One of the major mistakes over 95% of club players make is working on different aspects of the game and never utilizing them together. Club players learn chess openings, middlegames, and endings separately, but never see those elements working...

80/20 Tactics Multiplier #06 The Sicilian Najdorf – GM Niclas Huschenbeth Most people learn an opening by becoming familiar with its typical positional ideas and trying to remember the most important theoretical lines. But this is not enough,...

80/20 Tactics Multiplier #07 The Trompowsky Attack – IM Levy Rozman   IM Levy Rozman’s course on the essential patterns in the Trompowsky Attack gives you a complete understanding of typical tactical and strategic patterns for both sides...

Everyone loves to win a miniature – a spectacular quick win as a result of opening preparation and cool tactics. It’s even better when you crush a strong opponent in such a fashion. In Magnus’ Miniatures, American GM Ron W. Henley...

80/20 Tactics Multiplier #04 Typical Tactic Ideas in The London System – IM Eric Rosen   If you want to really know an opening, you should be familiar with its typical positional ideas and remember the most important theoretical lines. But...

Chess is really not a fair sport... On one hand, there are chess players who play day in and day out, year after year just to get a tiny, unnoticeable improvement. They seem to be doing everything right, put a lot of time in... but the...

Why some club players make quick progress and quickly jump from novice and intermediate to expert and beyond… while many others get stuck at 1400 for decades and barely progress? Is that because they are: Super smart? Natural-born chess...

How to win your games with ease, zero hassle, and perfect execution… Most club players think that Grandmasters' success comes from enormous talent and brilliant moves. Let me tell you a big SECRET. It's NOT about...

Wouldn’t it feel great to READ position on the board like the Grandmasters do? Planning and Strategic Decision-Making are two VERY important elements of the game.  You ask what that has to do with...

Do you lose the majority of your games due to silly blunders, missed opportunities or tactical oversights? If you’re a club level player, most likely those things ring a bell for you… In fact, nine out of ten chess players lose...

Good positional understanding is one of the main criteria separating masters from club players. Everyone knows how to study tactics, openings, and endgames. But, when it comes to something more sophisticated like positional understanding –...

Contrarily to a popular belief, openings are NOT an easy part of the game.  Most club players assume that if they get the openings right the game will just flow from there. They focus all their time and attention on theory...

Most club players only focus on two types of play: the attack and defense.  You can often hear a phrase “if I‘m not attacking, I’m defending” and vice versa.  By following this approach you are missing out...

Most club players don’t bother too much when it comes to exchanges. If an exchange “looks equal” they simply swap the pieces and proceed with the game. Only moves later they realize being on the losing side of the board. ...

Positional sacrifice is a very delicate, yet very powerful technique that mostly advanced chess players perform. Some of the greatest chess minds in history of the game employed the positional sacrifice as the weapon of...

Strategic planning is one of the most important skills a chess player can learn. It is well known that playing with a bad plan, is much better than playing with no plan at all. If you want to succeed at chess it is crucial to start coming up with...

All chess players want to learn how to attack, but they don’t realize that the reason why their ELO isn’t 2200 yet is because of their poor defensive technique, not the attacking skills. The truth is, the ability to attack...

It is not a secret that majority of chess games are decided in the middlegame. Nevertheless, many club players prefer to spend their time on the openings, tactics and endgames completely bypassing such an important element of chess as...

Many of the strongest Grandmasters agree that psychology is one of the most important factors in chess. It is not a secret that strong GMs can identify their opponent’s emotional state, read their fears and predict plans. Some...

Have you ever seen a professional chess player analyzing the game? Sometimes they stop and think for 20-30 minutes or even longer before making an important decision. What’s going on in their head at that time? You’d be...

Calculation is an extremely important skill that can make all the difference between being an amateur and being a master. By simply learning how to calculate just a few moves deeper into the variation you can boost your...

Open positions are perhaps the most common types of positions at chess. Many amateur players prefer open positions to closed ones because they think open positions are easier to understand and to play. Even though open positions may...

Positional chess is linked to the core understanding of the game and perhaps the hardest part of chess to improve. You can work on tactics, endgames and opening theory all you want, but that won’t help you at building your...

Closed position is perhaps one of the most complex types of positions at chess. Many amateur players choose to stay away from those positions simply because it appears crowded, over-complicated and plain unfriendly. A majority of club...

    Masterclass #03   Discover the secrets of chess strategy with this new, 9½ hour course from GM Damian Lemos!   With insightful analysis of 15 carefully selected games, GM Lemos explains what to do at the board to properly...

Masterclass #02   Discover the secrets of positional chess with this new, 9½ hour course from GM Damian Lemos! Through the analysis of 16 carefully chosen games, Damian explains how we can build winning positions, move by move, without...

EMPIRE CHESS – VOL 102   Most GMs will give the advice “You cannot become a master until you study the classics” The truth is, most masters have “patterns” from thousands of games in their mind, which they’re...

In her debut instructional chess DVD, the dynamic young chess talent Irina Krush analyzes some of her best games and super combinations from her young but rapidly ascending chess career. A chess master at the age of twelve, this vivacious and energetic...

