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16 Mar 2025
IM
JJPL03
GOAT's Catalan - Classical Model Games
Hello dear chess lovers!
1 Jan 2026
GetDiscombobulated
Novelty Piece Sac against the Jobava London!
...An exciting, engine approved repertoire including a piece sacrifice against the Jobava London!
28 Mar 2022
NM
FischyVishy
Nakamura's Secret Weapon Against the Réti Opening - Introduction (Part 1)
In this series of articles, we will deeply analyze a very interesting and novel setup that Hikaru Na…
28 Dec 2024
CkickyCheck
Sacriface a Piece Against The Caro-Kann
In this post I'll show you an interesting (and kinda rare) idea against the Classical Variation of t…
19 Dec 2024
CkickyCheck
The Worst Knight In Chess
Literally the worst knight you will ever see...
17 Nov 2023
NM
Chess-Network
Ding Liren defeats Caruana with the Caro-Kann
An aesthetic ending
5 Apr 2026
xander333
This is how much ELO you are losing in the opening
Combining stockfish evaluations with Lichess's winning chances allows us to derive an exact amount o…
17 Jun 2023
NM
Chess-Network
Mikhail Tal blasts Bobby Fischer with the Najdorf
The d5-battle
1 Feb 2025
IM
theScot
Home Cooking: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
A post about the effect of opening preparation in modern chess
25 Oct 2025
micshafes
Chess Memory - An opening explorer for Danya's speedrun games
A project built to honor Daniel Naroditsky’s incredible speedrun series
22 Mar 2026
flash3s
How you should build your repertoire
A level-based approach to selecting and learning your openings
11 Mar 2025
WFM
fla2021
The Greek Gift sacrifice: good sacrifices and bad sacrifices
In this post we will discuss he famous Bishop Sacrifice on h7, a classic attacking pattern!
30 Apr 2024
IM
nikhildixit
How to Counter Caro Kann Defense?
Best guide for beginners to play against Caro Kann
6 Mar 2024
NM
Schadenfreude__gut
Improve your blitz results in eight steps
Have you ever wondered if there are some easy ways to make you faster and more dangerous at blitz? H…
13 Aug 2026
IM
Lizard1
He Refused To Develop a Single Piece For 17 Moves
In this game, White played 17 consecutive pawn moves before developing a single piece, which led to …
6 Feb 2023
FM
CheckRaiseMate
Mastering Mini-games
There's more to the Carlsbad structure than the minority attack
6 Jul 2025
IM
PseudoBenko
Vintage Theory
Exploring Ancient Openings
21 Sept 2024
LittleSoapBubble
Catalan - new double bishop sacrifice!
Surprise even a well-prepared opponent with the following brand new opening idea.
28 Apr 2025
IM
benkonian
“Are you studying openings wrong? A Coach’s Honest Take”
Openings are probably the most discussed topic in the chess community, especially at the club level.…
16 Jul 2026
CkickyCheck
The Most Aggressive Opening for Black
A guide and introduction to the Perfect Scandinavian!
12 Aug 2024
SyltStonks
Stop inventing, start copying !
Stop wasting your time inventing bad plans during your games and start learning from the masters !
28 Nov 2023
oortcloud_o
Linking top players based on openings
Using relatedness network on opening choices of top grandmasters
3 Mar 2025
FM
CheckRaiseMate
What Good Opening Prep Really Looks Like
There are no prizes for memorizing random moves
7 Dec 2025
TotalNoob69
Did you know Lichess can do this?! Opening Explorer and Tablebase
... do click on that little book button
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