Top Level Trickery: Deceive Your Opponent
What happens when your author, Dejan Bojkov has to compete with top Grandmasters? See how top players have attempted to...
Top Level Trickery: Get Rid Of Annoying Pieces
Grandmaster Jan-Krzysztof Duda is one of the best attacking players in the world. How did GM Vladislav Artemiev defend himself?...
How To Defend: The Key Priorities
How do Grandmasters avoid losing, even when they get into trouble? Join GM Dejan Bojkov, as he demonstrates an instructive...
How To Defend: The Magic Of The Fortress
Sometimes in chess, you don't need an active plan to draw the game. If you can set up a fortress then all you need to do...
How To Defend: Last Chance Stalemate
Stalemate is the most famous and one of the most important ways to make a draw in chess. Always be on the lookout to sacrifice...
How To Defend: The Perpetual Defense
When you're behind in a chess game, it often helps to focus your efforts against the opposing king. Even if you can't checkmate,...
How To Defend: The Sticking Defense
GM Dejan Bojkov finishes his coverage of defensive strategies with the little known, but essential Sticking Defense! Often...
Bronstein’s Open Games: Great Chess Master Methods
David Bronstein might be one of the best chess players ever who did not become world champion, and you can learn a lot from...
Tal’s Open Files: Great Chess Master Methods
Mikhail Tal had many brilliant ways to win chess games, but perhaps his signature method was to make use of open files....
Kramnik's Breakthrough: Great Chess Master Methods
Vladimir Kramnik is a genius at knowing exactly the best moment to break through in a chess position. Take a look at his...
Botvinnik's Trades: Great Chess Master Methods
Can you gain an advantage simply by trading pieces? If you're an all-time great like Botvinnik, that's your signature strategy....
Reti's Bishops: Great Chess Master Methods
How did the world's best chess players in history achieve greatness? Some of them had trademark methods, like Richard Reti...
The Most Optimistic Chess Player
Can being optimistic in chess help your game? It sure can, especially if it leads you to look for winning moves. Learn how...
What Is Alekhine’s Gun?
How do you bombard your opponent with your heavy pieces? Learn how to form "Alekhine's Gun" and destroy your enemy on an...
Mikhail Chigorin’s Super Knights
Chigorin is often considered among the best chess players ever to never win a world chess championship. Find out how this...
How To Beat A World Chess Champion: Ivanov vs. Karpov
Anatoly Karpov was a tremendously solid world chess champion, strong in every aspect of the game. So how do you beat him?...
Tarrasch Teaches How To Control The Center
Controlling the center is a key concept in chess, so why not learn from the "best of the best," Siegbert Tarrasch? Watch...
How To Beat A World Chess Champion: Hammer vs Carlsen
Magnus Carlsen remains the world chess champion, but he's lost some games along the way. Learn how one of his close friends,...
How To Beat A World Chess Champion: Anand vs Aronian
Vishy Anand is a longtime chess legend, and one of the greatest world champions in history. Learn how another modern great,...
How To Beat A World Chess Champion: Larsen vs Petrosian
Wait, is it even possible that the legendary Tigran Petrosian lost a chess game? Learn how Bent Larsen took down the greatest...
How To Beat A World Chess Champion: Ivanchuk vs Kasparov
Garry Kasparov is widely considered one of the greatest chess players of all time, but even he lost some games. Find out...
How To Beat A World Chess Champion: Karpov vs Andersson
Anatoly Karpov was not only a world champion. He was also one of the most solid chess players to ever pick up a piece. So...
How To Beat A World Chess Champion: Bronstein vs Botvinnik
It seems hard to imagine that Mikhail Botvinnik, a legend on the chessboard and in the classroom, could ever lose his world...
How To Beat A World Chess Champion: Reti vs Capablanca
How can a perfect chess machine like Jose Raul Capablanca possibly lose? Well, it happens to every world champion. Find...
How To Beat A World Chess Champion: Pillsbury vs Lasker
Emanuel Lasker was a long-reigning chess legend, but even he lost eventually. Watch how Pillsbury denied Lasker's king his...