Enfilade is a concept in military tactics used to describe a military formation's exposure to enemy fire. Well, the same concept applies in a game of chess. Check out this video tutorial from Grandmaster Alexandra Kosteniuk that shows you how to use the technique called enfilade. This chess position was taken from a 1737 chess book. White plays and wins by playing the rook and sacrificing it. See how the endgame of chess is really played.
This chess tutorial from Grandmaster Alexandra Kosteniuk is a perfect example of Retrograde Analysis.
In this tutorial, we learn how to draw the Black Queen of Chess. First, you will need to draw the outline of the character using a light pencil on paint or another drawing program on your computer. After this, use a dark blue pencil to draw the outline of the body on darker and to make it more detailed. Next, add in the details to the drawing all over the entire body. Make sure to draw on the clothes after you do this. Once finished, you will need to draw on the facial features and the hair, ...
In this video shows a very informative chess match between Richard Retie and Capablanca. This video teaches a viewer various different strategies for an avid chess player or a beginner go hone his skills in a match. The video is narrated and shows the match as it plays out as well as several other possibilities the players could of taken as well as reasoning as to why certain positions were or were not taken. This video is a great learning tool for anyone interested in increasing their strate...
Grandmaster Alexandra Kosteniuk gives you one hell of a chess lesson in this video tutorial for the determined. This chess game will show you how to perform a tricky checkmate in one move with a useful moral, presented by guest star Almira Skripchenko.
This video tutorial is from Grandmaster Alexandra Kosteniuk, who shows you how to play a game of chess, like the masters play.
This chess game video tutorial from Grandmaster Alexandra Kosteniuk shows you how to catch the black queen in a chess game. This example is from the game Najdorf vs Reshevsky.
In this chess video tutorial, Grandmaster Alexandra Kosteniuk, with guest star Almira Skripchenko, will show you how to checkmate in just two moves that the Fritz 10 software program doesn't even recognize. Fritz 10 just can't solve this mate in 2 chess problem.
Grandmaster Alexandra Kosteniuk teaches you how to play a real game of chess in this video tutorial. From the game Onischuk vs Carlsen in Biel (2007). Black plays and wins, by first taking white's rook and checking the king. The white king then takes the black queen, and so on. This will show you how to keep a criminal pawn at bay in a chess middle game, causing your chess opponent to resign like the loser that he/she is.
Grandmaster Alexandra Kosteniuk teaches you how to play from the Saavedra position in endgame chess. White plays and wins, but remember to look for the best defense for black. Your rook and kings will get a workout, but if you do it right, you might just get out of a chess jam and win the endgame. You'll have to advance the pawn to get a rook, yes, not a queen, a rook.
Check out this chess video tutorial Grandmaster Alexandra Kosteniuk on how to win the game. This game is taken from the Book of Stamma (1737). White plays and wins. You will see a good example of a smothered mate in the chess conundrum. Here, you will learn how to smothermate the king, which is just like checkmating, but smothering it, causing one sacrifice after another.
This is a very informative video tutorial from Grandmaster Alexandra Kosteniuk on how to use opening moves game strategy in chess. What happens after 2...f6? You'll find out in this chess how-to. Find out how to take out the rook quickly with the knight.
This chess game video tutorial from Grandmaster Alexandra Kosteniuk shows you how to use an important postition in rook endgmaes. It's important to know the Philidor Position which shows the easiest way to draw as the weaker side in R + P (rook and pawn) vs. R (rook). Black plays and draws the chess game. How can black save the game?
This video teaches the basics of chess and puts you on the path to being a great chess player. It focuses on the functions of the pieces and the object of the game.
These two videos focus on analyzing chess positions, and generating candidate move orders from the position without moving the pieces or using computer analysis. The goal is to improve the ability to generate lines and variations mentally during a game, and to try to come up with a move that either maintains equality on the board, or paves the way for a slight positional edge.
