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19 Jul 2026
FM
amazingatlas
How Capablanca Won a Piece Without Capturing It
Capablanca walled White's bishop in with pawns, then played the whole ending a piece up while the ma…
18 Jul 2026
IM
datajunkie
What the scoreboard never tells you
Why results are the worst judge of your chess
18 Jul 2026
FM
amazingatlas
How Capablanca Gave Up the Exchange and Won
Capablanca gave up a rook for a knight on purpose, played most of the game down the exchange, and wo…
18 Jul 2026
jk_182
How the Last Moved Piece Affects the Next Move
Looking at how the frequency of moved pieces and board sides of the moves changes based on the previ…
17 Jul 2026
RajjSinghh
Play Strategically & Mastering Endgames - 4545 Part 2
This is the second part of my 4545 series written just after my third game. I'm so proud of this gam…
17 Jul 2026
DimBro
The Aggressiveness of Attacking in Opposite Side Castling in the Pirc Defense
Attacking is a common strategy in chess games when a player is playing for a win. When both sides ar…
17 Jul 2026
HollowLeaf
Chessboard Magic 1.6 Release
59 Chess Applications
17 Jul 2026
FM
amazingatlas
How Capablanca Won This Endgame a Pawn Down
Playing Black against Kostic, Capablanca gave away a healthy passed pawn on purpose, went a full paw…
17 Jul 2026
khoigambit12345
KG's Draw: Draw while losing 3 pawns!
In this blog, you will know that we still can draw, even when we are losing 3 pawns! And there are s…
16 Jul 2026
MR-Rivy
my best bullet games
these are my best bullet games
16 Jul 2026
CkickyCheck
The Most Aggressive Opening for Black
A guide and introduction to the Perfect Scandinavian!
16 Jul 2026
FM
amazingatlas
How Capablanca Marched His King Into the Enemy Camp to Win
With the queens gone, Capablanca stopped hiding his king and marched it the whole length of the boar…
15 Jul 2026
Sputnik_1337
Rester attaché à son modèle – une miniature analysée.
Est-ce un tort que de jouer selon quelques modèles uniques ? Une explication pertinente relative aux…
15 Jul 2026
DimBro
Understanding a complicated Prophylactic Move in the basic Italian Game
There is a complex move that really helps White in a very basic and generally straight-forward openi…
15 Jul 2026
codysmile11
LeelaRookOdds's French defense
Today i will be briefly analyzing the opening choices of LeelaRookOdds with the White pieces against…
15 Jul 2026
The4545LeagueGOTM
Lichess4545 GOTM - June '26: From Kingside Fire to Pawn Avalanche!
Welcome to the second official 4545 GOTM blog post!
15 Jul 2026
FM
amazingatlas
How Capablanca Sacrificed a Pawn to Put Marshall in Zugzwang
Capablanca gave up a pawn to make his pieces active and Marshall's useless, until the great attacker…
15 Jul 2026
RuyLopez1000
The History of Chess Geometry
The Wonderland of the Impossible.
14 Jul 2026
CkickyCheck
BRILLIANT Vienna Attack
1.e4 e5 2.Nc3#
14 Jul 2026
Mike-Shea
Fighting the urge
They say many games are decided by tactics. It's easy to make a mistake when you think the tactics w…
14 Jul 2026
FM
amazingatlas
When Capablanca Played Like Five Different Masters
Chernev called it one of the greatest masterpieces in chess, because in one game Capablanca plays in…
14 Jul 2026
leeaudrey0003
Trick
Trick
13 Jul 2026
GM
Puli1234
Strategy: Opposite Side Castling
Opposite-side castling creates positions where initiative and timing become especially important.
13 Jul 2026
DimBro
A Line in the Sicilian Defense that I Created and Why it Failed
I created a line in the Maroczy Bind of the Sicilian Defense that was designed to give both sides a …
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