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The Beginnings of a Chess 960 Opening Theory

Combining Stockfish with the Python Chess module to find the "Best First Move" for white in every Ch…Rei, Dama, Torre, Bispo, Cavalo, Peão, XadrezMartinaGe

Chess pieces in Portuguese; Brazilian and Portuguese openings!

There is no Brazilian chess opening, right? or is there? Octávio Trompowsky (born and died in Rio de…A dog's nose sticking out from the bars of a fencepaunchypawn

Facing the unexpected in the Panov: 5... Qc7!?

No matter your repertoire, the unexpected is lurking out thereCPBchess

Estructuras de Peones: El Peón Pasado (Parte 1)

Hace poco sorprendió saber que Ivan Sokolov (quien trabajó con los jóvenes ases del ajedrez de Uzbeq…FDAIMAN

Las complicaciones de la Defensa Pirc

La defensa Pirc muy popular en los 70s cuando Fischer jugó una partida contra Spasky y Korchnoi cont…crashbandicoot345

Road to 1900 #3 - Tournament Prep

Welcome back to the road to 1900, here I will detail some of my tournament prep for my upcoming quad.crashbandicoot345

Road to 1900 #1

This is my road to 1900 blog, where I will post articles about my improvement and lessons I learn wh…Turn the engine off!FM mizant83

When The Engine Makes You Worse At Chess

The advice I'm about to give sounds completely absurd - if you're trying to improve at chess, one of…GM Amirreza_p

The Lonely Soldier

How one pawn can topple a kingdomRBOTChessStefanRebner

Three Openings Where the Right Reply Depends on Rating

Opening preparation is usually built on a quiet assumption: that there's a single right answer to a …panic-pawn

Siegbert Tarrasch "Das Schachspiel"

alle kommentierten Übungen in 12 lichess-Studien - Studie 07/12 ist onlineturul01

Tabia: A free alternative to paywalled opening trainers

I'd been using chessreps.com to drill my opening repertoire but it's paywalled, so I built a free, o…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…RuyLopez1000

I recently decided to set the challenge of breaking the 2200 barrier.

Breaking the 2200 Barrier!khoigambit12345

All Traps KG likes Part 4: My Favorable Ruy Lopez Openings...

Hello guys, I am KG. I am back now with a series, called All Traps KG likes! I will show you differe…khoigambit12345

All Traps KG likes Part 3: The Greek Philidor Trap!

Hello guys, I am KG. I am back now with a series, called All Traps KG likes! I will show you differe…IM ArtdW_01

5 Common Mistakes in Chess

This article looks at five common mistakes (with examples) that regularly show up in games and have …gh0strpm

Analyzing Games Based on Opening #8 - Scandinavian Defese

Analyzing super GM games everyday!Gambitslevzevakin

FRC the best positions No2

This time we'll look at gambits and a variant where we forget about developing bishops in favor of o…Passionate togetherTotalNoob69

True chess collaboration

... I can't believe chess information is so disorganizedLaskertpr

Reach 2000 in 1 year!

What to do and not to do?khoigambit12345

All Traps KG likes Part 2: The "Strange" Alekhine...

Hello guys, I am KG. I am back now with a series, called All Traps KG likes! I will show you differe…An image of the studynrizwan

Study-ing the ATOMIX Opening Book

Introducing a Lichess Study of the ATOMIX Opening Book, by JoelH and othersWhich openings actually make sense for beginners?FM mizant83

Which Openings Actually Make Sense for Beginners?

Before asking whether an opening is good for beginners, we should ask: What is a chess beginner in t…