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22 Apr 2024
Lichess
Round 14: Gukesh and Zhongyi are officially the World Championship Challengers
A historic finish to the FIDE Candidates, as 17 year old Indian prodigy becomes the youngest World C…
4 Jun 2023
NM
Chess-Network
Magnus Carlsen is a Dragonslayer
An accelerated edition
18 Feb 2025
BenjiPortheault
The War on Attention
I’m done consuming chess content
19 Jun 2024
GM
NoelStuder
99% Make This Game Analysis Mistake
Most chess player's game analysis, if they do it at all, looks somewhat like this:
2 May 2026
Lichess
Lichess Game of the Month: March '26
A rapid counterattack and sacrifice
17 Feb 2026
IM
datajunkie
Why you overthink in chess (and how to stop)
It took me 25 years to realise this
2 Oct 2023
GM
NoelStuder
How To Get The Most out Of Our Beloved Lichess
You read this on Lichess. So you don't need to be reminded of this amazing platform. But do you real…
19 Apr 2025
Lichess
Interview: Ju Wenjun - Women's World Chess Champion 2025
Lichess interviewed GM Ju Wenjun after she won her fifth Women's World Chess Championship title.
30 Sept 2023
Lichess
Lichess Game of the Month: August 23
How to counter the King's Gambit in a rare and interesting way!
22 Dec 2021
NM
Chess-Network
Magnus Carlsen plays bullet chess for 1 Bitcoin (~$49,000) [Part 1 of 2]
A big prize draws big bullet players
23 Sept 2022
NM
Chess-Network
Hans Niemann beats Levon Aronian in 21 moves
"Hans played very very strange moves at some point." -Levon Aronian
24 Sept 2025
FM
MattyDPerrine
Why Masters Crush Lower-Rated Players (and You Struggle)
Hint: The secret isn’t a high ceiling
18 Feb 2026
Lichess
Announcing the ChessMood 20/20 Grand Prix 2026
A $20,000 prize event open to all Lichess streamers’ teams
4 Oct 2023
GM
Avetik_ChessMood
5 Crucial Steps to Stop Bad Results in Chess
Nobody likes to be in a bad chess period where you lose too many games. However, you can not only st…
27 Jun 2023
oortcloud_o
Cheater gameplay? - part 1
How do they differ in 1+0 Bullet games
1 Jun 2024
Lichess
Lichess Game of the Month: April 24
Unstoppable King march
24 Feb 2024
StockfishNews
Stockfish 16.1 is here!
The free and open source engine that you love, now stronger than ever before!
1 Feb 2024
Lichess
Lichess Game of the Month: December 23
Detailed GOTM study by IM lovlas on the French Defense
2 Jul 2023
GM
Avetik_ChessMood
The Complete Checkmate Patterns List (with examples)
Discover 37 important checkmating patterns, each explained with a practical example.
13 Aug 2024
WFM
fla2021
Consequences of Not Applying the Opening Principles in Chess
In this post, I will show some positions where players ignored opening principles and the negative e…
23 May 2026
Lichess
Viswanathan Anand Interview with Lichess
Legendary Indian Grandmaster and five-time World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand sat down for an in…
2 Dec 2024
CM
HGabor
Effective training methods - calculation training
A post about improving your calculation skills.
1 Sept 2023
Lichess
Lichess Meetup: Barcelona
Meet the Lichess team
6 Jul 2026
TheCommandalorian
From 1000 to 2000 in Just Over 1 year
This blog will outline my progression journey over the past year or so that i've played chess, and t…
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