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13 May 2025
FM
Zig_Zag_Zug_Zwang
Introducing The Chessathon
Let me ask you something. Have you ever woken up at 3 a.m.? Not for a flight. Not because of a bad d…
22 May 2025
CM
akiba182
The Big Mistake Players Make After a Game: The Engine Trap
Want to Really Improve? Follow This Step-by-Step Game Analysis Method
14 May 2025
achja
Introducing : Impulsive chess, part 1
There's absolutely no need to calculate variations all the time. Kotov was wrong and IM Willy Hendri…
28 May 2025
paunchypawn
The brilliancy that will make you want to play the Smith–Morra
Would have hooked me up too, but I'd been playing it already
12 May 2025
FM
CheckRaiseMate
CREAM
Captures Rule Everything Around Me
1 May 2025
IM
trainingaccount996
Biggest Blunders in Classical (April 2025)
This article explores the most instructive blunders made by over-the-board players rated above 2250 …
25 May 2025
CkickyCheck
Beating the Delayed London
A bizzare sideline, you probably didn't know of
24 May 2025
Toadofsky
More 2025 FIDE Sexual Harassment
Does FIDE care about women?
7 May 2025
WFM
fla2021
The First Edition of the "Make Them Cry" Tournament
The First Edition of the "Make Them Cry" Tournament : The Best Moves, Missed Tactics, Clever Maneuve…
31 May 2025
mullerrj
Learn chess notation in less than 20 moves!
Chess notation lets you review your games later.
3 May 2025
TotalNoob69
A nice trick in the Zukertort or Hungarian openings (bonus in the Benko Gambit)
It's almost completely unknown and unintuitive and very likely to happen on the board especially at …
17 May 2025
MutedTactics
The 5 Lichess Players Who Ruined My Sanity
written by @MutedTactics while crying over lost Elo. After playing way too many games (and making li…
28 May 2025
mullerrj
Evaluating with K-MAPS
K-MAPS: a helpful mnemonic for evaluating chess positions and diagnosing blunders.
25 May 2025
MartinaGe
Learning about rook vs. pawn endgames: English/Spanish bilingual mode
We are going to talk about a chess position from a rook endgame and use endgame material in English …
17 May 2025
HowlinD
2025 Atomic World Championship Announcement
It's AWC season! Here are some rule changes, and introducing myself as the new Tournament Director.
19 May 2025
OnTheQueenside
May Top 25 Women's Rankings: Somehow Humpy returned!
Humpy is now No. 3 at 38!
1 May 2025
ChessClassic_555
Как создать СВОЕГО БОТА В 2025 году!
https://chelibot.netlify.app/
2 May 2025
Toadofsky
Lies, damned lies, and statistics
Statistics, while often used for accurate representation, can also be misused to distort the truth.
30 May 2025
Graque
How I became mediocre in Puzzle Storm over 2+ years: Part 1 of 2
For two years I've focused on learning Puzzle Storm, not chess. Here's what didn't work for me! Part…
31 May 2025
IM
trainingaccount996
TOP 10 Classical games of May 2025
The end of the month is here—and you know what that means! Time to dive into the best (and wildest) …
15 May 2025
UberDriver
Under Pressure
How exactly do we put pressure against a 1. d4 Catalan style player?
15 May 2025
TeoKajLibroj
Can my Irish chess club win our local league?
Our battle to win the local chess league
18 May 2025
Toadofsky
Humans Make Consecutive Errors
"If you make consecutive threats, your opponent will blunder." - GM Dimitri Komarov
1 May 2025
DIAChessClubStudies
Mystical Approaches to the Meaning of Chess
Know Thyself by Playing Chess! - Alternative Spiritual Reasons to Play Chess
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