TheOnoZoneBlundering Lunch
I completely blundered my homemade spicy bean burgers.
Lichess2024 Budapest Olympiad Round 1: Upsets and Would-Be Upsets
The favorites prevailed, but some big individual upsets occurred along the way.
SayChessClassicalThe Great Eval Bar Debate: Chess.com's Broadcasting Style
Should chess tournament broadcast feature an eval bar or not?
LichessWCC 2024 Round 11: Ding Blunders a Piece in a Complicated Slugfest
After GM Gukesh D and GM Ding Liren played a fighting opening with a lot of twists and turns, Ding, …
FM jeffforeverChess in Nepal - chess monks in Kathmandu
Chess monks in Thapathali Chess Park
LichessTata Steel Chess 2026 Preview: Four Candidates, Eclectic Masters and Challengers
The stage is set for the 2026 Tata Steel Chess tournament, which begins tomorrow, on the 17th, and i…
FM Millionaire_19What If Magnus Carlsen Played Bobby Fischer?
Chess fans have always enjoyed speculating about fantasy matchups between legendary players from dif…
GM CrazeThe Chess 'Mental Game' For Juniors
Discover how the mental game impacts our chess performance, and how to leverage it in our favour
GM NoelStuderBuilding Discipline: 3 Key Ideas for Improving at Chess
Chess improvement is hard. Like anything worth achieving in life, it requires time and energy. Howev…
NM Chess-NetworkGame 1: Gukesh D vs Ding Liren, World Chess Championship 2024
India vs China
LichessFIDE Grand Swiss R11: Giri and Vaishali Crowned Winners
In a thrilling final round, Anish Giri's win secured him a clear first place in the Open Section, wi…
NM FischyVishyThe World Champions' Weirdest Pets - Emanuel Lasker and the King's Gambit
This series of articles will cover some of the weirdest openings world champions have played consist…
GM Avetik_ChessMoodHow to Become a Chess Grandmaster - Is it Easy?
What does it take to become a chess Grandmaster? What qualities you should possess? How should you i…
danthedestroyer317Fischer vs Spassky II: The Match of the Century
The 1972 World Chess Championship is perhaps the most famous chess match ever played. It has been an…
BenjiPortheaultGuest interview #1: PhD in Psychology and chess player WFM María Rodrigo Yangua
This week is the first ever interview on this blog, I am talking to Dr María Rodrigo Yanguas. María …
LichessCandidates Round 8: Gukesh Back in the Co-Lead As Lei Beats Tan
Gukesh defeated Vidit to join Nepomniachtchi in the lead, while Lei's win over Tan opens a three-way…
FM BuendiaChessThe Tiger of Madras Still Roars
Vishi Anand camed back for a elite tournament to play the rapid and blitz world team championship in…
danthedestroyer317Who was Akiba Rubinstein?
Akiba Rubinstein was born in Poland in 1880 as the youngest of 12 children. His brilliant chess care…
FM thijscomLichess Arena Rankings
As we reach the milestone of 10 years of (regular) Lichess arenas, this blog post reflects on the hu…
NDpatzerScience of Chess - Should we study GMs to understand chess and the mind/brain?
Chess research focuses a lot on experts, but should it?
Lichess2024 Budapest Olympiad Round 6: India in Sole Lead in Open and Women’s
India has not lost a single match in both the Open and Women's, while Vietnam and Lithuania continue…
Junu1425The Halloween Gambit - A Creative Non-fiction Piece About Modern Chess Culture
This was an essay that I wrote in my dual-enrollment SUPA Introduction to Creative Non-Fiction class…
WGM champion64Milan Mrdja (1954-2024)
Legends never die
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