you how to play the Stonewall, an opening based on putting your pawns on f5, e6, and d5 with Black. Using his own games, Carlsen shows us the ideas that he pioneered or applied to beat the likes of Vishy Anand and Fabiano Caruana with the black pieces.

Hou Yifan: My Career So Far

Learn from women's world champion, GM Hou Yifan, as she describes her career highlights.

Cuban Chess: Dominguez On Capablanca

Why is Jose Raul Capablanca still admired a century after his reign as world champion? GM Leinier Dominguez shows off some of Capablanca's greatest brilliancies!

GM

Leinier Dominguez Perez

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Mestaruus

Learn The Evans Gambit

Learn to play one of the sharpest and most exciting openings in all of chess!

How To Attack Without Sacrificing

World Champion Magnus Carlsen teaches you how to attack! By going through some of his best games, Magnus shows his method of quietly closing in on the opponent's king, even without giving up material.

Perfect Chess Games

Have you ever played a perfect chess game? See if you can find the moves from amazing games that earned 100% Game Review scores.

My Best Loss

Normally top players focus on their wins, but you can learn even more from your losses. Check out how memorable defeats have shaped the careers of four strong players.