How To Restrict And Win
Big attacks and spectacular sacrifices might get all the attention, but there are other ways to win a chess game. GM Melikset...
What You Don't Know About Defeating Pawn Majorities
What you don’t know about playing against pawn majorities in chess can hurt you, as GM Melikset Khachiyan explains in his...
The Easy Way To Defeat A Pawn Majority
Does the idea of an opposing pawn majority keep you up at nights? Fear no longer. GM Melikset Khachiyan shows you an easy...
More Deadly Queenside Pawns
GM Melikset Khachiyan is back with another pawn majority lesson, this time drawing from a game by one of the greatest players...
How To Win With A Pawn Majority
GM Melikset Khachiyan thinks that some major positional chess concepts are not understood as well as they should be. Starting...
How Do You Handle Forcing Decisions?
Like it or not. a great number of games are decided by forcing decisions. If you’re going to play chess, you simply have...
My Favorite Positional Sacrifices
GM Melikset Khachiyan walks you through the key idea of the positional sacrifice in one of his own instructive games. You’d...
Rising Stars: Maurya Palusa
Who are the rising stars of the chess world? Many of them are GM Melikset Khachiyan’s students. GM Khachiyan shines...
Rising Stars: Rithik Polavaram
GM Melikset Khachiyan continues his rising stars series with one of his youngest and most promising students, Rithik Polavaram....
How To Stay Creative
Sometimes chess relies on rote study: the rules, normal openings, and some common endgames. But most of the time, winning...
Rising Stars: Andrew Hong
GM Melikset Khachiyan shows you a very advanced game from one of his most promising students, Andrew Hong. Hong plays a...
Fighting For Initiative In The Sicilian!
Everyone knows the Sicilian is a fighting opening, where both sides need to go all-in on their plans. But how do you gain...
Fighting For Initiative In The French!
The French Defense is considered one of the most solid options for Black, so how do you gain an initiative against it? GM...
Battle In The Carlsbad: Botvinnik vs Larsen
How did two of the most famous 20th-century grandmasters handle the Carlsbad pawn structure? GM Melikset Khachiyan shows...
Mikhail Tal Tackles The Carlsbad
Who better to learn the Carlsbad pawn structure from than the great Mikhail Tal? GM Melikset Khachiyan continues his series...
Secrets Of The Carlsbad: Pillsbury vs Showalter
The Carlsbad is a popular topic on Chess.com, and GM Melikset Khachiyan chimes in with an instructive lesson on the opening...
Gelfand vs Morozevich And The New Opening Theory You Must Know!
GM Melikset Khachiyan analyzes an important game between two super-GMs -- Boris Gelfand and Alexander Morozevich -- to reveal...
Grischuk-Leko And The New Opening Theory You Must Know!
What’s the newest opening theory that you have to know? To find out, GM Melikset Khachiyan reviews a recent tilt between...
Expect The Unexpected: Eliminate The Threat!
GM Melikset Khachiyan shows you a short, instructive game with some very important ideas. GM Khachiyan demonstrates that...
Expect The Unexpected: Water And Fire!
How do you play against someone whose chess is so wild, it’s like he never left the 19th century? GM Melikset Khachiyan...
Expect The Unexpected: In-Between Moves
Both Magnus Carlsen and Vishy Anand missed a critical in-between move in game six of the 2014 world championship match. GM...
How To Beat Higher-Rated Players!
Most players know how to win games against lower-rated opponents. In many cases, it’s simply a matter of technique. But...
The 5 Secrets To Win Complex Endgames
Do you know the five secrets to tough endgames? If you’re not sure, don’t worry. GM Melikset Khachiyan is here to show...
How to Win Endgames vs Weaker Opponents
How do you beat weaker players in the endgame? GM Melikset Khachiyan shows you how with his own game against a lower-rated...
Evaluation and Planning! - Part 13
The d6/e5 pawn structure for Black in the Sicilian is one of the most common patters. It's time you got to know the plans...