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1 Jul 2025
TeoKajLibroj
How I won a chess tournament
How I got 1st place in the Drogheda Fox Major
6 Jul 2025
LKama
King's Gambit vs. Queen's Gambit: A Statistical Breakdown by Elo
I'm developing an open-source tool to analyze opening statistics from the Lichess database. I ran a …
9 Apr 2026
IM
Lizard1
Queen vs Three Pieces: The Wildest Imbalance I’ve Ever Seen
GM aspiringstar gives up the queen, reaches a bizarre three-pieces imbalance, and completely outplay…
15 Apr 2026
Lichess
Candidates Round 14: Sindarov and Vaishali Are Officially the WCC Challengers
GM Javokhir Sindarov, who finished the Open Candidates on 10/14, will face reignnig world champion G…
16 May 2024
CM
HGabor
Typical mistakes Nr 2 - Not picking up forcing moves
This is the second post in a series of the most typical mistakes I encounter as a chess coach. I tho…
12 Jan 2025
ebk1976
The Blunder Streak
How you tilt, lose control, and squander your rating
4 Aug 2023
oortcloud_o
Guess the player with Elo, Evaluation, and Time
ML model for identifying players with only Elo, Time, Evaluation.
10 Dec 2025
GM
ChessMindAI
How to Reach 1800, Part 2
I discuss the most typical mistakes 1600-rated players make (part 2!)
28 Nov 2025
LittleSoapBubble
Najdorf - A New Knight Sacrifice!
A New Knight Sacrifice in arguably the most played line in chess!
15 Feb 2025
Mcie
Pinned Pieces Don’t Defend—Creative play to exploit them!
Exploiting the Pin to Win
11 Aug 2022
FM
thijscom
Lichess Marathon Statistics
Anything you ever wanted to know about the seasonal 24h Lichess marathons.
16 Feb 2026
IM
Lizard1
A Very Strange Queen Sacrifice
This game is a perfect example of how material advantage means nothing when your pieces can’t move.
16 Oct 2023
GM
NoelStuder
Unlocking Chess Success: Knowledge Meets Skill
Knowing is not doing. I know meditation helps me. Yet I’m not meditating every day. I know playing b…
26 Nov 2024
Lichess
WCC 2024 Round 2: A Solid Draw With Many Positional Subtleties
After yesterday's thrill, GM Ding Liren and GM Gukesh D called it a day early on today as they repea…
23 May 2026
RuyLopez1000
Does Stockfish Dream of Electric Knights?
Could Stockfish be Conscious?
8 Nov 2024
GM
Gordima
Le Minh's Blitz Repertoire
Build a repertoire based on one of the most hated openings in chess!
10 Aug 2023
GM
NoelStuder
What I Learned From GM Iossif Dorfman
Good Coaches help you improve. Great Coaches change the way you think about Chess. I was lucky enoug…
5 May 2026
TotalNoob69
Calculation Trainer
... a new feature in LiChess Tools
26 Jun 2026
FM
BuendiaChess
MAGNUS IN CRISIS?!
Magnus Carlsen loses 4 games in a row in the world rapid team championship!! In this post i analyze …
30 Sept 2023
NM
Chess-Network
Leela Chess Zero traps Stockfish with BLACK
LCZero nets a rook in 68 moves
12 Apr 2024
Lichess
Candidates Round 7: Nepomniachtchi, Tan Lead Halfway Through
Gukesh loses to Firouzja, handing over the sole lead to Nepomniachtchi as Tan neutralizes Goryachkin…
18 Jun 2024
WFM
fla2021
Control the center!!!
Four positions that demonstrate the superiority of controlling the center in chess
8 Feb 2025
TotalNoob69
Shatter the Philidor Defense with the Zombie King gambit
a devastating weapon against a supposedly solid opening
10 Oct 2025
DeeTheta
The Gukesh Nimzo: d4's Strategic Analogy to the Najdorf
Gukesh, top GMs, and engines have stumbled upon a new way to play when white denies the Nimzo. It's …
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