TPV - Miguel Illescas

Learn from Grandmaster Miguel Illescas, one of the strongest Spanish players of his generation and a highly respected chess thinker. Illescas was part of the team that helped build Deep Blue’s chess knowledge before its historic 1997 match victory over Garry Kasparov, alongside Joel Benjamin, John Fedorowicz, and Nick de Firmian. In these English-language ICC videos, he focuses on strategy, recurring patterns, and the kind of practical understanding that helps players recognize what really matters in a position.