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21 Sept 2025
TotalNoob69
Destroy the Caro Kann with style
... a beautiful line with a lot of lessons to impart
3 Jun 2026
BigBrainChess_08
Lichess Study Tools Pt 1: All About Chess Evaluation!
What is evaluation? What does the number really mean? What are all the symbols? All these questions …
25 Dec 2024
Mcie
Back rank Tactics you didn't see coming!
The back rank is never truly safe.
3 Feb 2026
IM
Lizard1
The Most Disgusting Move I’ve Ever Seen in Chess
The move you're about to witness walks a pawn onto a “defended” square, leaves the queen hanging, an…
7 Jun 2025
FM
ChessisEternal
Time Trouble: The Hidden Devil of Chess
You can recover from a bad position, but not from an empty clock.
5 Mar 2022
NM
PerpetualChess
3 Conclusions and 3 goals from a Data Analysis of my 24 Recent Tournament Games
Using Data to Assess "The State of My Chess Game"
4 Sept 2026
WFM
szefru
Board Vision First, Strategy Later
What Should You Actually Think About During a Chess Game?
16 Nov 2025
RuyLopez1000
The Brain Science of Chess
How does the brain play chess?
5 Oct 2026
RootedChess
Steinitz's Principles: Harmony and Coordination
"Chess is a game of imagination " - David Bronstein
12 May 2026
FM
mizant83
Pawn chains and direction
A look at how pawn chains influence where to attack in closed positions.
12 Aug 2026
GM
DrAgnevstein
The Power of a Queenside Pawn Majority
When I was a child, the following game made a big impression on me. The idea behind it stayed with m…
11 Sept 2021
NM
visualdennis
Curated Lichess Studies
Collection of high quality or original studies on Lichess
26 Mar 2025
KSW2025
Evaluate before you Calculate!
Positional Insight is gained by applying 4 key Elements to a position. These are universal elements …
11 Jun 2023
marcusbuffett
How some common material imbalances affect your win-rate
How much more likely are you to win after winning the exchange? What about two minors for a rook? Wh…
24 Oct 2026
RuyLopez1000
Bronstein vs Botvinnik: The Rivalry
Explore one of the Greatest Rivalries in the History of Chess
6 Jun 2023
CM
Kingscrusher-YouTube
AlphaZero SHATTERS Chess Norms: EPIC Pawn Installations and amazing Piece sac
An amazing pawn formation is installed in this game which is worth an entire piece sacrifice
19 Jan 2026
WGM
jovanaeric
How to Say No with Prophylaxis
You are sitting at the board, clenched like a statue, working on the fantastic variation that will t…
18 Dec 2025
TotalNoob69
How to blog on Lichess
... learn by expressing
27 Dec 2025
FM
felew699
A Modern Classification of Chess Positions
A perspective on chess as a whole and a modern way of classifying positions for the ease of interpre…
5 Feb 2026
MyChessPosters
The Best White Opening at YOUR ELO: A 71-Million Game Analysis
What if the opening that crushes at 800 ELO becomes a liability at 1600?
25 Mar 2026
FM
Reynold9402
Everyone's favorite: A modern Kortchnoi seeking to change his history
The series continues to properly introduce each of the candidates.
18 Sept 2021
CM
Kingscrusher-YouTube
The irreversible decisions of the chess board - pawns cannot go backwards!
Think very careful when moving pawns forward as you cannot reverse those moves!
27 Jul 2025
NDpatzer
Science of Chess: Proving yourself wrong
The best players know it's not enough to be right, it's also working hard to find out when you're wr…
3 Jan 2026
flash3s
How you can stop sucking at KOTH
A comprehensive guide on improving your KOTH game
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