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A Rook Down Against a King With Nowhere to Hide

Corzo won a rook and the engine says he was close to winning for seven moves. He also had a king wit…IM datajunkie

Chess players remember too much

Losing and the weight of experience in your chessFM amazingatlas

Attack Where the Bad Bishop Cannot Help!

Black's light-squared bishop ended up on a8 watching the game. Capablanca attacked the other side of…FM amazingatlas

The Check Janowski Filed Under the Wrong Heading

Janowski had a check that kept his attack alive and never played it, because he had already decided …FM amazingatlas

Let Him Eat the Pawns: Capablanca at San Sebastian

Bernstein grabs on a2 and c2 while Capablanca builds on the kingside. For a few moves the engine say…Tetiksh1Agrawal

2025: A year to remember....

Cut to Jan 2025: I had just come back from a break and was definitely rusty. Now I stand here lookin…FM amazingatlas

PROVENTION ! Take the Square Away Before the Knight Gets There

Marshall's whole attack rested on one square, h5. Capablanca survived it by kicking the knight away,…FM amazingatlas

The Knight on f5 That Marshall Could Never Chase

Capablanca puts a knight on f5 and spends the rest of the game building around it. Marshall cannot k…Lichess

Ending the Boycott

Lichess has resumed cooperation with US Chess after positive changesFM amazingatlas

Let the Pawn Structure Pick the Plan

Capablanca beat Marshall eight to one in their 1909 match without studying openings. This game shows…FM amazingatlas

Two Questions to Ask When You Are Winning

Most won games are thrown away by trading at random. A pawn up against two opponents in consultation…FM amazingatlas

The Pawn the Rook Could Not Leave: Capablanca's Advanced Passed pawn

Capablanca out calculates Fox in the complications. He comes out an exchange up and then rolls a paw…FM amazingatlas

The Attack That Should Not Have Worked: Capablanca's Pawn Storm

Capablanca throws his queenside pawns at a castled king and the engine says the attack is not sound.…IM datajunkie

What most improvers are missing (a new GM explains)

Interview Part 2/2: how Rishi Sardana got from 1800 to IM, and advice for improversFM amazingatlas

Count Tempi, Not Material: Capablanca Mates Two Pieces Down

Kings castled on opposite wings turn a game into a race. Raubitschek went material hunting with his …FM amazingatlas

Hunt the Uncastled King: Capablanca at Twelve Years Old

The champion of Cuba chose a gambit to punish a boy with no opening theory. Instead he lost the righ…TheCommandalorian

Road to NM -- Weeks 12 & 13: Anticipation

Welcome back to weeks 12 + 13 on the Road to NM series where I account my progress on the road towar…Kampfschach_Official

The Man Who Beat the Champion at 23: Charousek’s Games, Remastered

Converting a 1919 book into playable Lichess studiesFM amazingatlas

Rook Versus Two Pieces: How Carlsen Rescued a Lost Endgame

Anand sacrificed the exchange and had Carlsen lost on the board and down to his last seconds. Carlse…FM amazingatlas

The Long-Range Pair: How Capablanca Won a Pawn Down

Capablanca dropped a pawn on purpose. To let a long range bishop and rooks on the seventh outclass a…IM datajunkie

He became an IM at 16. 12 years later, he became a GM.

Australia’s newest GM-elect, Rishi Sardana on what it took to make the jumpFM amazingatlas

The Power of the Longest Diagonal: A Bishop That Attacks and Defends

A fianchettoed bishop doing two jobs at once. Protecting its own king and raking the length of the b…FM BuendiaChess

UZBEKISTAN & CHINA ARE THE 2026 OLYMPIAD CHAMPIONS

The 2026 Chess Olympiad has come to an end, with Uzbekistan winning the Open section and China takin…IM datajunkie

The 4 types of chess improvers

And the missing piece that keeps each one stuck