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Collage of Bibisara, Vaishali, and Zhu JinerOnTheQueenside

May 2026 Women's Rankings: Trouble at the top?

New No. 1 soon?Game ControllerPrefabShangrila

Adding Call of Duty-inspired Gamification to Lichess

Two years in an alternate reality where ELO no longer matteredFM amazingatlas

The Two Endgame Plans: How Capablanca Wins With Just One Idea

Two queen sacrifices, one romantic and one purely positional, and a single endgame idea that ties th…Mike-Shea

Playing scared

It's been a while. Things got busy, and since my job involves a lot of writing these days, it's been…Confusing Game Viewer CartoonNM ZugAddict

With all due respect, there's got to be a better way to view games on lichess

Behold my inept attempt to make something usefulFire-work

I made a program to find craziest sacrifices in a row. Here is what it found

"Aren't those 2 bishops our last hope? Surely not, we can sacrifice them to create a perfect checkma…FM MattyDPerrine

Your Opponent Gives You a Gift Every Move (Most Players Never Open It)

Most players ask what their opponent is threatening. The better question is what their move stopped …FM amazingatlas

The Move That Converted Reti: How Capablanca's Bishop Beat the Knight

Capablanca Best Chess Endings Series, FM Nicholas Van Der Nat, ChessExcellence.RuyLopez1000

History of the Knight: Increase Your Horsepower

An Exploration.FM BuendiaChess

8/9 by Firouzja in the Blitz!!!!

In the Rapid section Firouzja and Pragg ended in the first position but in the first day of blitz al…FM amazingatlas

His Finest Endgame: How Capablanca Beat Nimzowitsch on Two Wings

Capablanca Best Chess Endings Series, FM Nicholas Van Der Nat, ChessExcellence.lucaistschlecht

Lessons Learned - Part 5

Lessons Learned is my series to force myself to reflect on my mistakes. I expose the blunders from m…FM amazingatlas

The Space Advantage: How Capablanca Squeezed a Team of Masters

Capablanca Best Chess Endings Series, FM Nicholas Van Der Nat, ChessExcellence.Chess_Poems

Three-Check World Championship: A Phoenix Rises From the Ashes!

Past Champion "VariantsOnly" Is Back with A Vengeance!FM amazingatlas

Mastering the King: How Capablanca Wins an Opposite-Bishop Endgame

Capablanca Best Chess Endings Series, FM Nicholas Van Der Nat, ChessExcellence.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…Qd7 is the best move, but Nf4+ followed by g6 is clearerTotalNoob69

Discerning chess plans with Stockfish?!

... surely this can't be a thingFM amazingatlas

Four Against Three: How Capablanca Won a Textbook-Drawn Rook Endgame

Capablanca Best Chess Endings Series, FM Nicholas Van Der Nat, ChessExcellence.King in the centerGM Puli1234

Punishing the King in the Center

One of the most important attacking themes in chess is knowing how to play against a king stuck in t…IM datajunkie

10 chess books that changed how I see the game

Are chess books still relevant?FM amazingatlas

The Stabbing Sacrifice: How Capablanca Wins With Connected Passed Pawns

Capablanca Best Chess Endings Series, FM Nicholas Van Der Nat, ChessExcellence.Epictetus823

Why Should Seniors Play Chess?

As a senior chess playing amateur improver, I know that chess is a great, if not the best, form of m…FM BuendiaChess

Pragg scores 3/3 to be Leader in Croatia

In the first 2 days of rapid in the Croatia Grand Chess Tourn Praggnanandhaa scored the half of the …Lichess Ladders and LiChess Tools butting inTotalNoob69

Proudly announcing Lichess Ladders integration in Lichess via LiChess Tools

... a solution for slow and better chess