Fórn - Kennslustundir

Refute The Sacrifice

There's nothing more terrifying in chess than being on the receiving end of a dangerous sacrifice. See if you can defeat these daring, but flawed sacrifices.

NM

Jeremy Kane

16 Lessons

Mastery

Every Opening Trap To Crush Your Opponent

Do you want to crush your opponents early in the game? GM Ben Finegold will teach you the ideas behind every opening trap you'll want to know on both sides of the board.

Every Sacrifice To Destroy Your Opponent

WGM Keti Tsatsalashvili wraps up her course on every sacrifice you'll ever need!

Mating Nets

WGM Tatev Abrahamyan knows how to checkmate a king! In this course, she demonstrates how to catch an opposing king in every stage of the game.

How Levon Aronian Became America's Newest Super Grandmaster

Chess superstar Levon Aronian has recently moved to America. Get to know his history and games with help from his childhood chess coach, GM Melik Khachiyan.

My Best Games – Shakhriyar Mamedyarov

How does one of the best attackers in history take on the titans of modern chess? GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov gives a unique look at five of his greatest games.

GM

Shakhriyar Mamedyarov

5 Lessons

Mastery

My Best Game

Strong players all explain their career highlights.

Chess.com Team

20 Lessons

Miðlungs - Mastery

Top Level Trickery

What do the best players in the world do when they're backed up against the wall? GM Dejan Bojkov examines how top Grandmaster get out of trouble when they're about to be checkmated or are down in material.

Tatev's Favorite Studies

Tatev Abrahamyan analyzes five studies by the great composer Alois Wotawa. Find out Tatev's best puzzle solving strategies that can help with puzzles and real games.

Top Five Moves: Legends Edition

Simon Williams, the Ginger GM, brings you the top five moves of some of the greatest players in chess history. Learn from the best moments of Carlsen, Kasparov, Morphy and more!

The Greatest Games You've Never Seen

Join WGM Tatev Abrahamyan as she examines amazing games that many of you have never seen. See if you can calculate your way through these brilliancies and learn from players including past and maybe future World Champions.

Play Like Tigran Petrosian

Tigran Petrosian was the World Champion from 1963 - 1969. He won matches against fellow champions, Mikhail Botvinnik and Boris Spassky before finally losing a rematch to Spassky. His solidity and mastery of prophylaxis earned him the nickname Iron Tigran. Despite his reputation, Petrosian also played brilliant attacking games and was known for frequently sacrificing material. Try to find the moves and learn from five of the great champion's best games.

Play Like Boris Spassky

Boris Spassky was the 10th World Champion, and one of the few players in history to successfully qualify for a title match more than once. Spassky played two title matches with Tigran Petrosian, winning the 2nd in 1969. He held the title until he lost a dramatic match to Bobby Fischer in 1972. Follow along find the moves in five of Spassky's greatest games.

Play Like Paul Morphy

Paul Morphy played in the mid 1800s, before there was an official World Championship. However, Morphy was so far ahead of his competition that many people consider him a World Champion in all but name. He played with an aggressive style and was able to attack and achieve active positions better than any of his contemporaries. See if you can find Morphy's moves in five of his greatest games.

Play Like Jose Raul Capablanca

Jose Raul Capablanca was the third World Champion and held the title from 1921 - 1927. He was known for his speed of play and amazing endgame skill. Despite that reputation, Capablanca was also a strong attacker. Follow along and find the moves Capablanca played in five of his best games!

Play Like Judit Polgar

Judit Polgar is the strongest female chess player of all time. She was the first woman to contend for the overall World Championship and broke the record for youngest Grandmaster in history, held by Bobby Fischer. Polgar is known for her amazing attacking play. See if you can find her moves in five of her greatest games.

Play Like Mikhail Tal

Mikhail Tal was a World Champion, but is more well known as the greatest attacking wizard that the chess world has ever seen. Tal took the chess world by storm and played amazing attacking games in a style the world had never seen. See if you can keep up with this chess magician in five of his best games.

Play Like Bobby Fischer

Bobby Fischer took on the whole Soviet Chess establishment, nearly by himself and became World Champion! He was an eccentric and brilliant player and may well have been the strongest champion of all time! See if you can find the moves in some of his best games.

Old School Cool

They don't make chess players like they used to! Join GM Simon Williams as he demonstrates some of his favorite romantic attacking games from the 1800s. This course features brilliant and risky play, including games by Paul Morphy and Wilhelm Steinitz.

Mikhail Tal's Brilliancies

Join FM Alisa Melekhina as she demonstrates some of the best sacrifices of World Champion Mikhail Tal. She breaks Tal's attacks into queen sacrifices, miniatures and positional sacrifices. Enjoy these dazzling tactics and learn from one of the best attacking players in history!

How to Develop the Initiative

Join GM Mikhalevski as he demonstrates how to develop an initiative and carry it through to victory! He demonstrates three of his own games against strong opposition, where he takes the initiative with right out of the opening and never lets his opponent escape.

Positional Sacrifices

Join GM Victor Mikhalevski as he demonstrates long term positional sacrifices in some of his best games. Watch how he targets the opponent's king with sacrifices. Even when they don't lead to a quick mate, the attack can tie up the opponent and there's no escape from the positional squeeze!

Attacking King Hunts

Join GM Simon Williams as he demonstrates some classic and modern king hunts. Practice activating your pieces and calculating king hunts. Be ready to stop your video and calculate your way through the puzzles. Good luck!

The Classical Dutch

Join GM Simon Williams as he demonstrates one of his favorite openings, the rare and deadly Classical Dutch. Simon teaches by demonstrating his own games against top Grandmasters Follow along and learn how Simon scored upsets against the world's best.

Attack with the Catalan!

Join GM Georg Meier as he shows you one of the most important and sharpest openings. The Catalan is a favorite of many top players, including former World Champion Kramnik and you can get insights from a GM who has played it against the world elite.