CaseyReeseOn the Center and Development
Old-School Instruction by Aron Nimzowitsch
NM VoicelessFeatherSqueezing Water from a Stone
How to build up towards an impossible result
CM Barath2000Improve your Piece
This position comes from the game Keymer, V (2696) vs Magnus Carlsen (2859) Wijk aan Zee, 2023 Befor…
NDpatzerScience of Chess: Thanks for a great 2025!
Just a brief post to say thanks to my readers and send best wishes for what 2026 may bring.
CM Gadhavi_VeerbhadraFinding The Right Place For Your Pieces
Have you ever seen a complicated puzzle from a grandmaster game, and thought-- He was lucky to have …
somerapidplayerBeating Berserkers: How I Finished 37th in the 2025 Winter Marathon
Who needs sleep when you can survive 24 hours of blitz?
GM ChessMindAIHow to Evaluate Positions, Part #1
Learn how GMs evaluate positions quickly and accurately
JustAnotherLine44Quality of Development.
Openings in chess are a dynamic, continually changing point players focus on for improvement and var…
pakhan873Как не ВЛЯПАТЬСЯ в пат
Кажется, что пат — ошибка новичков, которая с нами, опытными любителями, уже не случится. Мы все зна…
FM felew699A Modern Classification of Chess Positions
A perspective on chess as a whole and a modern way of classifying positions for the ease of interpre…
GM Puli1234Taking Advantage of a King in the Center
The Grandmaster's Way to Exploit an Opponent’s King in the Center.
IM Neimar24Building a Repertoire with the White Pieces: Practical Guidelines for Long-Term
In this article, we will break down the key principles behind building a reliable White repertoire: …
panic-pawnSiegbert Tarrasch "Das Schachspiel"
alle kommentierten Übungen in 12 lichess-Studien
IM NikolaN98Top 5 Mistakes You Should Avoid in Your Games
Improvement in chess doesn’t always come from learning more openings or memorizing longer lines, it …
MarloncTHINK blog Volume 2 Chapter 18
Nearly there...
RuyLopez1000The King Walk
Master the Art of the King Walk
A1399Mk-aliyariThe night Najdorf turned its back on Najdorf
Fischer and Najdrof's fight at the Varna Olympiad (1962) and the Santa Monica tournament (1966).
evilmathcatDid Hikaru Cheat?
A lot has been said about Kramnik's cheating accusations in regards to Hikaru's performance. In the …
WGM jovanaericThe Center Is Not Where Power Lies
Controlling the center often paints a target.
GM ChessMindAIShould You Trade Queens? Part 1
Trading queens is one of the most transcendental decisions you need to make in a game. In this post,…
TotalNoob69How to blog on Lichess
... learn by expressing
flash3sWhy you probably suck at King of the Hill
The one essential thing that will make you better at KOTH
RuyLopez1000How Meditation Can Help Your Chess
It teaches the Ego a lesson.
JustAnotherLine44