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7 Dec 2025
DaBassie
A mildly funny observation in the King’s Indian
Something about Be2 and Bd3. Admittedly, this is probably not the funniest thing you have ever read …
6 Dec 2025
RuyLopez1000
How Geometry is Fundamental for Chess
The development of geometry in humans
24 Dec 2025
IM
Zorbos
Why Are Some Openings So Weird?
In some openings, we can just aim to get our pieces out, castle early, and play a calm, strategical …
24 Dec 2025
GM
ChessMindAI
How to Reach 1800, part 3
I discuss 5 common mistakes for players in the 1600-1700 range
31 Dec 2025
CM
Gadhavi_Veerbhadra
Finding The Right Place For Your Pieces
Have you ever seen a complicated puzzle from a grandmaster game, and thought-- He was lucky to have …
7 Dec 2025
HollowLeaf
Integrating Maia2 (The Human-Like Chess Engine) into My Chess Application
A beginner-friendly look at human-style AI, neural networks, ONNX models, opening books, and everyth…
24 Dec 2025
RuyLopez1000
The King Walk
Master the Art of the King Walk
10 Dec 2025
NM
VoicelessFeather
The Schematic of Threatening Opening Preparation
Your opponent's mind is more vulnerable than their position
19 Dec 2025
WGM
jovanaeric
The Center Is Not Where Power Lies
Controlling the center often paints a target.
14 Dec 2025
RuyLopez1000
How Meditation Can Help Your Chess
It teaches the Ego a lesson.
26 Dec 2025
GM
Puli1234
Taking Advantage of a King in the Center
The Grandmaster's Way to Exploit an Opponent’s King in the Center.
29 Dec 2025
FM
realcyberbird
Fun stats about the Lichess 2025 Winter Marathon
Stats like: Who played the most games, who played the longest time, highest rank per rating category…
28 Dec 2025
Lichess
GM Magnus Carlsen and GM Aleksandra Goryachkina Are 2025 World Rapid Champions
GM Magnus Carlsen is the 2025 World Rapid Champion; second and third are GM Vladislav Artemiev and G…
11 Dec 2025
JudeBaeTorrens
Atomic Openings Every Player Should Know About
(personal opinion and not guaranteed that you will hit 2300 either)
11 Dec 2025
MarcotheTiger
Hey! What happened to Atomic? Part #1 The Old Empire
I have been checking and examining old accounts and here is what I found.
4 Dec 2025
GM
ChessMindAI
How to reach 1800, part 1
I discuss the most typical mistakes 1600-rated players make
12 Dec 2025
HollowLeaf
Using Maia and Leela Chess Zero to Find Repertoire Gaps
A novel idea for chess developers
22 Dec 2025
Jisu101
Something absolutely crazy happened....
Hello everybody! Something absolutely crazy happened recently in Chess composing. Or well, it starte…
26 Dec 2025
BigBrainChess_08
Timeout vs. Insufficient Material - A Deeper Dive
Learn more about this rule that is not only confusing at times but also very controversial.
20 Dec 2025
noahlz
The Nameless (Completely Unsound) Gambit
Who's teaching this?
17 Dec 2025
IM
CSB7
My BOOK on the CATALAN has been PUBLISHED!
It has been a long time since my last blog post, so I thought the best way to return would be to ann…
16 Dec 2025
ReyEnigma
7️⃣TRUQUITOS de mi ESCANDINAVA ENIGMÁTICA
Mi nueva defensa con negras
27 Dec 2025
FM
felew699
A Modern Classification of Chess Positions
A perspective on chess as a whole and a modern way of classifying positions for the ease of interpre…
18 Dec 2025
TotalNoob69
How to blog on Lichess
... learn by expressing
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