Practical Defense 2
GM Khachiyan continues to provide advice on the oft-neglected but always important subject of defense. Particularly useful...
Dynamic Play 4: Winning Piece Placement
Sometimes a chess position is totally out of control; in such positions, concrete calculation is often of primary importance....
Practical Defense 1
GM Khachiyan turns his eye to an oft neglected subject: how to play your less pretty positions. There are many points to...
Dynamic Play 3: Typical Ideas in the Scheveningen
GM Khachiyan takes the opportunity of a critical last round contest with GM Gufeld to present the viewer with a host of...
Dynamic Play 2: Key Decisions in Critical Moments
GM Melik Khachiyan hones in on “concrete” tactics in this 2nd video of his dynamic chess series on Chess.com....
Dynamic Play 1: Key Decisions in Critical Moments
Dynamic Thinking! GM Melik Khachiyan offers a lesson in imaginative chess. Down in development and a wrecked kingside, GM...
Restricting Bad Pieces 2
In the second of his excellent videos on the theme of Restricting Bad Pieces, GM Khachiyan shows another excellent game...
Meeting GM Khachiyan: Exchange Sacrifice
GM Khachiyan goes over a remarkable game of his. Half a point behind his Grandmaster opponent in the last round, and with...
Meeting GM Khachiyan: Material Imbalance
In this lesson, GM Khachiyan analyzes another excellent game of his. It starts out as a calm positional game, but when he...
Restricting Bad Pieces 1
In this interesting game, GM Khachiyan takes advantage of an early opening mistake to build a long term game plan based...