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2 Nov 2024
IM
nikhildixit
Announcing 1st FREE Tournament with 5000 INR prize fund
Upcoming online chess tournament on Lichess
2 Nov 2021
NM
FischyVishy
The World Champions' Weirdest Pets - Wilhelm Steinitz and the Vienna Game
This series of articles will cover some of the weirdest openings world champions have played consist…
30 Oct 2022
GM
Craze
Kamsky's Slav Surprise Weapon
Discover The Ideas Of An Old, Forgotten Weapon
20 Oct 2021
SayChessClassical
How to Make a Custom Chessable Opening Course Based on Win%
I have long wanted a simple way to play the opening without learning GM-lines, so I created an easy …
22 Aug 2022
CM
Kingscrusher-YouTube
The Queen's Knight Attack system (1.Nc3)
This is a powerful surprise move which has been used even in high level correspondence chess
5 Sept 2024
IM
nikhildixit
24 Hours of Pre-Launch and 3 Sales - Story of my Upcoming Chess Product
Interesting stuff inside if you like to read about marketing
29 Dec 2023
Dsoul20
Opening Champion Studies by Dsoul20 - the Complete List
Find your favorite Opening Champion Studies by Dsoul20 in one place
9 Sept 2021
K_A_L_E
Pet Peeves #1 The value of memorizing lines
[There is very little value]
28 Aug 2024
LittleSoapBubble
Sveshnikov - Stockfish goes nuts!
Stockfish thinks he is winning, but he is getting mated!
11 Feb 2026
GM
rhungaski
Defensa Reti
Algunas partidas se olvidan rápido. Otras, en cambio, te acompañan durante años. En el Mundial Sub-2…
16 Feb 2023
GM
NoelStuder
Chess Opening Strategy: 3 Must-Know Principles
Before you learn the exact move-by-move chess opening theory, you should learn the opening principle…
6 May 2022
CM
Kingscrusher-YouTube
Misleading Sheep-driven Online Openings explorers everyone should be aware of :)
Don't be sheep driven - but lichess masters database is very cool :)
25 Jul 2026
FM
FranklinAPalomo
️ Guía Estratégica: Dominando la Estructura Muro de Piedra (Stonewall)
¡Bienvenidos a esta lección de ajedrez estratégico! En este artículo exploraremos a fondo la estruct…
28 Jan 2026
IM
justiniano565
Non human openings V
Flanks attacks II
8 Jun 2026
gh0strpm
Analyzing Games Based on Opening #8 - Scandinavian Defese
Analyzing super GM games everyday!
13 Mar 2026
koalamousepp
复盘2026年李杯直播对局 冠军篇
你想自己或者孩子在2027年的李杯取得好成绩吗? 那一定要看看2026年李杯的冠军是如何做到的。
20 Feb 2022
Tiberian
How to learn an opening
An 8 step approach to learning an opening, if you're ready.
6 Dec 2025
LittleSoapBubble
Taimanov - Giri plays novelty in TT!
Giri's novelty in the Taimanov!
3 Jan 2025
athrye
A personal repertoire for the Scandinavian defense
My preferred way to play as black against 1. e4, illustrated with positions from my own games
30 Jan 2022
NM
oberschlumpf
What opening should I play? (Part 1)
An attempt to address one of the most frequent question in forum
21 May 2026
gh0strpm
Analyzing Games Based on Opening #3 - Jobava London
Analyzing super GM games everyday!
22 May 2026
AnlamK
Impossibility of Chess
Sometimes a natural move that looks like it needs no analysis turns out to be bad. That's life; that…
27 May 2024
MatthewKCanada
Minimalist Opening Study
How to study openings in the spirit of “Don’t study openings!”
30 Jan 2025
CkickyCheck
The Anti-Sveshnikov.
I think the only not dubious way to keep attacking chances aganinst the Nc6 sicilian.
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