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24 Oct 2026
RuyLopez1000
Bronstein vs Botvinnik: The Rivalry
Explore one of the Greatest Rivalries in the History of Chess
24 Oct 2026
FM
amazingatlas
Let Him Eat the Pawns: Capablanca at San Sebastian
Bernstein grabs on a2 and c2 while Capablanca builds on the kingside. For a few moves the engine say…
24 Oct 2026
TheCommandalorian
Road to NM -- Week 14: 1600!!!
Welcome back to week 14 on the Road to NM series where I account my progress on the road towards the…
23 Oct 2026
RajjSinghh
Chess Master vs Chess Amateur: A Closer Look
For a while I had been struggling with being a good player when my opponent plays poorly but struggl…
23 Oct 2026
FM
amazingatlas
PROVENTION ! Take the Square Away Before the Knight Gets There
Marshall's whole attack rested on one square, h5. Capablanca survived it by kicking the knight away,…
22 Oct 2026
FM
amazingatlas
The Knight on f5 That Marshall Could Never Chase
Capablanca puts a knight on f5 and spends the rest of the game building around it. Marshall cannot k…
20 Oct 2026
FM
amazingatlas
Let the Pawn Structure Pick the Plan
Capablanca beat Marshall eight to one in their 1909 match without studying openings. This game shows…
19 Oct 2026
IM
Alex_lucky
Эндшпиль - твое слабое место, которое не позволяет расти дальше
"Сила мастера - в конце"
17 Oct 2026
FM
amazingatlas
Two Questions to Ask When You Are Winning
Most won games are thrown away by trading at random. A pawn up against two opponents in consultation…
16 Oct 2026
ecoarrivazumashoomzo
3 of the wannabe uzbek gms review their games.
Our games last round in the Classical Team Champions League reviewed by the players themselves. (Sat…
16 Oct 2026
FDAIMAN
Problemas en la identificación de patrones
En algunas partidas existen varias posibilidades donde muchas ejercen el factor distractor sobre la …
16 Oct 2026
FM
amazingatlas
The Pawn the Rook Could Not Leave: Capablanca's Advanced Passed pawn
Capablanca out calculates Fox in the complications. He comes out an exchange up and then rolls a paw…
14 Oct 2026
FM
amazingatlas
The Attack That Should Not Have Worked: Capablanca's Pawn Storm
Capablanca throws his queenside pawns at a castled king and the engine says the attack is not sound.…
13 Oct 2026
NM
suhaasn
Three Games That Got Me to NM
A rematch, a draw with a GM, and my first win over an FM. Three games from the climb back up, with t…
13 Oct 2026
FM
amazingatlas
Count Tempi, Not Material: Capablanca Mates Two Pieces Down
Kings castled on opposite wings turn a game into a race. Raubitschek went material hunting with his …
12 Oct 2026
FM
amazingatlas
Hunt the Uncastled King: Capablanca at Twelve Years Old
The champion of Cuba chose a gambit to punish a boy with no opening theory. Instead he lost the righ…
12 Oct 2026
Onion_Baba
Chess Rules of Thumb: GM Elisabeth Pähtz
A set of practical guidelines for choosing plans in the middlegame and endgame, and for finding cand…
12 Oct 2026
FM
MaoTao
What League of Legends Taught Me About Chess: The Art of Freezing
What wave management taught me about useful moves, preserving flexibility, and letting my opponent c…
11 Oct 2026
FM
Zig_Zag_Zug_Zwang
How Masters See the Board
My friend studying psychology sent me this picture from one of his books:
10 Oct 2026
Kampfschach_Official
The Man Who Beat the Champion at 23: Charousek’s Games, Remastered
Converting a 1919 book into playable Lichess studies
10 Oct 2026
FM
amazingatlas
Rook Versus Two Pieces: How Carlsen Rescued a Lost Endgame
Anand sacrificed the exchange and had Carlsen lost on the board and down to his last seconds. Carlse…
9 Oct 2026
FM
amazingatlas
The Long-Range Pair: How Capablanca Won a Pawn Down
Capablanca dropped a pawn on purpose. To let a long range bishop and rooks on the seventh outclass a…
8 Oct 2026
FM
Zig_Zag_Zug_Zwang
I Analyzed 100+ Games In The Italian... This Is What I Learnt:
Hi! My name is Vidar Grahn. I'm a 20-year-old FIDE Master from Sweden, and as part of my journey to …
5 Oct 2026
RootedChess
Steinitz's Principles: Harmony and Coordination
"Chess is a game of imagination " - David Bronstein
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