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6 Sept 2024
jk_182
Calculating Piece Activity
One part I find always very intriguing about chess is piece activity. When watching great attacking …
13 Sept 2024
Lichess
2024 Budapest Olympiad Round 2: Canada Draws Norway, Women’s Upset-Less
Magnus Carlsen's absence is felt as Norway draws Canada, while individual upsets in the women's sect…
13 Sept 2024
NDpatzer
Science of Chess: A Case Study of Reflex Epilepsy Induced by Playing Chess
An electrical storm in the brain reveals links between chess and (some) other forms of complex thoug…
22 Sept 2024
BenjiPortheault
How to Focus
From just-sitting to just-chess, a natural relaxed focus technique.
19 Sept 2024
Lichess
2024 Budapest Olympiad Round 7: India Defeats China, Two Points Ahead in Women's
India continues to lead both sections as it widens its lead further in the Women's.
15 Sept 2024
Lichess
2024 Budapest Olympiad Round 4: Ukraine Wins vs. US, Vietnam Wins vs. Uzbekistan
Ukraine caused a big upset in the Open section as it defeated the pre-tournament favorite, the USA, …
21 Sept 2024
Lichess
2024 Budapest Olympiad Round 9: India Leads Open, Kazakhstan 1st in Women's
India is still two points ahead in the Open as Kazakhstan takes sole 1st in the Women's.
8 Sept 2024
OnTheQueenside
August Top 25 Women's Rankings: Vaishali to No. 3, Divya +10!
A fantastic few months for India!
20 Sept 2024
Lichess
2024 Budapest Olympiad R8: India 16/16 in Open, Falters vs. Poland in Women's
India remains in the sole lead in the Open, but falters in the Women's as it's caught by Kazakhstan …
10 Sept 2024
OnTheQueenside
2024 Women's Olympiad Preview
Every post has been about India lately!
20 Sept 2024
FM
jeffforever
Chess in Africa - CoaChess Startup from Tunisia
CoaChess: The ultimative training chess platform for clubs, trainers and players
5 Sept 2024
IM
nikhildixit
24 Hours of Pre-Launch and 3 Sales - Story of my Upcoming Chess Product
Interesting stuff inside if you like to read about marketing
7 Sept 2024
FischyVishy
2024 Toronto International Bughouse Tournament Recap
Impressions from the strongest bughouse tournament in history
7 Sept 2024
SergioGlorias
Improve your challenge link
When we're accepting challenges to play, sometimes we just want to be given some rules.
7 Sept 2024
IM
nikhildixit
Tournament Review: Abu Dhabi Masters 2024
Chess Tourist Blog #3
23 Sept 2024
Toadofsky
Climb Every Mountain
“It's not the destination, it's the journey.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson
2 Sept 2024
Toadofsky
Road to 2300
To get better results than the average player, do what they aren't doing.
28 Sept 2024
WCM
ChessWithLiza
White Openings for Beginners
Here are a few openings for White if you’re a newer player!
4 Sept 2024
MidnightFox
Dive into Magnus Carlsen's Greatest Chess Games: Videos and Analysis
To celebrate Carlsen’s chess genius, I’ve handpicked some of his best games and created a series of …
10 Sept 2024
TacticalMonkey
Checkmate of the Year?!
Have you ever seen such a checkmate like this? Winning 12 points of material down? Watch out for thi…
8 Sept 2024
GM
ILikeBlitz
Seven tips how to write a successful chess book
Seven tips how to write a successful book – or not
7 Sept 2024
Toadofsky
Analyzing Using Stockfish 17
Stockfish 17 is here, so how do we use it?
30 Sept 2024
CoatsiChess
Fortun£ Friday$ September Edition Prize Winners
Fortun£ Friday$ September Edition Prize Winners Announcement
26 Sept 2024
CoatsiChess
Fortun£ Friday$ October Edition - Everything You Need to Know
Introducing our fifth-ever free-to-play, cash-prize-funded Fortun£ Friday$ series.
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