Dynamic Theory: GM Khachiyan v. IM Brooks
GM Khachiyan goes through a recent tournament game of his, giving the viewer his detailed thought process. The game covered...
Positional Sacrifice; GM Khachiyan v. FM David Luc
GM Khachiyan shares with us another deep positional sacrifice from his own practice, underlining the reasons he made it...
The Scheveningen Continued
GM Khachiyan goes over a positional game of his in the Sicilian Scheveningen variation, discussing plans for black and white....
Positional Sacrifice; FM Banawa v. GM Khachiyan
GM Khachiyan continues his theme of positional sacrifice, with another game full of dramatic blows. An opening pawn sacrifice...
Positional Sacrifice; GM Khachiyan v. Matikozian
GM Khachiyan examines a complicated and beautiful game from his own recent chess practice. Follow the grandmaster's thought...
Fighting for Initative 2
GM Melik Khachiyan loves the Gruenfeld and uses a recent tournament game to illustrate the moment when a player leaves opening...
Two Games with GM Pavel Blatny; White
The second piece to GM Melik's intellectual creation on video! In this session he shares his game with GM Pavel Blatny where...
Fighting for Initative
You’ve got to fight! For your right! To gain…initiative. Yes, what the Beastie Boys don’t know about...
Two Games with GM Pavel Blatny; Black
GM Khachiyan analyzes a very strong and complete positional game of his, demonstrating a unique line of play for black in...
The Break Point 2
GM Khachiyan's second look at decisive moments. Going over a game of his, he explains the thought process by which a grandmaster...
The Break Point
GM Khachiyan teaches a lesson on the value of surprise moves that change the nature of the game. He analyzes a game of his...
Counter Attack 4
GM Khachiyan examines a game of his against the very strong GM Ehlvest. An overly ambitious opening move as black placed...
Counter Attack 3
GM Khachiyan continues his series on "Active Defense." The game analyzed is one where he was half a point ahead...
Counter Attack 2
Another excellent example on refined defense... Melik Khachiyan presents to us a game from Zurich 1953 between Efim Geller...
Counter Attack 1
Khachiyan builds on his earlier excellent series on Defense with a selection of videos on Counterattack. These videos show...
Nursing a Minimal Advantage 4
GM Khachiyan continues his discussion of the Ruy Lopez exchange, with another surprising opposite colored bishop endgame....
Nursing a Minimal Advantage 3
GM Khachiyan continues his series on using minimal advantages by turning to one of his own favorite openings, and the games...
Nursing a Minimal Advantage 2
GM Khachiyan goes over a game with a pawn structure similar to the Petrosian-Botvinnik game in "Nursing a Minimal Advantage...
Practical Defense 8
Khachiyan introduces a game with Enrico Sevillano played in 2003. Opening with a sharp Sveshnikov , the position quickly...
Practical Defense 7
In this video, Khachiyan goes over a very instructive game where he converts a seemingly hopeless endgame position into...
Practical Defense 6
GM Khachiyan looks at a very typical and dangerous looking attack. He breaks down what thought process the defender should...
Nursing a Minimal Advantage 1
We take a break from GM Khachiyan's series on defense, to bring you the first of another series on using minimal advantages....
Practical Defense 5
GM Khachiyan starts to take a look at some incredible defensive gems from famous Grandmasters. The first one is from former...
Practical Defense 4
The last in Grandmaster Khachiyan's series on defense presents an ultimately practical problem. Facing an opponent's bishop...
Practical Defense 3
GM Khachiyan presents some priceless defensive advice. Among the topics covered are: how he handles a situation where his...