GM NoelStuderI won 200 rating points with a simple challenge
At the end of July, I set myself a challenge: 30 days, each day 6 games of 3+2 Blitz with full focus.
GM Avetik_ChessMoodDoes bullet chess make you better or worse?
Does playing bullet games improve your chess? GM Avetik Grigoryan reveals the answer to this questio…
GM NoelStuderMy Favorite Chess Advice: Talk To Your Pieces
My favorite Chess advice was given to me when I was around 10 years old. My Coach back then, a Swiss…
GM NoelStuder7 Reasons Why You’re Not Improving at Chess
You aren’t improving at Chess despite your best efforts? You are not alone! Plateaus are a normal pa…
LichessLichess Game of the Month: August '24
Queen sacrifice leading to an imaginative mate threat
IM datajunkieYou’re studying chess openings the wrong way (do this instead)
If memorising opening lines made you stronger, many club players would be masters.
GM NoelStuderWhy You Shouldn't Always Trust The Engine
Sometimes the Top Engine move is not the move you should play in a game. This Newsletter explains wh…
LichessLichess Meetup: Montreal
Come say hello!
ambronaVampires in Chess
Learn about chess vampires, an exciting concept relating chess, parity and math.
WFM SarahLongsonHospital Simul
Where's the strangest place you've played chess?
SayChessClassicalAre Online Chess Players Trapped Pigeons?
The Increasing Gamification of Online Chess
LichessLichess Game of the Month: May 23
Another brilliant queen sacrifice by achja!
GM DurarbayliAm I a “Chess Tourist”?
I am currently ranked the 177th chess player in the world with a rating of 2612, and two days ago pa…
QueenRosieMaryBreaking The Silence Online
In this blog I share some of my experiences with online harassment as a female chess player. What is…
ZhrakosChess Broke My Heart... Here’s Why I Still Can’t Quit
Chess has broken my heart more times than I can count. But the worst? Losing to a 12-year-old in a r…
FM CheckRaiseMateHow To Use The Opening Explorer
Hint: don't leak your world championship prep
GM NoelStuderDon’t Be A Genius
Every single time I thought I found an extremely sophisticated, “genius” solution to a simple proble…
LichessLichess Game of the Month: October 23
Beautiful queen sacrifice by pleaseresignnow!
LichessLichess Game of the Month: March 24
Aggressive English/Reti system with 6.g4!?
OnTheQueensideHow many women have beaten super-GMs?
It's happened over 50 times!
justazExact Ratings for Everyone on Lichess
I got tired of caring about ratings. So I spent a whole week analyzing all ratings on Lichess. Here …
GM NoelStuderFind A Plan In Any Position
Have you ever looked at a position and thought: “I have no idea what to do”?
LichessQuestioning French Federation Partnership
Lichess stance (available in English and French)
GM Avetik_ChessMood