Introduction Free
Game 1 Rubinstein A. – Nimzowitsch A. – Can you guess the move Closed
Game 2 Alekhine A. – Euwe M. – Strong Knight vs Bad Bishop Closed
Game 3 Petrosian T. – Chistiakov A. – The Monster on e5 Closed
Game 4 Andersson U. – Browne W. – The Monster on d5 Closed
Game 5 Capablanca J. R. – Treybal K. – The Betrayed Bishop Closed
Game 6 Schlechter C. – John W. – 2 Important Rules of Converting the Advantage Closed
Game 7 Karpov A. – Unzicker W. – Choking Snake Closed
Game 8 Winter W. – Alekhine A. – The Art of Winning Equal Positions Closed
Game 9 Larsen B. – Andersen B. – The Art of Trading the Bishops Closed
Game 10 Rozentalis E. – Appel R. – The Subtle Art of Exchanges in Chess Closed
Game 11 Tartakower S. – Pirc. V. – The Right Strategy in Bishop Endgames Closed
Game 12 Liublinsky V. – Botvinnik M. – A Tip for Saving Strategically Lost Positions Closed
Game 13 Karpov A. – Spassky B. – Karpovs’ Nb1!! Closed
Game 14 Karpov A. – Hansen C. – Again Nb1!! Closed
Game 15 Rubinstein A. – Duras O. – Exchanging the Defender Closed
Game 16 Smyslov V. – Reshevsky S. – Converting The Advantage Closed
Game 17 Kortschnoj V. – Penrose J. – Good Bishops vs Bad Bishops Closed
Game 18 Kasparov G. – Martinovic S. – Strong Plan vs No Plan Closed
Game 19 Spassky B. – Fischer B. – Space Advantage Closed
Game 20 Botvinnik M. – Vidmar M. – Tips on Playing with Isolated Pawn Closed
Game 21 Bisguier A. – Karpov A. – The Secret of Playing Against Isolated Pawn Closed
Game 22 Portish L. – Christiansen L. M. – The Back-Rank Trick Closed
Game 23 Ljubojevic L. – Belkadi R. – Positional Exchange Sacrifice Closed
Game 24 Botvinnik M. – Kholodkevich K. – The Importance of Half-Open Lines Closed
Game 25 Karpov A. – Ribli Z. – Isolating the Opponent’s Pieces Closed
Game 26 Zita F. – Bronstein D. – Tactical Vision Closed
Game 27 Pachman L. – Bronstein – How to Break the Opponent’s Pyramid Closed
Game 28 Smyslov V. – Ernst T. – When You Need Rooks Closed
Game 29 Polugaevsky L. – Ivkov B. – Endgame in Maroczy Bind Closed
Game 30 Andersson U. – Hansen S. – Activating the Last Piece Closed
Game 31 Razuvaev Y. – Honfi K. – The Power of Pass Pawn Closed
Game 32 Winter W. – Capablanca J. R. – Isolating a Piece Closed
Game 33 Andersson U. – Qi Jingxuan – Two Bishop Advantage Closed
Game 34 Petrosian T. – Sax. G. – Two Bishop Advantage Closed
Game 35 Alekhin A. – Rubinstein A. – Neutralazing Opponent’s Attack Closed
Game 36 Reti R. – Yates F. – Finding a Plan Closed
Game 36 Bonus – Grigoryan – Hovhannisyan – The Move of My Life! Closed
Game 37 Johner P. – Nimzowitsch A. – Multifunctional Move Closed
Game 38 Petrosian V. – Bannik A. – Positional Crush Closed
Game 39 Petrosian T. – Schweber S. – Exchanging the Right Pieces Closed
Game 39 Bonus_ Grigoryan A. – Korobkov P. – Copying Ideas from Petrosian’s Games Closed
Game 40 Rubinstein A. – Schlechter C. – Weakening Opponent’s Position Closed
Game 41 Marco G. – Schlechter C. – Preventing Opponent’s Idea Closed
Game 42 Rubinstein A. – Takacs S. – Creating the 2nd Weakness Closed
Game 43 Botvinnik M. – Zagoryansky E. – Exploiting Isolated Pawn Closed
Game 44 Botvinnik M. – Alekhine A. – Dilemma of the Open Lines Closed
Game 45 Karpov A. – Uhlman W. – Open Line or 7th Rank Closed
Game 46 Karpov A. – Kuzmin G. – Never Have an Isolated Pawn Against Karpov! Closed
Game 47 Nimzowitsch A. – Capablanca J. R. – Pressuring with Half Open Lines Closed
Game 48 Fleissig B. – Schelchter C. – Punishing the Opponent’s Mistakes from the Very Beginning Closed
Game 49 Morphy P. – Isouard C. – Punishing the Opponent’s Mistakes from the Very Beginning Closed
Game 50 Lasker E. – Capablanca J. R. – Doubled Pawns Structure Closed
Game 51 Fischer B. – Unzicker W. – The Importance of Knowing Classical Games Closed
Game 52 Andersson U. – Franco O. – What Happens with Passive Players Closed
Game 53 Cohn E. – Rubinstein A. – Classical Pawn Endgame Closed
Game 54 Botvinnik M. – Capablanca J. R. – Neutralizing the Upcoming Attack Closed
Game 55 Gligoric S. – Benko P. – Neutralizing the Upcoming Attack Closed
Game 56 Larsen B. – Spassky B. – Punishing the Opponent’s Bad Play Closed
Game 57 Alekhine A. – Euwe M. – The Use of Knowing Classical Games Closed
Game 58 Rotlewi G. – Rubinstein A. – The TV Concept Closed
Game 59 Petrosian T. – Smyslov V. – A Strong Maneuver with Queen Closed
Game 60 Taimanov M. – Yussupow A. – Hedgehog Attack Closed
Game 61 Fischer B. – Andersson U. – The Origin of Hedgehog Attack Closed
