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31 Oct 2021
Kayrosas
My OTB experience and my first classical OTB tournament
After seriously picking up chess in late 2019 and mostly playing online, I finally got to play my fi…
16 Apr 2025
Lichess
2025 Womens World Chess Championship Game 9: Ju wins her 5th World Championship!
Ju secures the draw in the 9th game, and wins her 5th Women's World Chess Champion title
5 Apr 2024
Lichess
Candidates Round 1: 4 Draws in Open, While Tan Draws Blood
The peaceful results did not truly reflect the events of round 1: a day full of fresh ideas and some…
2 Mar 2025
CyberShredder
How to improve at Chess960 ?
How many books should you read?
18 Jul 2025
WFM
fla2021
How to Punish the Latvian Gambit as White
Latvian Gambit... with White!
11 Apr 2024
Lichess
Candidates Round 6: Praggnanandhaa Catches Up, All Decisive Games in Women's
Praggnanandhaa and Vidit win in the Open as Goryachkina, Tan, Lei, and Lagno win in the Women's
26 Dec 2025
GM
Craze
The Best 1.e4 Openings For White Below 1600
Discover the most effective ways to play 1.e4 below 1600 on Lichess!
29 Jan 2024
GM
NoelStuder
A Guide to Successful 1:1 Chess Training
What 1:1 Chess Training is best? With a Chess Coach or a Chess Teacher?
25 Aug 2025
IM
MatBobula
Calculate like Fischer!
In this post, we’ll look at one of the most important chess skills: calculation. To keep it simple, …
15 May 2023
GM
NoelStuder
The Most Important Factor Of Chess Improvement
You spend a lot of time on chess but do not really see improvement? I have been there as well. This …
5 Mar 2024
NDpatzer
Science of Chess - Spatial Cognition and Calculation
How do spatial reasoning abilities impact chess performance? What is spatial cognition anyways?
29 Nov 2024
Lichess
WCC 2024 Round 4: Ding and Gukesh Play a Perfect Game
GM Ding Liren surprised GM Gukesh D with a rare variation, but both he and Gukesh played with 100% a…
10 Dec 2021
CM
Kingscrusher-YouTube
One of the most unexpected blunders in World Chess Championship history
World Championship 2021 Game 11
6 Oct 2024
andreagobbez
[New Bot!] Zoe_ChessBot
High Performing - Lichess Bot powered by Stockfish 17 that can vary thinking time and strength level…
29 Aug 2023
SayChessClassical
How to Become Good at Annotating Your Chess Games
8 Ideas to Improve Your Chess Annotations
5 Apr 2026
RuyLopez1000
Bobby Fischer's GOATed Endgame
Bobby plays a brilliancy. Instructive Lesson.
14 Mar 2024
NDpatzer
Science of Chess - Problem Solving or Pattern Recognition?
We often say chess is a game of patterns, but here I look at a study that suggests it is also a game…
4 Feb 2026
RuyLopez1000
Bishop vs Knight: The Eternal Battle
Which piece is better: the knight or the bishop? (A question as old as time itself)
21 Aug 2025
IM
HelloItsDmitri
How should we play middlegames with opposite coloured bishops?
For many people, opposite coloured bishops mean that a draw is the likely outcome of the game. Lets …
7 Nov 2022
GM
Craze
Why I Stopped Playing The King's Indian
Discover why I stopped playing the King's Indian, and why I'll (probably) never play it again
12 Dec 2025
RuyLopez1000
Karpov vs Kasparov: The Rivalry (Part 1: 1975-1985)
Explore One of the Greatest Rivalries in the History of Chess
6 Apr 2024
Lichess
Candidates Round 2: Fireworks in Toronto, Tan Solidifies her Lead
Four decisive results in the Open and two in the Women's!
18 Oct 2024
jk_182
Taking a closer look at a single game with engines
I've written a couple of posts in the past where I looked at different aspects of chess games with e…
18 Jan 2026
IM
CSB7
I missed a win against Carlsen!
Can you spot it?
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