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5 Apr 2025
CkickyCheck
Beating the London System
A completely normal reccomendation against the London System
27 Aug 2025
GM
ILikeBlitz
Lessons from my crazy horde journey
How I played horde and what I've learned about myself
7 Oct 2021
NM
oberschlumpf
Don't fall in love with "natural" looking moves!
There is a chess book titled "Move First, Think Later". Don't take that as a literal advice.
11 Jun 2023
A_Bohemian
'F' is for Forget-about-it (?)
Looking at pawn move accuracy with the help of lots of data
18 Jan 2025
Mcie
Hidden Tactics and Pattern Recognition
Don't neglect those empty squares!
24 Jul 2022
NM
FischyVishy
Attacking Chess Patterns: Grand Prix, Queen(1) Attack, and Grand Thorn
In this series of articles, I list and explain all kinds of chess patterns. Chess patterns are recur…
12 Jul 2025
GM
spidy92
IM-GM transformation!
India's latest GM! Harikrishnan!
17 Mar 2026
FM
felew699
A Transitional Phase between Technical and Tactical Positions
Building upon the phase classification
29 Jan 2026
NDpatzer
Science of Chess: Networks for expertise in the chess player's brain
Chess can be an important way of investigating how learning and expertise are manifest in the nervou…
28 Jan 2026
Tetiksh1Agrawal
Modern Masters of Antichess
In any game, the most popular question is "Who is the best?"
19 Jan 2024
rotca247
TATA Steel Masters 2024 Round 5: Gukesh Strikes Back
Through the lens of an amateur: A game analysis series
2 Apr 2022
FM
CheckRaiseMate
Stop Cheating on Your Training
Common habits that drain the value from your study time and how to avoid them
4 Sept 2024
NDpatzer
Science of Chess: Gestalt Processing in Experts' Brains
Playing chess requires a network of distinct brain areas across the cortex, but what do these areas …
29 Mar 2026
Lichess
Candidates 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,…
22 Dec 2024
DIAChessClubStudies
Cognitive Dissonance and Chess Improvement
Why do the least enjoyable training methods have the largest impact?
4 Nov 2025
RuyLopez1000
What Will Become of Humanity?
Take a front row seat as you watch your Chess Heroes get ripped apart by Engines.
11 Dec 2025
MarcotheTiger
Hey! What happened to Atomic? Part #1 The Old Empire
I have been checking and examining old accounts and here is what I found.
27 Mar 2026
danthedestroyer317
The 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…
21 Aug 2023
oortcloud_o
Is Eval by Time enough to determine Elo?
No and why
1 Nov 2023
CM
HGabor
Don’t drop your ideas like hot potatoes
This is just a quick post is about one of the most common mistakes chessplayers make when calculatin…
27 Dec 2022
FM
CheckRaiseMate
Annual Review
What I did in 2022 and what I'm planning for 2023
14 Dec 2021
GM
Durarbayli
Game of the Week XLIX- Gelfand,Boris (2663) - Adams,Michael (2700)
A small twist in the opening can change the flow of the game.
30 May 2022
GM
Durarbayli
Game of the Week XXI-Daggupati,Balaji (2486) - Brodsky,David (2484)
In the good ol’ days of the Romantic Era of chess, winning with a beautiful ending was a common end …
28 Jan 2025
CkickyCheck
The Most Aggressive Way To Meet The Najdorf
As always, unconventional, aggresive, and wins a lot. What else can you ask for?
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