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5 Aug 2026
TheCommandalorian
Road to NM: Week 4 — Building a Bridge to 1600 Quick Rated
Welcome back to week 4 on the Road to NM series!
8 Mar 2026
GM
rhungaski
Scheveningen vs Boleslavsky
Durante años encontré refugio en el Ataque Grand Prix, pero con el tiempo llegó el momento de enfren…
19 Jun 2026
Lichess
FIDE World Team Rapid 2026: Dragon Chilling Rapid Champions, Rise Like a Phoenix
After a topsy-turvy third day, Dragon Chilling won the FIDE World Team Rapid Chess Championship 2026…
2 May 2026
FM
BuendiaChess
2 Blunders & 2 Draws. TePe Sigeman & Co Tournament. Round 1 Analysis
Magnus Carlsen is back playing classical chess in this very strong close tournament where Erdogmus m…
12 Apr 2024
OnTheQueenside
Women's Candidates: Halfway Point
It's not that cold after all.
10 Sept 2025
Lichess
Grand Swiss R6: 5 Players Chase Parham in Open, Lagno and Vaishali Sole Leaders
GM Parham Maghsoodloo retains the lead, with 5 players in the chasing pack, while GM Kateryna Lagno …
16 Mar 2023
FM
jeffforever
OTB in Dublin - John Bolger Cup 2023
Personal report about a weekend-tournament in the Irish capital.
26 Jun 2026
FM
BuendiaChess
DRAGON CHILLING WORLD CHAMPIONS!!!!!! Blitz Full Analysis
Double Gold medal for the Chinese team with the return to the elite of Ding Liren being the highligh…
13 Jun 2026
Chrishyzz
A reflection on chess tactical skill – growing pains
Every level of chess player has a comfort level
21 Jul 2026
TheCommandalorian
Road to NM: Week 2 — A good OTB Rapid Performance
Welcome back to week 2 on the Road to NM series
9 May 2026
GM
rookoco
A Tale of Three Castles
Always remember to castle (only) on time!
7 Sept 2026
CkickyCheck
I'll never recover from this
1.g4
21 Jun 2026
TeoKajLibroj
How my club accidentially won promotion in our chess league
We were playing to avoid relegation, but almost won the league
11 Feb 2026
IM
trainingaccount996
Game of the Week 6/52
Welcome to another Game of the Week, a little later than usual. The game we’re about to explore was …
9 Nov 2022
GM
Craze
A Lazy Counter To The Grunfeld
See how to stop Black employing his usual Grunfeld plans with an annoying check
1 Jun 2025
Feet_Barbie
How to get good enough so that you can beat random people in a pub!
Tips from someone really strong against beginners, and really weak against chess players.
17 Oct 2021
GM
Durarbayli
Game of the Week XLI- Narayanan.S.L (2647) - Erigaisi Arjun (2634)
“Why should I learn an opening that I won’t play with either color?”
12 Dec 2024
FM
jeffforever
10. Heusenstammer Sparkassen Open - GM Grigoryan wins ahead of GMs Peng & Sivuk
461 participants in the anniversary edition
2 Feb 2026
IM
trainingaccount996
Game of the Week 5/52
Tata Steel 2026 has come to an end, and what a fiercely contested tournament it was! There were so m…
17 Sept 2021
CM
Kingscrusher-YouTube
Fifth Women's world champion sues Netflix for Queen's Gambit episode inaccuracy
Chess players often love accuracy. It seems Netflix might have committed an "inaccuracy" in one of t…
8 Apr 2026
Lichess
Candidates Round 9: Giri 1.5 Points Behind Sindarov, Zhu and Vaishali Lead
GM Anish Giri defeated GM Fabiano Caruana, inching closer to GM Javokhir Sindarov, who remains 1.5 p…
6 Aug 2024
bwmtone
Amsterdam - from my view
It took almost a quarter century, but I made it to OTB Amsterdam
30 Jul 2026
FM
jeffforever
Interview with IM Khagan Ahmad - World Youth Under-16 Chess Champion 2026
Get to know the two-time European Champion and now also U16 World Champion
28 Jul 2026
FM
BuendiaChess
Quantbox Chennai Grand Masters 2026 Best Games
4th edition of this very strong close tournament where 4 indian top grandmasters and other 4 for the…
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