GM Puli1234Provoking in Chess: Creating Weaknesses Before Building Pressure
True mastery is forcing your opponent to play the move they are trying to avoid.
LichessFIDE Candidates 2026: Preview
Sixteen players, two potential world champions
FM felew699A Transitional Phase between Technical and Tactical Positions
Building upon the phase classification
NDpatzerScience of Chess: Seeing moves with momentum over the board
Prediction is fundamental to how we see, and for strong players it's also part of what they see OTB.
LichessCandidates Round 1: Caruana, Sindarov, & Praggnanandhaa Win as Women All Draw
GM Fabiano Caruana defeated GM Hikaru Nakamura, GM Javokhir Sindarov won against GM Andrey Esipenko,…
IM Lizard1This Sneaky Pawn Push Broke the Benko Gambit
In this Lichess rapid game, an untitled 2400-rated player completely dismantles a CM's Benko Gambit …
JulyFourthThe Psychology of Berserk
What is the probability of winning your next game with berserk?
jk_182How to Win the Candidates Tournament
Looking at all previews editions of the current Candidates format to find out what separates the win…
danthedestroyer317The Final Round of the Curaçao 1962 Candidates Tournament
The date is June 26, 1962. It is the final round of the 28-round Curaçao Candidates Tournament and M…
IM Lizard1Chasing the King Across the Board in King's Indian
This classical King’s Indian attack is so powerful that White’s king is driven from g1 to c3, and co…
RuyLopez10002026 Candidates: Everything You Need to Know
Eight players enter. Only one makes it out alive. Begins 29th March.
TotalNoob69I created a repertoire, learned how to play, played games... What now?
... a LiChess Tools extension use case
FM Reynold9402Everyone's favorite: A modern Kortchnoi seeking to change his history
The series continues to properly introduce each of the candidates.
JulyFourthBehavioral Analysis of Berserking
Do we really use berserk to maximise the tournament score?
TotalNoob69The Qc7 variation of Alekhine's Defense, when White annoyingly plays Nc3
... how to still have fun against chess accountants
HollowLeafFischer Random Trainer
Train your calculation. Let the engine guide your intuition
danthedestroyer317Ståhlberg's Losing Streak in Zürich 1953
In the 1953 Candidates Tournament, Swedish Grandmaster Gideon Ståhlberg finished in last place scori…
thibaultHow to report a bug
The simple steps for getting bugs fixed
Fingolfin7A Harness for LLM Chess: Board State and Context Handling
LLMs are terrible at chess — but mostly because we’re prompting them badly. I built a system that gi…
GM rhungaski“Luchamos como Húsares.”
El match Botvinnik-Tal de 1960 dio origen a uno de los clásicos de la literatura ajedrecística. Casi…
MradsomerEndgame Bootcamp Part 4
Bishop Power
CM AdrianoNunesFXWhen preparation meets opportunity: looking back at my first chess tournament
In this blog post, I'll address my first classical chess tournament, which I've referred to in my pr…
LichessCandidates Round 2: Calm Round Sees Octuple Draws
The Open saw four relatively quiet draws, but in the Women's, only two games were calm draws as GM K…
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