NDpatzerScience of Chess: Winning Streaks, Losing Streaks, and Skill
Being a patzer is hard, and it can be even worse when loss follows loss!
GM Puli1234Taking Advantage of a King in the Center
The Grandmaster's Way to Exploit an Opponent’s King in the Center.
NM RyanVelezPlateau vs Consistency
How can you become a more consistent player?
ToadofskyFairy-Stockfish Hand-Crafted Evaluation
How can we learn to evaluate like IM Emory Tate?
FM Reynold9402Concrete by Nature: Sindarov's path to the crown
The second article in a short series, dedicated to each of the 2026 Candidates, prior to the start o…
SayChessClassicalMy Chess Career by José R. Capablanca in new format
“They show the vivacious spirit of enterprise and combination proper in a youngster, but lack, natur…
IM Lizard1This Sneaky Pawn Push Broke the Benko Gambit
In this Lichess rapid game, an untitled 2400-rated player completely dismantles a CM's Benko Gambit …
NDpatzerScience of Chess: Seeing moves with momentum over the board
Prediction is fundamental to how we see, and for strong players it's also part of what they see OTB.
IM HelloItsDmitriIs a rook on an open file a good piece?
Rooks on open files are not the full story when it comes to define whether a rook is well placed. In…
RuyLopez1000Rook vs Rook + Bishop Endgame Tutorial
It is a technically drawn endgame that is practically difficult to play
JudeBaeTorrensAtomic Openings Every Player Should Know About
(personal opinion and not guaranteed that you will hit 2300 either)
GM Avetik_ChessMoodTV Concept: Rarely Discussed Topic in Chess
Grasping this concept will improve your understanding of openings like Maroczy Bind, Accelerated Dra…
RuyLopez1000Stories Behind the Moves: 22.Nxd7.
In 1971, Bobby Fischer played a famous move.
CM Kingscrusher-YouTubeThe Complete Guide to Chess Opening Principles -"King Safety Driven Development"
An unexpected perspective on the classic golden chess opening principles
IM datajunkie#21: 40 Good (Enough) Moves
Why it can be helpful to lower the bar from focusing on 'good' moves to 'good enough' moves
ToadofskyHow to Write a Popular Blog Post
What is right is not always popular, and what is popular is not always right. - Albert Einstein
GM rhungaskiLa Variante Argentina
En cuestión de pocos años la Variante Argentina pasó de ser una rareza teórica a convertirse en un a…
firebatprimefbp's Guide to Antichess
-Antichess guide-
FM felew699A Transitional Phase between Technical and Tactical Positions
Building upon the phase classification
McieHidden Tactics and Pattern Recognition
Don't neglect those empty squares!
NM FischyVishyAttacking Chess Patterns: Grand Prix, Queen(1) Attack, and Grand Thorn
In this series of articles, I list and explain all kinds of chess patterns. Chess patterns are recur…
NM Schadenfreude__gutThe art of doing nothing
Inactivity comes easily to many of us. Have you ever wondered what would happen if you just shuffled…
rotca247TATA Steel Masters 2024 Round 5: Gukesh Strikes Back
Through the lens of an amateur: A game analysis series
GM NoelStuder