No junior chessplayer will want to be without this chess DVD starring Irina Krush (1998 US Women's Chess Champion!), Elina Groberman (2000 US Women's Co-Champion), Laura Ross, and Shirley Ben-Dak! America's Chess Princesses have made a chess video that...

Playing aggressive chess is the key to overpowering your opponents, winning more games and tournaments and doing it in style. Legendary champions like Bobby Fischer and Garry Kasparov played with such power that people were actually afraid to sit down at...

Grand Master Damian Lemos’ excellent presentation skills will guide you through this DVD class, the tenth in The Club Player’s Manifesto “Expert Edition” produced by OnlineChessLessons.net, the leader in educational chess...

Instructor - IGM Yasser Seirawan Designed for all levels of players... from advanced novice to master! You will improve your game after a single viewing. I guarantee it! - Yasser Seirawan, IGM & former US Champ "Simply the very...

Ginger GM Publishing, in association with Chilli Pepper Films, is proud to present the first DVD in its new Crash Test Chess series whereby viewers are encouraged to improve their game by following short, instructive lessons that have been...

Presented by GM Jesse Kraai and IM Bryan Smith for ChessLecture.com   GM Jesse Kraai and Bryan Smith in combat over the board.  An exciting account of two great minds in a struggle over the board and in the French: 1 e4 e6 2 d4 d5 3 Nc3 Nf6. 2...

Presented by FIDE Master Dennis Monokroussos for ChessLecture.com   How does the underdog catch the more experienced player? David gives advice on how to catch a higher rated player off balance. How to strategize to create problems for your...

Presented by FIDE Master Dennis Monokroussos for ChessLecture.com   Dennis explains this wonderful diverse classical opening with its variations for both black and white.   The Queen's Gambit is one of the oldest known chess openings. In...

Presented by Grandmaster Leonid Kritz for ChessLecture.com   GM Kritz outlines several variations of the King’s Indian including The Mar del Plata variation of the King's Indian 9. Nd2. No longer as popular as it once was, it is still played...

GM Victor Mikhalevski is an extremely dangerous grandmaster, renowned for his sharp attacking skills and propensity for wild sacrifices. GM Mikhalevski is an experienced chess trainer and has held the grandmaster title for over 17 years, and in this...

Learn to fight back dynamically with GM Friedel’s pet system against the Ruy Lopez. A clear explanation of the Archangel Defense for Black against the Ruy Lopez from a GM Practitioner.   Content: 2 hours and 51 minutes of...

GM Jesse Kraai shows you the ins and outs of the Fried Liver Attack for beginners all the way up through how advanced players can use this to their advantage. He then goes on to show you how it was employed in 2 high profile games. Jesse says, “The Fried...

Grandmaster Jesse Kraai examines objectivity in a series of two lectures, calculation in a series of 2 lectures and a bonus on rapid chess. Chess psychology, intuition and practical thinking. Content: Over 2 hours of instruction and analysis in a series...

NM Dana Mackenzie started playing tournament chess during the "Fischer boom" of 1971-1972 and never quit. Champion of North Carolina in 1985, 1987, and became master in 1988. He has a 1-0 career record against world chess champions. (The champion in...

NM Dana Mackenzie started playing tournament chess during the "Fischer boom" of 1971-1972 and never quit. Champion of North Carolina in 1985, 1987, and became master in 1988. He has a 1-0 career record against world chess champions. (The champion in...

International Master Bryan Smith explains Nimzo Indian Defense strategies with real games.  This hypermodern opening was developed by Grandmaster Aron Nimzowitsch who introduced it to master-level chess in the early 20th century. Unlike most...

Roman offers a complete rapid opening repertoire for the tournament player geared toward those who don’t have the time or want to study for hours on end and still achieve good results! The first volume looks at the white side, where Roman advocates 1.d4...

This complete set of “Mastering Chess” DVDs teaches you how to master the game of chess in 4 DVDs. In volume 1, he looks at Learning Openings the Easy Way, Avoiding & Creating Opening Traps, Dangers & Advantages of Choosing Sharp Openings,...

Roman shows you how to recognize and improve your combinational play, certainly one of the very most important skills in chess. This 2-volume series will help you become that very thing that most chess players fear the most: a tactical monster capable of...

In this complete series, Roman covers the bases in helping you master the endgame. The first volume shows the basics: King and Pawn endings, More King and Pawn Endings , Practical Rook and Pawn Endings , Tactical Rook Endings , Basic Principles of Minor...

Exclusive DVD with over 3 hours of commented games and movies by the 12th World Chess Champion in the history of Chess Alexandra Kosteniuk. Every single game she played in Nalchik to win the World Title commented in detail in her own voice. Running...

Hosted by: Grandmaster Raymond KeeneRunning Time: Over 90 MinutesRay Keenes's chess DVDs are renowned for their excellent archival footage. Prelude to Armageddon: Volumes includes coverage of the critical games as well as sensational archival footage of...