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1 Dec 2025
Gyllenstierna
Slav Defence with 3.e3
Examining every possible deviation from the first three moves is an excellent way for club players t…
8 Nov 2022
GM
Craze
A Crash Course In Understanding 1.d4
Discover the simplest ideas of 1.d4 for White, through some dynamic games of the old masters!
19 Feb 2023
IM
datajunkie
#4: Lifetime Repertoires: 10 Things to Avoid when Learning Openings on Chessable
Chessable can make your chess worse, not better
18 Jul 2024
FM
felew699
Against Stockfish: Game #09: I hate fish
Super Eval - Correspondence Game #02
6 Aug 2026
ElementalMaster1
The Art of the Exchange Sacrifice
A crazy game during a recent tournament of mine
10 Dec 2025
tpr
Time is a resource, use it!
How to play neither too slow, nor too fast.
5 Apr 2025
TotalNoob69
The Whale - could things get any more boring?
... I believe even Carlsen refused to play it
2 Jan 2022
IM
Monkey_King
Elephant Gambit
bla bla bla bla bla bla bla
13 Feb 2026
GM
rhungaski
Un Libro y un Amigo
En 2012 estaba en mi último año de universidad y jugaba muy pocos torneos. Entonces llegaron dos inv…
19 Aug 2025
MartinaGe
Draw after Petrov’s Defense between GM Navara and GM Blübaum in Poland
Dzień dobry! We are back to a Polish tournament, the Rubinstein Chess Festival 2025 in Polanica-Zdró…
25 Jan 2025
CM
loristavernier
The French Defense isn't playable.
Part 2
20 Jan 2026
FM
Reynold9402
Descubra cómo crear sus propias novedades teóricas II
Este artículo continúa la serie sobre la Preparación de Aperturas. Todos los artículos son adaptacio…
31 Jan 2022
IM
xberli
¿Cómo comenzar a estudiar aperturas?
¿Cómo comenzar a estudiar aperturas?
28 Jan 2025
TotalNoob69
Full repertoire using PGN Editor, Explorer Practice and Bookmarks
... a LiChess Tools use case
9 Mar 2022
FM
Saqochess
Immortal game Vaganian in French Defence!
Definitely best game of life Rafael Vaganian!
19 Apr 2024
ReyEnigma
Siciliana Enigmática
Juega a ganar con negras con esta apertura
5 Oct 2026
CkickyCheck
Provoking the Richter-Veresov
Inviting Jobava London's cousin to a fight.
5 Feb 2026
DrMid
One Rule To Remove Fear On The Board!
How to play against players we believe are stronger than us?
2 Feb 2026
Gyllenstierna
The White Side of Caro-Kann
Playing an opening is not the same as playing against an opening.
28 Sept 2023
IM
Kushagerchess
Opening Prep 101 - Preparing openings the smart way
Learn more about the efficient practices of preparing openings for practical play
9 Jun 2025
paunchypawn
A tactical jewel of a game in the French
You've never seen so many pins at once
13 Jun 2026
Chess_Novelties
Novelty of the Week – TWIC 1647
In this blog post, we take a closer look at an interesting novelty featured on chessnovelties.com, w…
16 Jan 2022
NM
Vitamixbrand
The Walk of No Shame (Opening Repertoire Ideas for Bongcloud Fanatics)
If you asked several chess players to make a list of the swaggiest things one can pull off in a game…
10 Nov 2021
WFM
wen_wrn
Do you know about opening principles? Two fun miniature games to explain them
In the opening we set our "army" in position to attack our opponent. With a bad piece setup, the bat…
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