Game 62 Petrosian T. – Beliavsky A. – Space Advantage in Maroczy Bind Structure Closed
Game 63 Fischer B. – Bolbochan J. – Monster Knight on d5 in Attack Closed
Game 64 Boleslavky I. – Lisitsin G. – Monster Knight Closed
Game 65 Taimanov M. – Najdorf M. – Falling in Love with King’s Indian Closed
Game 66 Piket J. – Kasparov G. – King’s Indian Attack Closed
Game 67 Kortschnoj V. – Kasparov G. – King’s Indian Attack Closed
Game 68 Najdorf M. – Gligoric S. – Another Knight’s Maneuver Closed
Game 69 Nimzowitch A. – Capablanca J. R. – Taking the Initiative with Black Closed
Game 70 Stein L. – Petrosian T. – Exploiting Weak Dark Squares Closed
Game 71 Capablanca R. J. – Lilenthal A. – Passive Play is not a Way Closed
Game 72 Capablanca J. R. – Rubinstein A. – A Fight Between the Legends Closed
Game 73 Bobotsov M. – Petrosian T. – Never Play Without a Plan Closed
Game 74 Portisch L. – Kasparov G. – The Fantastic Knight on d6 Closed
Game 74 Bonus – The Use of Knowing Classical Games Closed
Game 75 Fischer B. – Spassky B. – Converting a Positional Advantage into an Attack Closed
Game 76 Alekhine A. – Zuckerman B. – Winning Fast Closed
Game 77 Tarrasch S. – Teichmann R. – Bad Bishop Closed
Game 78 Petrosian T. – Liublinsky V. – Torre Attack Closed
Game 79 Petrosian T. – Chukaev E. – Torre Attack Closed
Game 80 Petrosian T. – Mecking H. – Taking Away the Opponent’s All Counter Chances Closed
Game 81 Spassky B. – Petrosian T. – Killing the Torre Attack Closed
Game 82 Steinitz W. – Sellmann A. – Strategic Triumph Closed
Game 83 Gungsberg I. – Chigorin M. – A Great Attack by Chigorin! Closed
Game 84 Chigorin M. – Schiffers E. – Knight Sacrifice Closed
Game 85 Capablanca J. R. – Marshall F. – The g4 Plan in Ruy Lopez Closed
Game 86 Steinitz W. – Chigorin M. – Non-Standard Attack in Ruy Lopez Closed
Game 87 Capablanca J. R. – Janowski D. – Attack in the Queenside Closed
Game 88 Rubinstein A. – Teichman R. – The Immortal Game of A. Rubinstein Closed
Game 89 Alekhine A. – Yates F. – Rubinstein Attack Closed
Game 90 Schlechter K. – Wulff S. – Bh7 The Typical Sacrifice Closed
Game 91 Stein L. – Furman S. – The Typical Nd5 Sacrifice in Sicilian Defense Closed
Game 92 Fischer B. – Cardoso R. – Sozin Attack Closed
Game 93 Marshall F. – Tarrasch S. – Finding Resources in Equal Positions Closed
Game 94 Kann I. – Capablanca J. R. – Instructive Rook Endgame Closed
Game 95 Alekhine A. – Feldt M. – Punishing the Opening Mistake Closed
Game 96 Marshall F. – Capablanca J. R. – Queenside Pawn Majority Closed
Game 97 Yates F. – Alekhine A. – Kingside Pawn Majority Closed
Game 98 Lasker E. – Bauer J. – Two Bishops Sacrifice Closed
Game 99 Nimzowitsch A. – Tarrasch S. – Two Bishops Sacrifice Closed
Game 100 Fischer B. – Ibrahimoglu I. – Exploiting Weak Squares Closed
Extras Closed
ChessMood - 100 Must-Know Classical Games
GM Avetik Grigoryan
It often happens that despite working hard on chess openings and following super tournaments, people do not manage to progress. Even though such players accumulate a lot of information, they lack a solid foundation.
Every good coach or strong chess player would tell you that studying classical games is one of the best ways of improving our general chess understanding. All the modern theoretical and positional concepts are based on patterns that have been discovered a long time ago. Therefore, a good knowledge of the classical games will contribute to your improvement in all the stages of the game.
In this course with a running time of more than 25 hours, GM Avetik Grigoryan provides in-depth insights into 100 of the most important classical games.
How to Work with this Course
The author provides three important advice on how to work effectively with this course:
1) Pause the video and spend time on the critical positions (these moments will be indicated by Avetik during the course)
2) Watch just one video per day in order to get a deeper subconscious understanding of the games
3) Do not try to memorize all the games. Just try to retain critical positions and ideas.
About the Author
Avetik Grigoryan is a strong GM from Armenia. Winning the Armenian national championship in 2010 is one of his biggest achievements. Additionally, in the same year, he represented the Armenian national team on the Olympiad.
Besides being a successful entrepreneur (in 2018 he founder ChessMood), Avetik is known to be an excellent coach as well. Currently, he is working with more than 10 GMs.
