dirkster99Making a Discovery in Chess
Discovered Check puzzle theme, related patterns, and the lichess.org puzzle pipeline
NM Chess-NetworkDing Liren defeats Kosteniuk with the English
Ding's a-pawn is sneaky
IM trainingaccount996Biggest Blunders of the World Cup 2025 (Classical)
The FIDE World Cup 2025 gave us a lot of excellent chess - strategic battles, sharp tactics, and ple…
IM justiniano565Non human 960 openings IV
Flanks attacks I
IM ArtdW_01Five positions you can play out in a practice game
This article looks at five interesting positions that I think are worth playing out in a practice ga…
CPBchessFINALES DE CABALLOS. Caballo vs peones. Increíble milagro: un Caballo salvador
Un post importante acerca del metodo de razonamiento (a manera de análisis con nodos) para lograr de…
IM Lizard1My Favorite Way to Combat the King's Gambit
The King's Gambit can look intimidating to accept, but Black doesn't have to play passively, and so …
Vlad_G92New direction in the Queen's Gambit Accepted
I was spending my afternoon browsing on Lichess, when the game Vidit-Aravindh from the Chennai Grand…
IM Neimar24Dynamic Play on Display: Lessons from the U.S. Championship
A Deep Dive into the Round 1 Clash: Caruana vs. Oparin
NDpatzerScience of Chess: A Case Study of Reflex Epilepsy Induced by Playing Chess
An electrical storm in the brain reveals links between chess and (some) other forms of complex thoug…
LichessFIDE Women's World Cup R2: Kamalidenova eliminates Goryachkina
Young, rising stars IM Meruert Kamalidenova, WFM Elnaz Kaliakhmet, and WIM Umida Omonova have elimin…
NDpatzerScience of Chess - How many kinds of chess ability are there?
A look at using some basic data science to see if Bullet Chess is really the same thing as playing s…
HollowLeafOpponent Prep (Updated)
Preparing for your next opponent using trends, openings, and real game data.
Lichess7th Sharjah Masters Round 4: Tie for First Between Niemann, Salem, Aravindh
No perfect scores in the 7th Sharjah Masters as the top 4 boards drew their games in round 4.
BigBrainChess_08Queen vs Passed Pawn Part 1 - Central Pawn
In several situations, especially pawn races, one side promotes to a queen, while the other side has…
RajjSinghhChess Master vs Chess Amateur: A Closer Look
For a while I had been struggling with being a good player when my opponent plays poorly but struggl…
TotalNoob69A nice trick in the Zukertort or Hungarian openings (bonus in the Benko Gambit)
It's almost completely unknown and unintuitive and very likely to happen on the board especially at …
IM trainingaccount996Game of the Week 7/52
Welcome to a new Game of the Week. Last week, unfortunately, there wasn’t much to choose from - ther…
TeoKajLibrojAm I the strongest player in my chess club?
5 games from my club championship
FM BuendiaChessThe Armenians win Dole Open with 1.e4
In the last round of the strongest open tournament in europe in front of my board i had a scree with…
GM Avetik_ChessMoodThe 8+ Method: Key Idea to Excelling as a Writer and Course Creator
How should you strike a balance between pursuing perfectionism and never finishing your book/course,…
TotalNoob69An interesting response to the Sicilian/Scandi that does unusually well
... not objectively good, but statistically crushing
FM Reynold9402The throne in the crosshairs: Wei Yi's tactics storm the Candidates Tournament.
The first article in a short series, dedicated to each of the 2026 Candidates, prior to the start of…
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