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24 Aug 2026
FM
Zig_Zag_Zug_Zwang
I Analyzed 100+ Games In The Benoni... This Is What I Learnt:
Hi! My name is Vidar Grahn. I'm a 20 Year-Old FIDE-Master from Sweden, and as part of my journey to …
19 Jul 2025
LM
Assios
Arena Replay: A tool to replay Arena standings in real-time
Ever wished you could rewatch the drama of an Arena as it happened?
1 Aug 2024
FM
Zig_Zag_Zug_Zwang
How I Reached 2300 FIDE Using the Catalan Opening
In April of 2023 I had 2079 elo and flew to the island of Menorca to play a chess tournament. The to…
28 Jan 2025
FM
jeffforever
Interview with "The Beast" GM Adhiban Baskaran
Get to know the "Adhiban Gambit" founder
20 Jun 2025
Ledger4545
John Bartholomew arrives to Lichess LoneWolf league, people lose their minds
Get out of the water, Fins is ready to get you.
12 Jan 2025
ebk1976
The Blunder Streak
How you tilt, lose control, and squander your rating
4 Aug 2023
oortcloud_o
Guess the player with Elo, Evaluation, and Time
ML model for identifying players with only Elo, Time, Evaluation.
16 Feb 2026
IM
Lizard1
A Very Strange Queen Sacrifice
This game is a perfect example of how material advantage means nothing when your pieces can’t move.
10 Dec 2025
GM
ChessMindAI
How to Reach 1800, Part 2
I discuss the most typical mistakes 1600-rated players make (part 2!)
15 Feb 2025
Mcie
Pinned Pieces Don’t Defend—Creative play to exploit them!
Exploiting the Pin to Win
9 Oct 2023
FM
CheckRaiseMate
Should You Have a Rating Goal?
A rating goal can be motivating, or demoralizing. How do you make it work for you?
16 Oct 2023
GM
NoelStuder
Unlocking Chess Success: Knowledge Meets Skill
Knowing is not doing. I know meditation helps me. Yet I’m not meditating every day. I know playing b…
26 Nov 2024
Lichess
WCC 2024 Round 2: A Solid Draw With Many Positional Subtleties
After yesterday's thrill, GM Ding Liren and GM Gukesh D called it a day early on today as they repea…
23 May 2026
RuyLopez1000
Does Stockfish Dream of Electric Knights?
Could Stockfish be Conscious?
2 Nov 2022
TheOnoZone
Becoming Unkillable
There are two ways to die.
20 Jul 2023
GM
Avetik_ChessMood
Grandmaster Guide to learn and improve chess tactics
99.9% of players choose the wrong approach and fail when it comes to learning and improving chess ta…
17 Feb 2026
DaBassie
What if chess would be solved?
I did some thinking in my spare time and I’m glad to announce that I’m very close to solving chess. …
28 Aug 2026
Realraptor
Daniel Naroditsky's Mastering Complex Endgames republished
New In Chess has revised Danya's books and republished on 2026-08-26
19 Apr 2024
jk_182
Calculating the Sharpness of Different Players
How well does the sharpness score agree with the human intuition about sharpness?
30 Aug 2026
IM
Lizard1
Nakamura–Duda: An Immortal Game
This game started as an innocent Petrov, but one extraordinary move queen sacrifice turned Nakamura'…
8 Nov 2024
GM
Gordima
Le Minh's Blitz Repertoire
Build a repertoire based on one of the most hated openings in chess!
2 Dec 2024
FM
jeffforever
Interview with GM Oleg Korneev - Former Top 20 & very active OTB player
Get to know the GM who constantly plays 150+ rated classical OTB games per year!
20 Sept 2024
jk_182
Looking at Piece Heatmaps in Different Openings
When studying openings, it’s important to get a feeling where the pieces generally belong in that st…
8 Aug 2023
GM
Avetik_ChessMood
I believe in angels and I hope to inspire you...
Don't allow others to block your path
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