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5 May 2023
NM
Chess-Network
Ding defeats Carlsen with a brilliant king walk
Timing is everything
8 May 2023
RookMeNot
Why You Should Consider the Polish Opening
Discovering the Polish Opening
11 May 2023
GM
NoelStuder
Grandmaster Draws Explained
The term Grandmaster Draw most likely brings a sad image to your mind. Two lazy Grandmasters are lea…
15 May 2023
NM
Chess-Network
11-year-old Magnus Carlsen’s brilliant board vision
Don't move until you see it...
17 May 2023
SayChessClassical
When does a Lichess player experience a new move on average?
How often and how deep do normal amateur games go before they face a new position and are “out of th…
21 May 2023
TotalNoob69
Play the Elephant Gambit like Jonathan Schrantz! A LiChess Tools use case.
Step by step guide to learning how to play chess like your favorite YouTuber using the LiChess Tools…
23 May 2023
TotalNoob69
Play the Busch-Gass gambit like Will Graif
Another step by step guide to learning how to play chess like your favorite YouTuber using the LiChe…
24 May 2023
NM
Chess-Network
Bobby Fischer crushes 2-time Argentine Champion
How to turn a knight into an octopus
31 May 2023
IM
datajunkie
#16: How dreaming of an alien planet made me realise I should play the Najdorf
My Najdorf origin story
1 Jun 2023
TotalNoob69
Play the Caro-Kann like Stjepan Tomic
Updates to the LiChess Tools extension allowed this huge import of 1000 games at the same time.
1 Jun 2023
TotalNoob69
Play the Stafford Gambit like Eric Rosen
Use the power of LiChess Tools to play as Eric Rosen 413 games in which he won with the Stafford!
2 Jun 2023
FM
mizant83
Exchange Variation of the French Defense (for Black)
Reviving the dead game: how to attack in the Exchange French
4 Jun 2023
NM
Chess-Network
Magnus Carlsen is a Dragonslayer
An accelerated edition
5 Jun 2023
CM
Kingscrusher-YouTube
AlphaZero's Mind-Blowing Chess Strategy: Double Pawn Sacrifice and Queen Dance
Alphazero makes use of the "Polugaevsky Gambit" in the Queens Indian and adds another pawn sacrifice
5 Jun 2023
notenoughqueens
In defence of the Philidor
An antidote to hyper-aggressive white players
9 Jun 2023
Noshortcuts4me
Norway Chess 2023
The Deciding Match for the Norway Chess 2023 has just finished!
11 Jun 2023
TotalNoob69
Play the double fianchetto system like Oleksandr Bortnyk
Another LiChess Tools study containing an interactive lesson of 121 games (first 20 moves) that Olek…
12 Jun 2023
TheLastStyleBender
The Opening Anthology
You may already have an opening repertoire - but let me ask you, are those openings really the right…
12 Jun 2023
TotalNoob69
Play like Jerry ChessNetwork
Exclusively on LiChess, the real face of Jerry (ChessNetwork) as drawn by eyewitness @StableDiffusion
12 Jun 2023
knightandbishop336
6 Opening Traps
What if I told you that you could trap your opponent in just the first few moves of the game? Intere…
14 Jun 2023
pulsar512b
Prep - A Discussion
You don't need to prep as much as you think - here's why and how to prep
15 Jun 2023
TotalNoob69
Play the Orthoschnapp Gambit like Marco Riehle
Marco Riehle is a young FM often lauded for his blitz games. Here is a study of 209 games where he w…
17 Jun 2023
NM
Chess-Network
Mikhail Tal blasts Bobby Fischer with the Najdorf
The d5-battle
20 Jun 2023
damafe
My Best Games with the Staunton Gambit
In this blog, I will comment on my quickest victories of this year 2023 with the Staunton Gambit (Du…
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