How To Checkmate: Forrest Gump Mate
Are chess players allowed to make up their own checkmates? Simon Williams sure did, and you won't want to miss this run,...
How To Checkmate: Boden's Mate
The first time this checkmate happens to all of us, it's a shock. Let GM Williams show you how to sac your queen and use...
2017 Speed Chess Championship Final: Carlsen vs Nakamura
Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura battled their way through a challenging field in the 2017 Speed Chess Championship. Now...
How To Checkmate: Epaulette Mate
This picturesque checkmate is one you need to know, as it comes up quite often in all kinds of games. Let Simon Williams...
How To Checkmate: Morphy Mate
Paul Morphy was an early chess legend, and it's no surprise that so many checkmates are named after the great man. GM Simon...
How To Checkmate: Anastasia Mate
Is this checkmate straight out of a fairy tale? Simon Williams shows you one of the most beautiful mating patterns in chess.
2017 Speed Chess Championship: Karjakin vs Nakamura
Who would earn the right to face Magnus Carlsen in the Speed Champs finals? It was truly a battle of titans as Sergey Karjakin...
How To Checkmate: Arabian Mate
What was the first checkmate ever "invented"? It's hard to say, but it might be the Arabian mate. Learn how to use your...
How To Checkmate: Opera Mate
It's a checkmate inspired by the most famous chess game of all time: The Paul Morphy opera house classic. Find out how you...
How To Checkmate: Damiano Mate
You know all the crazy, newfangled ways to checkmate, sure. But do you know one of the very oldest patterns? Simon Williams...
How To Checkmate: Kiss Of Death
The kiss of death in chess is when a queen delivers checkmate on the square directly in front of the enemy king. It seems...
How To Checkmate: Back-Rank Mate
Is this the easiest checkmate to perform on the board? Sometimes. But GM Williams is here to tell you that there is more...
Spicy Openings! The Max Lange Attack: A Stunning Attacking Move
If you like spicy opening gambits, you won't want to miss the conclusion of GM Williams' series on the Max Lange Attack.
How To Checkmate: Scholar's Mate/Legal Mate
Let GM Simon Williams take you to checkmate school to teach you the most commonly attempted mate in all of chess: the scholar's...
Time: Counter-Attacking In The Opening
Often the opening is the best phase of a chess game to use time -- and launch a deadly counterattack. GM Williams concludes...
How To Checkmate: Fool's Mate
Don't be a fool and fall for the shortest checkmate in the game. GM Simon Williams gives you a lesson in the quickest chess...
Karpov The Strangler
How do you squeeze the life out of your opponent's chess pieces? Learn from one of the best ever, Anatoly Karpov.
Time: Tempo In The Middlegame
How do you manage time in the middlegame? GM Williams is not talking about your chess clock, but the speed with which you...
Time: Attack The King Now
How do you use time in chess to defeat the world champion, and maybe the best player ever? Find out how even Magnus Carlsen's...
Chess.com Computer Championship: Day 1
Did you miss day one of the revolutionary Chess.com Computer Chess Championship? Relive the live broadcast here with a...
Time: Creating Threats
How do you use time in a chess game to create a threat? GM Simon Williams continues his lesson on controlling tempo to win.
Pieces vs Pawns In The Endgame: King And Pawns vs King
It's the endgame every serious chess player should know by heart: king vs king and pawns. But there's more to this endgame...
Central Play: The Basics
GM Dejan Bojkov shows how to use your advantages in the center of the board to create winning attacks.
Pieces vs Pawns In The Endgame: Queen vs Pawns
It's the most powerful piece vs the lowly pawns. Who will win this battle in the endgame? GM Finegold gives you an important...
Pieces vs Pawns In The Endgame: Bishop vs Pawns
What wins in the endgame, bishops or pawns? Let GM Ben Finegold give you this important lesson.