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10 Oct 2026
RuyLopez1000
The Secret History of Chess Engines
"It doesn’t mean Kasparov isn’t a deep thinker, just that you can bypass deep thinking in playing ch…
9 Oct 2026
FM
amazingatlas
The Long-Range Pair: How Capablanca Won a Pawn Down
Capablanca dropped a pawn on purpose. To let a long range bishop and rooks on the seventh outclass a…
8 Oct 2026
FM
Zig_Zag_Zug_Zwang
I Analyzed 100+ Games In The Italian... 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 …
8 Oct 2026
neilgd72
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We've just launched a chess ladder so titled players can find quality games
7 Oct 2026
Roeselare
Olympiaden Samarkand 2026
Mijn indruk van de olympiaden als stuurman aan wal.
7 Oct 2026
A27and27
RIP DANIEL NARODITSKY
Daniel Naroditsky was an inspiring chess player for me!
7 Oct 2026
d4Nc3Bf4
ROAD To FM 2300- Week 3: Lessons from Tournament play!
This week was about putting my training to test over the board!
6 Oct 2026
IM
datajunkie
He became an IM at 16. 12 years later, he became a GM.
Australia’s newest GM-elect, Rishi Sardana on what it took to make the jump
6 Oct 2026
Roeselare
De Hazebrouck tweedaagse: een leuke ervaring
Ik heb in het verleden al enkele kleine Franse tornooitjes gespeeld, waarin slechts zes ronden worde…
5 Oct 2026
CkickyCheck
Provoking the Richter-Veresov
Inviting Jobava London's cousin to a fight.
5 Oct 2026
RootedChess
Steinitz's Principles: Harmony and Coordination
"Chess is a game of imagination " - David Bronstein
5 Oct 2026
Ledger4545
Lichess 4545: Wild Round 2, GM Peter Svidler on the Horizon
Can the GM restore some order in 4545 league?
5 Oct 2026
IM
Neimar24
The Kupreichik Sicilian: Part 2 - Answering the Questions
This post is a short response to comments and questions about the Kupreichik Sicilian, explaining wh…
5 Oct 2026
Lichess
Lichess Game of the Month: August '26
The long diagonal paves the way to White's king
4 Oct 2026
Rqtte
Chess Improvement Blog | Week 14
As I'm starting with Uni I finally got into the flow of my chess studies
4 Oct 2026
OnTheQueenside
Ten Biggest Stars of the Women’s Olympiad!
You’ll remember these performances for a long time!
4 Oct 2026
The_Knightmare_Bro
The Power of Opposite Colored Bishops
Hort vs Fischer, 1970.
4 Oct 2026
ElementalMaster1
Converting a Static Advantage
My attempt at covering how one is supposed to convert a static advantage
3 Oct 2026
TitusPlaysChess123
Surpassing 1900 Elo on Rapid!
This is a blog documenting my journey to 1900 Elo on Rapid. We'll look at my highs and my lows in th…
2 Oct 2026
WFM
szefru
The Mistakes Never Stop. Get Used to It.
How to take your mistakes seriously without taking them personally
1 Oct 2026
TheCommandalorian
Road to NM -- Week 11: Playing a Viewer OTB?!?!
Welcome back to week 11 on the Road to NM series where I account my progress on the road towards the…
30 Sept 2026
FM
amazingatlas
The Power of the Longest Diagonal: A Bishop That Attacks and Defends
A fianchettoed bishop doing two jobs at once. Protecting its own king and raking the length of the b…
30 Sept 2026
HollowLeaf
Building a 10 Million Game Searchable Master Database
How I turned 10 million master games into a 1.4 billion-row searchable database on ordinary hardware
29 Sept 2026
Noobmasterplayer123
ChessAgine 1 Year Update: v2
"Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless, like water." – Bruce Lee
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