12 min
Vidit Gujrathi: The Indian School Of Chess
The newest member of the Indian Super GM club is Vidit Gujrathi. GM Surya Ganguly demonstrates what makes Vidit a chess star!
12 min
Negi And Adhiban: The Indian School Of Chess
Many Indian chess players learned brilliant attacking chess from the example of Vishy Anand. GM Ganguly demonstrates some amazing ideas from GMs Negi and Adhiban.
17 min
Humpy and Harika: The Indian School Of Chess
Anand isn't the only Indian world champion. GM Humpy Koneru won the Women's World Rapid Championship in 2019. She's one of several strong female players from India. GM Ganguly demonstrates her best games and those of...
21 min
Caruana vs Carlsen: World Championship Preparation
The 2018 world championship match went to tie-breaks and Magnus Carlsen used a sharp Sicilian to gain a two-game lead and effectively end the match. GM Romain Edouard demonstrates the key game.
19 min
Topalov vs Anand: World Championship Preparation
The 2010 world title match started with a bang as Topalov punished one mistake by Anand in the opening. GM Romain Edouard has worked with Topalov and has the story.
20 min
Kramnik - Anand: World Championship Preparation
Vishy Anand didn't want to allow Vladimir Kramnik to press him in quiet positions. GM Romain Edouard explains Anand's sharp opening strategy to play for a win with black.
10 min
Kramnik vs Leko: World Championship Preparation
In 2004 Peter Leko nearly took the world title from Vladimir Kramnik. In game eight he refuted Kramnik's computer preparation with a brilliant attack. GM Romain Edouard brings the details.
17 min
Kasparov vs Kramnik: World Championship Preparation
How did Vladimir Kramnik tame one of the greatest attackers of all time? He brought back the Berlin Defense, an opening that hadn't been popular for generations! GM Romain Edouard shows you how Kramnik did it.
18 min
Karpov - Kasparov: Games Of The 80s
This game really begins with Kasparov offering his famous ...d5?! gambit. Today we know this gambit to be unsound, but at the board, it was quite challenging to meet.
13 min
Kopylov vs. Korelov: Games Of The 80s
Check out a little-known correspondence chess king hunt!
12 min
Portisch vs. Pinter: Games Of The 80s
In one of the prettiest chess games of all time, Jozsef Pinter conducted a spectacular king hunt in the endgame, using his own king to help checkmate Lajos Portisch!
21 min
van de Loo vs. Hesseling: Games Of The 80s
According to GM Andy Soltis, the following game features the most stunning chess novelty ever played—19.Qa4!!
13 min
Tal vs. Hjartarson: Games Of The 80s
Tal combines exquisite positional play with a beautiful final tactical denouement, winning a game that I consider one of the most precise of his excellent career. I challenge you to find any notable mistake by Tal in...
13 min
Smirin vs. Beliavsky: Games Of The 80s
Many great chess players have lived in Garry Kasparov's chess shadow. Alexander Beliavsky is one of those players - a brilliant attacker who you may not even have heard of, but who was one of the strongest players in...
16 min
Kasparov vs. Petrosian: Games Of The 80s
In Tilburg, 1981, the 18-year-old prodigy Garry Kasparov faced the great world chess champion Tigran Petrosian. Kasparov, was already amazingly strong, but Petrosian still knew a few tricks.
13 min
Beliavsky vs. Nunn: Games Of The 80s
In this game, we see Nunn punishing Beliavsky's Saemish variation as the move 9.h3? provides him the opportunity to initiate an inexorable assault.
15 min
Korchnoi vs Karpov: Games Of The 1980s
Anatoly Karpov is absolutely central to the story of chess in the 1980s. Karpov dominated the early half of the decade and played 5 (!) world chess championship matches in the 1980s This might have been his best game...
12 min
Polugaevsky vs. Torre: Games Of The 80s
Lev Polugaevsky shows off one of the most brilliant chess opening ideas ever played, his positional rook sacrifice against Eugenio Torre in the famed Botvinnik Variation of the Semi-Slav!
19 min
Inspired By Anand: The Indian School Of Chess
Vishy Anand has inspired generations of Indian chess players! GM Surya Ganguly demonstrates games by his peers, GMs Abhijit Kunte and Krishnan Sasikiran.
18 min
Before Anand: The Indian School Of Chess
Between Sultan Khan and Vishy Anand, there were no Indian players among the best in the world, but that doesn't mean there weren't any strong players. GM Surya Ganguly demonstrates brilliant play by IM Manuel Aaron an...
17 min
Vishy Anand: The Indian School Of Chess
The greatest player in India's history is world champion, Vishy Anand. GM Surya Ganguly has some Anand stories that you won't want to miss.
10 min
Sultan Khan: The Indian School Of Chess
GM Surya Ganguly begins his overview of Indian Chess with the games of Sultan Khan, an amazing prodigy who competed with the best in the world.
15 min
Pentala Harikrishna: The Indian School Of Chess
After Vishy Anand, GM Pentala Harikrishna was the next Indian player to enter the world elite. GM Ganguly demonstrates some of Harikrishna's greatest victories.
11 min
A Queen's Gambit Bongcloud: Advanced Bongcloud Theory
You might think of the Bongcloud as a modern idea, but GMs have been playing this Bongcloud idea in the Exchange Queen's Gambit since the 1980s. GM Jon Ludvig Hammer brings you the story.
10 min
A Scotch Bongcloud: Advanced Bongcloud Theory
When is it OK to sacrifice material and move your king in the opening? GM Hammer demonstrates a line of the Scotch where White can break all of the rules and get away with it.