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16 Jul 2025
Lichess
FIDE Women's World Cup R3: Song Eliminates Anna Muzychuk as Lagno Bounces Back
IM Song Yuxin eliminated one of the tournament favorites, GM Anna Muzychuk, while GM Kateryna Lagno …
12 Jul 2025
GM
spidy92
IM-GM transformation!
India's latest GM! Harikrishnan!
12 Jul 2025
Lichess
FIDE Women's World Cup R2: Kamalidenova eliminates Goryachkina
Young, rising stars IM Meruert Kamalidenova, WFM Elnaz Kaliakhmet, and WIM Umida Omonova have elimin…
9 Jul 2025
Lichess
FIDE Women's World Cup R1: Favorites Rest as Gaal & Beydullayeva Get Eliminated
The top 21 seeds had automatically qualified to round 2; meanwhile, WGM Zsoka Gaal and WGM Govhar Be…
6 Jul 2025
NM
isaackaito
The Confidence Formula: Training to Narrow The Gap Between Your Best and Worst
Growing over-the-board confidence stems from developing a consistent foundation you trust
3 Jul 2025
OnTheQueenside
World Cup Preview
Three Candidates spots on the line!
1 Jul 2025
TeoKajLibroj
How I won a chess tournament
How I got 1st place in the Drogheda Fox Major
1 Jul 2025
WIM
McLendez
37th Open Pula: A Legendary Chess Battle by the Adriatic Sea
Almost 300 Players, One Champion, many Awards
30 Jun 2025
nikonoel
Reaching 2000 FIDE - a matter of luck?
My experience at the grenke open - the biggest tournament of the world.
29 Jun 2025
DrMid
The Stray Gambit.
How can cats teach us to use courage and hope?
29 Jun 2025
tanneywanney25
Hear Me Out: Playing Ultrabullet Is Actually Helpful for OTB
Think ultrabullet is just chaos and mouse slips? Think again. Here’s why it might secretly be the be…
28 Jun 2025
DaBassie
Can I random walk myself to 2300?
Instead of relying on actual skill, I wondered whether random rating fluctuations are sufficient to …
25 Jun 2025
NM
isaackaito
Confidence: It’s Not Just About Playing Well... It’s About Believing You Can
How to stop letting one bad move ruin your whole game
25 Jun 2025
CM
ved1703
Mastering the Endgame: 6 Simple Tips for the Final Phase of a Chess Game
Playing an endgame just got easier!
24 Jun 2025
jdannan
Ilkley Major (U1900) Day 2
The final two rounds
24 Jun 2025
FM
Zig_Zag_Zug_Zwang
3 Super-GMs in 3 Rounds!!! | World Team Blitz Championship
If you caught my last two blogs, you know how the rapid part of the World Rapid and Blitz Team Champ…
24 Jun 2025
IM
nikhildixit
Tournament Review: Vezerkepzo Budapest Closed Tournament
Chess Tourist
22 Jun 2025
IM
Valandir
Erfolgreiche Österreichische Meisterschaften U12 und U14 für die Steiermark
Titel für Chicheng Leon Chen und Josephina Akiko Brunner, Silber für Laura Zens
22 Jun 2025
pascalg
Décès d'Edwin Bhend, une légende des échecs suisses
Nous venons d'apprendre le décès d'Edwin Bhend, une légende des échecs suisses.
20 Jun 2025
pascalg
Pourquoi jouer aux échecs en présentiel coûte-t-il aussi cher en Suisse ?
Jouer aux échecs en présentiel en Suisse coûte beaucoup plus cher que dans les pays limitrophes. Que…
18 Jun 2025
CkickyCheck
Playing Scandi OTB
Finally got a chance to play some Scandinavian in both blitz and classical, and it went amazingly we…
16 Jun 2025
FM
jeffforever
Chess in Stockholm - new GM/IM norm tournaments for young talents
A new series for norm hunters
15 Jun 2025
BigBrainChess_08
On That Crazy Gukesh-Carlsen Ending
Learn about Gukesh's first ever classical win against the World No. 1
14 Jun 2025
IM
Valandir
Winning a tournament and a brilliancy prize
FM Philipp Wendl wins the Salzkammergut Open in Bad Ischl
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