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A Bold Bishop Sacrifice in Blitz

Black delays castling, launches a kingside pawn storm, and sacrifices their bishop in a position tha…Fabiano Caruana and Hikaru NakamuraNM Chess-Network

Caruana vs Nakamura — Round 1 of FIDE Candidates 2026

83 moves and nearly 6 hoursIM nikhildixit

Slow Growth in Chess: The Truth Most People Don’t Want to Hear

Slow GrowthFM amazingatlas

Game 14: Tarrasch vs Mieses, Berlin 1916: Queen and Rook Checkmate

Logical Chess Move by Move Series | FM Nicholas Van Der Nat | ChessExcellenceFM Zig_Zag_Zug_Zwang

The Best Exercise for Improving Positional Understanding

Throughout my life, I’ve attended numerous chess camps worldwide, learning from some of the best coa…The_Knightmare_Bro

In 2019 Magnus Carlsen played a masterpiece.

Carlsen vs Rapport, 2019NM VoicelessFeather

Weaknesses

All squares are equal, but some are more equal than othersFM CheckRaiseMate

The Value of Surprise

Going against the grain can be a great strategy or a disastrous mistakeIM HelloItsDmitri

The Stories of Openings - The Bogo-Indian

In this post we will learn the story of the Bogo-Indian Defense, not in a historical sense, but rath…Which way to go?TotalNoob69

Analyzing a single position

... by a noobAdamPoster

The Art of Taking Advantage of Inactive Pieces

This blog is about one of the most beautiful games that follows the concepts of restriction!Foundations of Chess StrategyCM Kingscrusher-YouTube

Emanuel Lasker's most brilliant early career game

Double Bishop Sacrifice Brilliancy vs BauerCM the_trainer_miroslav

“A Positional Misjudgment: Keymer–Sindarov”

A game that caught my attention because of how quickly a seemingly comfortable position turned into …FM felew699

Against Stockfish: Game #11: I did it!

Super Eval - Correspondence Game #04GM rhungaski

Scheveningen vs Boleslavsky

Durante años encontré refugio en el Ataque Grand Prix, pero con el tiempo llegó el momento de enfren…Ayanokoji_Kiyotaka55

The Sindarov Pack: Thinking Like a World Championship Challenger

Hi everyone, I’m Ayanokoji! Since 2024, Javokhir Sindarov has been my absolute favorite chess player…oortcloud_o

Equal material but is it equal?

analyzing equal material positions in 3+0 gamesNM MrPushwood

"Make all the mistakes you can!"

You hear a lot of teachers (and not just in chess) advocating the early overcoming and removal of "b…RuyLopez1000

Instructive Attack: A Sliced King

How to punish your opponent for not castling.kringleman5566

My Worst Defeat and Victory in a While

I analysis two games where I performed suboptimally, fixing my mistakes.FM amazingatlas

Knight & Bishop vs. Rook: How to Win a "Won" Game

Game 2 of my Capablanca Best Chess Endings series. A young Capablanca shows how to convert two minor…What you shouldn't do as a beginnerFM mizant83

What you shouldn't do as a chess beginner

The worst habits of a beginner level playerSmile_maker

Caruana's Mastery of the Carlsbad Pawn Structure at Tata Steel 2025

Carlsbad Pawn Structures: Strategies for Black The Carlsbad pawn structure, , arises from the Queen’…GM Craze

A Lazy Counter To The Grunfeld

See how to stop Black employing his usual Grunfeld plans with an annoying check