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22 Oct 2026
FlippyDolphin00
Stop wasting your time: A rant about openings.
Often when I begin working with chess students, they make the same opening mistakes again and again.…
18 Oct 2026
FM
itsantiago
10 ideas «feas» en la apertura que tu profesor odiará y Stockfish 19 perdona (I)
Un peón de menos, la dama de vuelta a casa y Stockfish tan tranquilo. Exploramos 5...c5 en la varian…
16 Oct 2026
IM
Lizard1
The Time Mikhail Tal Got Destroyed
This is a spectacular attacking masterpiece in which Lev Polugaevsky unleashed 25 moves of home prep…
13 Oct 2026
IM
justiniano565
Small Variations in 960 starting positions I
Why starting positions that we may confound at a first glance have different evaluations?
11 Oct 2026
TheoLowstein
Know your Dragons
Learn the difference between the Sicilian Dragon, Accelerated Dragon, Hyper-Accelerated Dragon and o…
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 …
5 Oct 2026
CkickyCheck
Provoking the Richter-Veresov
Inviting Jobava London's cousin to a fight.
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…
3 Oct 2026
FM
MaoTao
A Bad Bishop Is a Fact. A Bad Position Is an Evaluation.
Two games, four months apart, taught me why a bad bishop does not necessarily mean a bad position.
29 Sept 2026
The_Knightmare_Bro
The Power of a Good Knight
Fischer vs Bolbochan, 1962.
28 Sept 2026
TotalNoob69
A double missed mistake in the opening
... an examination of a game start
28 Sept 2026
IM
justiniano565
Patterns in 960 starting positions III
Bishops in opposite corners
27 Sept 2026
AdamPoster
When Karpov Lost in 12 Moves
Even World Champions Lose Games This Fast!
22 Sept 2026
IM
ArtdW_01
Five positions you can play out in a practice game
This article looks at five interesting positions that I think are worth playing out in a practice ga…
17 Sept 2026
Kellogzz
Do You Understand Antichess?
Understanding something at its core is simply knowing its meaning, but from there it expands in a ne…
16 Sept 2026
Sonnetx
Maróczy Gambit in the Fantasy Variation: The Caro-Kann has been crushed!
A post about the Caro-Kann Maróczy Gambit in the Fantasy Variation.
16 Sept 2026
GetDiscombobulated
How To Always Attack the Italian Opening
Full Repertoire of Totally Sound, Sharp Attacking Lines that Super-GM's have lost to!!
15 Sept 2026
IM
datajunkie
Play openings you actually like
A chess lesson from Fantasy Premier League
15 Sept 2026
IM
Neimar24
Surprising Your Opponents with the Kupreichik Sicilian
In this post we are going to talk about one interesting variation of the Sicilian Defense.
14 Sept 2026
DimBro
DimBro's Game of the Month: I Got Crushed in 15 Moves at the NJ Open
I recently played in the famous USCF annual tournament New Jersey Open, playing in the Under 1400 se…
12 Sept 2026
ProstheticBrain
A Rare Scotch Game Variation: The "Schemm Variation"
A proposed name for a rare variation.
12 Sept 2026
Sonnetx
Humiliate the Sicilian with the Smith-Morra Gambit and the Alapin Sicilian
A post about the Smith-Morra gambit and the Alapin Sicilian noting my studies and other people's gam…
12 Sept 2026
ALEEQAP
How to Dominate the Sicilian Philidor and Humiliate the King in a 14‐Move Checks
بدنا نبدا اليوم بكيف تنصب فخ وتضحيات للفيلدور اللي هو من دفاعات الصقلي بدايه نلعب افتتاح عادي اللي ا…
11 Sept 2026
ALEEQAP
فخ الإلهاء والجذب ولم القطع الكبيره وانت بتتفرج بس – The Deflection & Decoy Trap
في عالم التكتيكات الشطرنجية، في فخاخ بتكون واضحة المعالم من أول نظرة، وفي فخاخ بتكون غير واضحة المعا…
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