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29 Dec 2025
GM
ChessMindAI
How to Evaluate Positions, Part #1
Learn how GMs evaluate positions quickly and accurately
14 Sept 2025
CM
akiba182
Wearing your chess seat belt : An important safety measure to prevent blunders!
In chess, the secret weapon isn't just your next move...it's the move your opponent wishes you never…
6 Nov 2023
GM
NoelStuder
Why Making Mistakes is Your Secret Weapon
I love making mistakes. Yes, you read that correctly. I have come to realize that making mistakes is…
25 Dec 2023
GM
NoelStuder
Opening Courses: Are They Worth Buying ?
Opening courses are everywhere. The prospect of playing the same line as a Top Player is just too te…
28 Jan 2026
RuyLopez1000
One of The Greatest Games Ever Played
Yuri S. Gusev vs E. Auerbach 1946
9 Apr 2024
NM
RyanVelez
Practical Openings Approach
This post is for people who need to learn openings, but struggle.
3 Aug 2023
GM
NoelStuder
Studying Games Of Chess World Champions
While footballers watch videos of Messi & Ronaldo, Chess players can replay games of World Champions…
8 Mar 2026
IM
Levi_1604
Rethinking the Tartakower Caro-Kann: Manual Castling
The Tartakower Variation is one of the modern mainlines of the Caro-Kann Defense, leading to rich an…
7 Jun 2026
GetDiscombobulated
Interesting Patterns : Breaking the Bg4 Pin
In this Blog I'd like to explore examples of breaking the Bg4 Pin
6 Jun 2026
RuyLopez1000
Fischer vs Karpov: The Match That Never Was
Explore one of the Greatest Potential Rivalries in the History of Chess
25 Oct 2023
FM
CheckRaiseMate
How To Deal With Tilt
Tilt takes many forms. How do you make sure it doesn't ruin your day?
9 Nov 2023
GM
NoelStuder
Chess Improvement: Key to a Better Life
For most people, chess is a fun and great hobby. If done right, it can be so much more than that.
28 Jul 2026
WFM
szefru
Your Opponent Made an Opening Mistake. Now What?
How to punish inaccurate opening play
18 Dec 2021
NM
visualdennis
How does the knight move?
Visual guide to the power of knights ️
11 May 2023
GM
NoelStuder
Grandmaster Draws Explained
The term Grandmaster Draw most likely brings a sad image to your mind. Two lazy Grandmasters are lea…
10 Jul 2023
GM
NoelStuder
Why I Always Try To Be A Beginner
Meeting friends from school (or old chess) days is always an interesting experience.
19 Jan 2023
NM
Chess-Network
Anish Giri’s stylish 27-move win in the Ragozin
3 minors make a major impact
16 Oct 2024
FM
Zig_Zag_Zug_Zwang
The 7-Step Thought Process
To preface this post I’d like to mention it goes hand-in-hand with my new study on The Ultimate Ches…
7 Oct 2024
jk_182
Finding Threats and Piece Manoeuvres with Engines
How helpful are the mainlines of Stockfish to explain the ideas behind moves?
5 Dec 2023
FM
mizant83
Play the Bogo-indian defense (structural approach)
Taken from an online live chess lesson
27 Feb 2025
NM
Chess-Network
Shankland's AlphaZero Attack in the London System
Long-term static advantage
11 Apr 2025
WFM
fla2021
Bored with Black? Learn the O'Kelly Sicilian in Just One Day!
The O'Kelly Sicilian
5 Feb 2024
FM
CheckRaiseMate
Why You Should Be A Control Freak
Understanding the underrated concept of control in chess
1 Apr 2024
FM
CheckRaiseMate
Priyomes
The most important chess concept you've never heard of
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