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17 Aug 2024
TotalNoob69
The costliest move in chess
... or was Mark Twain right about statistics?
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?
14 Feb 2023
pd159
A Dynamic Response to the Trompowsky
Take Tromp players out of their comfort zone with a RARE and POWERFUL line
18 Oct 2021
CM
Kingscrusher-YouTube
When to break opening principles and steer away from popular practice
An interesting Neural Network Opening discovery in a line of the English Opening
22 Sept 2021
CM
Kingscrusher-YouTube
Mikhail Tal destroys 16 year old Fischer in Najdorf Fischer-Sozin System
The "Fischer-Sozin" system with 6.Bc4 was at the time of this game just called the "Sozin System"
31 Aug 2024
GM
fairchess03
How to work on the middlegame?
Middlegame training is no different than tactical training. It's all about training our thought proc…
1 Jul 2026
TheMarginalEye
I Built a Chess Checkmate Heatmap — Here's What 1.5 Million Games Revealed
Your opening predicts where your king gets mated. Here's the data — filtered by opening, rating, and…
18 Mar 2025
Numerot
I'm sorry, but systems are stupid
Why system openings aren't all that for the vast majority of chess players.
8 Apr 2026
Roeselare
Verrassingen in de opening zoeken... en (automatisch) vinden?
Om van mijn blog niet helemaal een eindspelblog te maken, gooi ik dit er even tussen.
14 Nov 2024
FM
Jorgeluis86
Bobby Fischer y la def. Alekhine: DINAMITA PURA!!
En esta partida, Fischer adopta una variante asimétrica de la línea del cambio en la Defensa Alekhin…
16 Jan 2022
GM
Craze
Basic Ideas Of The Nimzo-Indian
Discover how to play the most solid defence to 1.d4!
21 Mar 2024
Volodia22
Как достигнуть 2000 единиц рейтинга и стать лучше чем 90% игроков
Ведите партии с игроками более высокого уровня
20 Sept 2024
LittleSoapBubble
Marshall - a disappointing antidote to a fresh idea!
The unknown idea. And the unknown antidote...
4 Nov 2022
GM
Craze
A London Counter
GM Max Explores A Top-Level London Variation From The 2022 Chennai Olympiad
8 Mar 2025
GM
Craze
Top 10 Scandinavian Mistakes You MUST Avoid
Discover the ten most common mistakes in the Scandinavian Defence, and how to punish them!
26 Feb 2022
CM
Kingscrusher-YouTube
Mikhail Tal's great use of the Rossolimo system avoiding main line open Sicilian
Mikhail Tal - Yrjo A Rantanen
27 Feb 2025
CircleChessTeam
Prague Masters 2025: A Thrilling Start with Keymer & Shankland Stealing the Show
Explore the highlights and key moments from the first round of the Prague Masters 2025
1 Jun 2026
CM
loristavernier
Why do we keep losing against the London System ?
The London System is being thaught to beginners and played by Masters. There must be something magic…
28 Nov 2021
AndersLundback
How to study chess
In my last post on intuition, I covered how you can build up your pattern recognition using mainly t…
22 Sept 2024
TotalNoob69
How to train against your worst mistakes using LiChess Tools
...Just replay your games using Explorer Practice and check the eval
23 Mar 2025
BigBrainChess_08
Chessle --- Wordle, but for Chess??
Learn how to play this wordle-based variant for chess, and also expand your knowledge of opening the…
11 Mar 2022
cFlour
TFW you realise the same openings don't work in Variants
Part 1 of an opening/strategy guide on the new antichess variants on liantichess!
10 Oct 2021
someitsi
Queenless in the Sämisch KID
An overview of Bronstein's notorious queen sacrifice against Boris Spassky from 1956.
2 Aug 2025
FourtyTwoFields
Historic trends in the Caro-Kann
This overview looks at the development of the popularity of various Caro-Kann lines over decades. I …
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