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12 Feb 2024
GM
NoelStuder
How To Think During A Chess Game
Today, I will teach you how to think during a Chess game. Most students draw a blank when I ask them…
10 Feb 2024
FrankWillow
En Croissant: The Ultimate Chess Toolkit
En Croissant is an open-source, cross-platform chess GUI that aims to be powerful, customizable and …
1 Feb 2024
Lichess
Lichess Game of the Month: December 23
Detailed GOTM study by IM lovlas on the French Defense
24 Feb 2024
StockfishNews
Stockfish 16.1 is here!
The free and open source engine that you love, now stronger than ever before!
5 Feb 2024
airfloo
The Duck Method
A modification towards behavioral mechanisms
27 Feb 2024
Lichess
Lichess Broadcast Updates
Following the loss of Chess24 as a platform to follow live chess events, and spurred on by community…
21 Feb 2024
Lichess
A retrospective of World Rapid and Blitz Championship 2023 by GM Felix Bloh
GM Felix Blohberger provides a tournament report and some of his favourite games annotated
6 Feb 2024
NM
RyanVelez
10 Pin Defenses
Are there reliable pin defenses?
15 Feb 2024
NM
RyanVelez
Layered Analysis
What is the purpose of going over games?
10 Feb 2024
NM
MrPushwood
FAVORITES: Capablanca vs Treybal 1929
A game which I've always regarded as the consummate positional masterpiece...
29 Feb 2024
FIDE
FIDE World Corporate Chess Championship 2024: Registration Opens!
Registration opens for the FWCCC 2024, with two stages played on Lichess followed by an expenses-pai…
6 Feb 2024
GM
Avetik_ChessMood
Endgame roadmap: 9 strategies on how to play chess endgames
Do you struggle in endgames? GM Avetik Grigoryan shares his compass with 9 chess endgame strategies …
5 Feb 2024
FM
CheckRaiseMate
Why You Should Be A Control Freak
Understanding the underrated concept of control in chess
22 Feb 2024
GM
Avetik_ChessMood
9 Rules You NEED to Know to Win Won Games
Getting a winning position isn't enough; you must also convert it. GM Avetik shares 9 must-know rule…
14 Feb 2024
FM
mizant83
An interesting idea in the KIA French Defense
Intro to the game: Gabor Pinter vs Aleksandar Kekenj, Litochoro (GRE) 1999.
17 Feb 2024
OnTheQueenside
The Entire History of Women's Chess in Eight Tournaments (Part 1)
The beginnings of women's chess!
27 Feb 2024
danbock
Why I memorize openings
10 minutes a day can set you up for more valuable learning experiences.
20 Feb 2024
jamesagadir
This should be easy
Give it a go against a level 8 stockfish, you should get it first try.
26 Feb 2024
IM
nikhildixit
How Much Does a Chess Grandmaster Make? - 5 Proven Ways
Different ways to make money from Chess
29 Feb 2024
NDpatzer
Science of Chess - Candidate Moves, David Marr, and why it's so hard to be good.
A bird's-eye view of the cognitive and perceptual factors that make chess so tough.
29 Feb 2024
TheOnoZone
Blundering Lunch
I completely blundered my homemade spicy bean burgers.
13 Feb 2024
GM
Craze
The Berlin vs. 1.d4
What is the equivalent of the Berlin Defence against 1.d4? Discover it here :)
7 Feb 2024
BenjiPortheault
Tournament Formats in Professional Chess
Getting the conversation started on the drawbacks of ubiquitous formats
21 Feb 2024
FM
CheckRaiseMate
The One Thing I Bring To Every OTB Tournament
Why I always have a notebook at OTB tournaments
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