In this week's lesson, Dennis presents the final installment of his epic series on the Ruy Lopez. He presents, the Quick Ruy 19, covering the 9.c3 Nc5/Be7 lines. He covers a lot of the transpositional possibilites, gives an overview of the theoretical landscape, and suggests a few small novelties. At last we have everything the aspiring Ruy Lopez player could ever want! As always, let us know what you think.

In this week's lesson, Dennis presents the Quick Ruy 18, covering the 9.c3 Bc5 lines of the Open Ruy. These are some lively lines, so check them out. As always, let us know what you think!

In this week's lesson, Dennis takes a break from his series on the Ruy Lopez to present some excellent king and pawn endgame play from Akiba Rubinstein. The video is a lot of fun and highlights the decisive impact of even tiny advantages in pawn endgames. As always, let us know what you ... [Read More]

In this week's lesson, the Quick Ruy Lopez continues, with the second half of Dennis' coverage of 9.Nbd2 in the Open Ruy. He analyzes the variation 9.Nbd2 Nc5 10.c3 d4 11.Bxe6 Nxe6 12.cxd4 Ncxd4 and then moves on to the main lines, 13.Ne4 and 13.a4. Let us know what you ... [Read More]