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25 Oct 2025
IM
adapodadeiii
CHESS RIDDLES THAT ARE FUN TO SOLVE
This blog is for minds that love creativity. I’d like to share a few fun chess riddles I enjoyed dur…
14 Feb 2024
FM
mizant83
An interesting idea in the KIA French Defense
Intro to the game: Gabor Pinter vs Aleksandar Kekenj, Litochoro (GRE) 1999.
19 Nov 2022
IM
mostrovski
Crossroads drama
On Erigaisi, tactical patterns, and Eric Clapton
1 Nov 2024
ambrona
The Castle of Chess Vampires
Can you solve this Halloween puzzle?
12 Jul 2024
jk_182
Using Stockfish to automatically find Tactics Puzzles
Can an engine find a tactical puzzle by itself?
2 Mar 2025
CyberShredder
How to improve at Chess960 ?
How many books should you read?
26 Dec 2025
GM
Craze
The Best 1.e4 Openings For White Below 1600
Discover the most effective ways to play 1.e4 below 1600 on Lichess!
5 Mar 2024
NDpatzer
Science of Chess - Spatial Cognition and Calculation
How do spatial reasoning abilities impact chess performance? What is spatial cognition anyways?
4 Feb 2026
RuyLopez1000
Bishop vs Knight: The Eternal Battle
Which piece is better: the knight or the bishop? (A question as old as time itself)
14 Mar 2024
NDpatzer
Science of Chess - Problem Solving or Pattern Recognition?
We often say chess is a game of patterns, but here I look at a study that suggests it is also a game…
18 Jan 2026
IM
CSB7
I missed a win against Carlsen!
Can you spot it?
3 Sept 2026
RuyLopez1000
Magnus Carlsen vs Garry Kasparov
It's a paradox.
27 Dec 2024
WFM
fla2021
In This Holiday, Chill Like My Dog and Avoid Blunders!
In this post I will share some simple tips to help you spot blunders before they happen and keep imp…
12 Mar 2026
fruitdealer2002
blunder.clinic, dont blunder
Launching blunder.clinic, realistic daily chess puzzles. dont blunder.
31 Jul 2023
GM
NoelStuder
Improve Your Chess Tactics
Nearly a century ago Richard Teichmann proclaimed the famous “Chess is 99% tactics”. Even if that mi…
9 Mar 2025
Mcie
Don't forget about Backward Moves!
Step back to leap forward
16 Oct 2026
WFM
szefru
The Most Basic Pawn Endgame Is Harder Than You Think
One Pawn, Two Kings, and a Lot to Think About
6 Dec 2025
RuyLopez1000
How Geometry is Fundamental for Chess
The development of geometry in humans
7 May 2026
neilgd72
Open sourced positional puzzles
2,200 interesting chess positions with positional rather than tactical best moves
15 Sept 2023
SayChessClassical
Are Chess Improvers Causing a Lichess Tactic Rating Deflation?
A look into the puzzle data
25 Nov 2025
IM
trainingaccount996
TOP10 Games of the World Cup 2025
The FIDE World Cup 2025 has finally wrapped up - at least the classical portion, which is the focus …
2 Oct 2024
NDpatzer
Science of Chess: What happens in the brain when we see the best move?
EEG is good for measuring the timing of neural events, but can it reveal what happens when insight h…
26 Mar 2026
RuyLopez1000
Instructive Endgame: One Pawn vs Bishop
How to draw a losing position tutorial.
18 Jul 2023
GM
GABUZYAN_CHESSMOOD
The Pin Tactic in Chess Explained by a Grandmaster [For Beginners]
Everything about the pin tactic: from what it is, how it works to how to get out of it and more!
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