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4 Mar 2026
CkickyCheck
It's Finally Over
It has been over 7 months since I hit 2400.
25 Jun 2025
NM
isaackaito
Confidence: It’s Not Just About Playing Well... It’s About Believing You Can
How to stop letting one bad move ruin your whole game
19 Nov 2022
IM
mostrovski
Crossroads drama
On Erigaisi, tactical patterns, and Eric Clapton
23 Oct 2022
GM
Avetik_ChessMood
Deep Thoughts on Chess Improvement by Gukesh’s coach GM Vishnu Prasanna
GM Vishnu Prasanna shares his deep insights on improvement, the biggest challenge for adult improver…
22 Sept 2021
IM
mostrovski
Norwegian Wood
On the Champion's Technique and the Knight's Worst Nightmare
11 Jan 2024
OnTheQueenside
Top 5 Things to Watch in Women's Chess in 2024
The Candidates! Did I mention the Candidates?
12 Jul 2024
jk_182
Using Stockfish to automatically find Tactics Puzzles
Can an engine find a tactical puzzle by itself?
11 Jul 2025
Lichess
Lichess Qualifiers for Kazakhstan Cup 2025 - Almaty
A $2,000 online prize fund event - with three winners qualifying with flights and accomodation cover…
21 Aug 2026
RuyLopez1000
Can Anyone Become an Expert with Deliberate Practice?
Deliberate Practice vs Cognitive Abilities.
9 Mar 2025
jk_182
Comparing the Rise of 3 Generations of Chess Prodigies
How has the climb through the ranks changed?
16 Dec 2024
FM
Patrocl
All Top Chess Players Are Superstitious — Or Are They?
In this article, we’ll explore some amusing cases related to chess players and their superstitions.
10 Jan 2024
CM
Kingscrusher-YouTube
An appreciation of Aron Nimzowitsch - one of the greatest Hypermodernists
One of the great Hypermodernists who really influenced the evolution of chess style and openings wit…
16 Mar 2025
FM
jeffforever
Interview with GM Volodar Murzin - World Rapid Champion 2024
Get to know the 18-year old surprise World Champion who wasn't accepted at the chess club at seven!
9 Jan 2022
GM
Durarbayli
Game of the Week I-Bernadskiy,Vitaliy (2599) - Tabatabaei,M. Amin (2643)
Allegedly, Radjabov said in an interview during the 2010 World Blitz Championship that “Everyone is …
26 Aug 2024
FM
CheckRaiseMate
How Should a Chess Strategy Book Be Structured?
Most of the books out there share the same handful of problems
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…
18 Apr 2024
Lichess
Candidates Round 11: Nepomniachtchi, Tan Back in Sole Lead
Nepomniachtchi and Tan lead alone once again, while Nakamura's win puts him in shared 2nd with Gukesh
31 Oct 2021
Kayrosas
My OTB experience and my first classical OTB tournament
After seriously picking up chess in late 2019 and mostly playing online, I finally got to play my fi…
5 Apr 2024
Lichess
Candidates Round 1: 4 Draws in Open, While Tan Draws Blood
The peaceful results did not truly reflect the events of round 1: a day full of fresh ideas and some…
31 Aug 2024
TheOnoZone
Actual Rating Anxiety
Only I could find a glimmer of disappointment in the greatest chess moment of my life so far.
16 Apr 2025
Lichess
2025 Womens World Chess Championship Game 9: Ju wins her 5th World Championship!
Ju secures the draw in the 9th game, and wins her 5th Women's World Chess Champion title
2 Mar 2025
CyberShredder
How to improve at Chess960 ?
How many books should you read?
11 Apr 2024
Lichess
Candidates Round 6: Praggnanandhaa Catches Up, All Decisive Games in Women's
Praggnanandhaa and Vidit win in the Open as Goryachkina, Tan, Lei, and Lagno win in the Women's
18 Jul 2025
WFM
fla2021
How to Punish the Latvian Gambit as White
Latvian Gambit... with White!
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