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14 Dec 2025
RuyLopez1000
How Meditation Can Help Your Chess
It teaches the Ego a lesson.
19 Dec 2025
WGM
jovanaeric
The Center Is Not Where Power Lies
Controlling the center often paints a target.
7 Feb 2022
NM
Vitamixbrand
Stunners in the Samisch-Benoni/KID complex
The King's Indian Defense is one of the most challenging yet rewarding defenses available to black. …
4 Jan 2026
GM
Puli1234
Why Development Matters and How to Use It with Purpose
Development is often taught as a checklist, bring pieces out, castle, connect the rooks. While these…
30 Jul 2022
capibarazul
How does Lichess Puzzle Storm relates to Blitz/Bullet rating
Correlation Analysis between Lichess Puzzle Storm and Blitz/Bullet Rating
3 Jun 2026
NDpatzer
Science of Chess: The AI Revolution Hasn't Made Chess Better (yet!)
The best chess engines can crush the best human players, but has their existence helped advance the …
28 Jul 2024
NM
RyanVelez
Exploring Chess
Looking deeply at simple topics
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…
11 Apr 2022
NM
FischyVishy
Nakamura's Secret Weapon Against the Réti Opening - The Ideal Center (Part 2)
In this series of articles, we will deeply analyze a very interesting and novel setup that Hikaru Na…
23 Oct 2024
BerserkChess79
Finnish Gambit: Part 2
Finnish Gambit #2
16 Nov 2023
GM
NoelStuder
How To Find A Plan In Chess Endgames
Endgames. Ugh, so boring you might think. I know this isn’t the favorite phase of the game for many.…
30 Mar 2025
Mcie
X-Ray Attacks: Hidden Pressure, Sudden Impact
Scan for the indirect contact
2 Apr 2024
GM
NoelStuder
Picking The Right Chess Tournament Section
You plan a tournament and realize you could play two different sections. The question is: Which sect…
18 May 2026
RuyLopez1000
Hourly Rapid Arena - 4th Place!
My Hourly Rapid Arena Adventure.
29 Oct 2024
GM
peradetlic83
Analyzing Your Approach: Overcoming Poor Decisions in Chess
In this blog, we’ll explore two distinct chess games that highlight the critical importance of prepa…
1 Jul 2025
NDpatzer
Science of Chess: Winning Streaks, Losing Streaks, and Skill
Being a patzer is hard, and it can be even worse when loss follows loss!
7 Mar 2026
GM
Puli1234
Provoking in Chess: Creating Weaknesses Before Building Pressure
True mastery is forcing your opponent to play the move they are trying to avoid.
16 Sept 2024
Lichess
2024 Budapest Olympiad Round 5: Vietnam Keeps Surging As India and China Win
Vietnam caused another upset as it defeated Poland, while Armenia defeated China in the women's.
13 Jul 2026
Chuckmeister3D
A free, open-source tool that finds your best Lichess games
A small side project I’ve been working on over the last few weeks. It searches your Lichess games an…
7 Jun 2026
FM
BuendiaChess
PRAGGNANANDHAA WINS NORWAY CHESS
The Norway chess came this year with a super strong line-up headed by the goat Magnus Carlsen, 3 top…
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.
6 Mar 2024
NM
RyanVelez
Plateau vs Consistency
How can you become a more consistent player?
6 Oct 2025
FM
BuendiaChess
I made the last IM Norm!!!!!!!
The last month in Sants i made mi third im norm after all the catalan circuit trying.
10 Feb 2026
RuyLopez1000
Can LLMs like ChatGPT Understand Chess?
Assessing Large Language Models
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