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9 Apr 2025
IM
theScot
The Funny Side of Chess
A post about how the funny side of chess can be the most instructive.
14 May 2026
RuyLopez1000
Stories Behind the Moves: 22.Nxd7.
In 1971, Bobby Fischer played a famous move.
27 Jun 2026
heroku
How Queens Die: Analysing a 6 Million Puzzle Database
A Data Mining Adventure into the world of Lichess Puzzle Database
7 Oct 2021
NM
oberschlumpf
Don't fall in love with "natural" looking moves!
There is a chess book titled "Move First, Think Later". Don't take that as a literal advice.
24 Nov 2025
IM
itore
My search algorithms move
My search algorithms move
2 Apr 2022
FM
CheckRaiseMate
Stop Cheating on Your Training
Common habits that drain the value from your study time and how to avoid them
18 Jan 2025
Mcie
Hidden Tactics and Pattern Recognition
Don't neglect those empty squares!
4 Sept 2024
NDpatzer
Science of Chess: Gestalt Processing in Experts' Brains
Playing chess requires a network of distinct brain areas across the cortex, but what do these areas …
12 May 2025
FM
CheckRaiseMate
CREAM
Captures Rule Everything Around Me
13 Sept 2025
BigBrainChess_08
Mathematics in Chess - Combinatorics
Maths and chess are very interwoven, and there are several examples of this. Learn about one such ex…
17 Feb 2025
BigBrainChess_08
Anand's Killer Blow - 2008 World Chess Championship
Learn more about the incredible sequence that Anand found to extend his lead to 2 games in the 2008 …
14 Apr 2026
NatanK
Study about the London system
The London System is one of the strongest and most reliable openings for White, and I've analyzed it…
9 Feb 2025
danbock
Beat your friends at my new mate-in-2 contest
I made a Bluesky bot.
22 Dec 2025
Jisu101
Something absolutely crazy happened....
Hello everybody! Something absolutely crazy happened recently in Chess composing. Or well, it starte…
15 Feb 2025
TotalNoob69
Drawing arrows on mobile with LiChess Tools
... a mobile first guide
16 Dec 2025
ReyEnigma
7️⃣TRUQUITOS de mi ESCANDINAVA ENIGMÁTICA
Mi nueva defensa con negras
27 Apr 2024
NDpatzer
Science of Chess - Achtung! Einstellung!
Pattern recognition is great, but the Einstellung effect can turn a master into a patzer (sort of).
1 May 2025
IM
trainingaccount996
Biggest Blunders in Classical (April 2025)
This article explores the most instructive blunders made by over-the-board players rated above 2250 …
25 Nov 2024
NDpatzer
Science of Chess: Subliminal Chess in the Expert Mind?
Visual priming reveals how experts assess positions without awareness
25 Dec 2024
Mcie
Back rank Tactics you didn't see coming!
The back rank is never truly safe.
22 Sept 2025
HollowLeaf
Building Chess Solitaire
Exploring the design, analysis, and results behind my latest chess application
23 Jul 2022
TheOnoZone
Adult Beginner's Guide To... Calculation, Tactics, Puzzles & Pattern Recognition
When I first started studying chess, I was completely overwhelmed. In particular, I struggled to und…
16 Nov 2025
RuyLopez1000
The Brain Science of Chess
How does the brain play chess?
14 Jun 2026
RuyLopez1000
What Makes A Brilliancy?
The neuroscience and evolutionary theory behind beauty and creativity.
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