This is a quick run through of a chess game or sequence of moves called the DOUBLE BISHOP SACRIFICE first played in Amsterdam by Lasker and Bauer in 1899. Basically it illustrates a move that resembles the moves of a "bird". Basically, the player demonstrates a series of moves in sequence as well as unorthodox moves. The player shows us the patterns and motives of each of the chess pieces. He also explains alternate moves and the intentions of each of the sides.
Chess is an amazing game of strategy, albeit pretty tough if you're playing against a good player. With the right strategies, however, you can become a pro in no time. This video will teach you some basic moves and strategies, as well as a way of thinking while playing, that will help you excel!
This video shows how to do a Jiu Jitsu chess drill. This is an excellent way to develop skill and technique.
The pawn only moves forward on the chessboard, but it captures diagonally. At first, it could move either one or two steps, then they move up the chess board just one step at a time.
In Reti's 1924 game, the less complex it looks, the harder it can be to win. See the steps needed to win this endgame of chess.
In this 1914 chess game by Holm, White needs to get a new queen with the pawn. See how White can win by chasing Black's rook around.
This is a cool chess lecture on pawn endgames. This is the very basics to learning how to use your pawns to finish the game. They're difficult, but possible, so watch carefully, so you won't have such a hard time winning.
Learn some simple, general chess opening principles. If you're a beginner, then this is the place for you! Learn fool's mate and some ordinary sacrifices to win the game.
This video shows you how to use the Free Internet Chess server and the BabasChess client for it. This video covers some basics, and hopefully some of you who haven't tried FICS will find it beneficial.
A great defense against the popular semi-open openings, learn how to use the Sicilian defense in chess.
Impress your friends! Learn the game of kings and queens. Step 1: Set up the queens and kings
Remember to take care of the squares f2 with white or f7 with black, in the opening face, so that you don't lose the queen or get checkmated early in the game.
Hasek's 1929 game -- A rook and bishop against a rook and a few pawns usually results in a draw. See how to get a win out of it.
Here is a combination of Troitski's play. See how to outsmart Black by using the knight to trap the queen and win the game.
Gorgiev's 1928 game. Black is stuck in the corner. See how to let White win with this cute trick of keeping Black stuck in the mud.
It's 1912, and Lazard has got quite a mess on the board. White is stuck in the corner, and Black will surely win. See how to stop that from happening and create a draw.
This video looks at a possible trapping line, played by black, in the King's Gambit Declined. The trap offers up a free pawn to the white player that has devastating consequences if taken. The video also covers white's best option to avoid the trapping lines and create a comfortable position from which to work from.
This is a breakthrough technique that covers how to get a pawn to pass when 3 pawns square off against 3 pawns. If you ever get into this, remember these hints to get a queen out of it.
This explores Bobby Fischer's opening strategies versus various openings. This video looks at his tactical use of the King's Indian Defense against a Queen's pawn game. Of particular interest is Fischer's strength in maintaining the tension of the position until an opportunity arises. The match took place in 1971 against Mark Taimanov, with Fischer winning.
It's 1956 and Isaac Boleslavsky just played Georgy Lisitsin. What happened? Well, see for yourself, but I'll let you know this - you'll see the power of the knight outpost on d5.
This match has me playing against the Alekhine's Defense. As my opponent was rated significantly higher than me, I tried something a little risky in the beginning with a bishop sack. My opponent probably should have been able to win, but I think the sack through him off guard and probably made him feel like this would be an easy win, which caused him to make some positional mistakes that I was able to capitalize on. Watch and store it in your own arsenal.
Watch these four videos showcasing some certain tactics to use when playing your troubling games of chess. See if you can come up with the answers before he does.
Becoming a chess master is very hard to do, and one of the most important things you need to learn is chess notation. Chess notation will help you study great chess games and learn classic moves and strategies. Check out this video and start studying, and who knows? You may be the next Bobby Fischer.
This video focuses on Grandmaster level chess tactics. It features a tactical line used by William Steinitz against Johannes Hermann Zukertort in the first World Chess Championship played in 1866. Try it yourself, by learning from the masters.
Learn the basics of the game, the chess board and piece positioning. These are the very basics you'll need to know to play chess.
