Kampfschach_OfficialThe Man Who Beat the Champion at 23: Charousek’s Games, Remastered
Converting a 1919 book into playable Lichess studies
FM amazingatlasRook Versus Two Pieces: How Carlsen Rescued a Lost Endgame
Anand sacrificed the exchange and had Carlsen lost on the board and down to his last seconds. Carlse…
FM amazingatlasThe Long-Range Pair: How Capablanca Won a Pawn Down
Capablanca dropped a pawn on purpose. To let a long range bishop and rooks on the seventh outclass a…
FM Zig_Zag_Zug_ZwangI Analyzed 100+ Games In The Italian... This Is What I Learnt:
Hi! My name is Vidar Grahn. I'm a 20-year-old FIDE Master from Sweden, and as part of my journey to …
RootedChessSteinitz's Principles: Harmony and Coordination
"Chess is a game of imagination " - David Bronstein
The_Knightmare_BroThe Power of Opposite Colored Bishops
Hort vs Fischer, 1970.
ElementalMaster1Converting a Static Advantage
My attempt at covering how one is supposed to convert a static advantage
FM MaoTaoA Bad Bishop Is a Fact. A Bad Position Is an Evaluation.
Two games, four months apart, taught me why a bad bishop does not necessarily mean a bad position.
TheCommandalorianRoad to NM -- Week 11: Playing a Viewer OTB?!?!
Welcome back to week 11 on the Road to NM series where I account my progress on the road towards the…
FM amazingatlasThe Power of the Longest Diagonal: A Bishop That Attacks and Defends
A fianchettoed bishop doing two jobs at once. Protecting its own king and raking the length of the b…
IM datajunkieThe 4 types of chess improvers
And the missing piece that keeps each one stuck
FM amazingatlasThree to Attack a King: When the King Joins the Attack
How many pieces do you need to mate a king? Against Chajes, Capablanca shows the answer is surprisin…
The_Knightmare_BroThe Power of a Good Knight
Fischer vs Bolbochan, 1962.
TotalNoob69A double missed mistake in the opening
... an examination of a game start
FM amazingatlasThe Castling Race: Push Pawns, Count Tempi, Win
Kings on opposite wings turn a game into a race. Capablanca shows how to win it: push your pawns, co…
IM justiniano565Patterns in 960 starting positions III
Bishops in opposite corners
Reso64Articulating the ideas behind the moves
My first league game this season turned out to be a relatively easy game where my opponent lost a mi…
FM amazingatlasDeveloped Is Not Active: Piece Activity vs Development
Both sides finish developing, but only one side's pieces actually do anything. Capablanca shows the …
RajjSinghhA Very Curious Discovery
Every now and again something interesting is bound to happen. In this case, it was opening an old bo…
FM amazingatlasThe Square in Front: How to Play Against an Isolated Pawn
The isolated pawn is not won by attacking it. It is won by owning the square in front of it, and Cap…
FM amazingatlasHow to convert like Capablanca !
Capablanca wins the exchange early and then shows the technique: when you are ahead, material is a r…
IM ArtdW_01Five positions you can play out in a practice game
This article looks at five interesting positions that I think are worth playing out in a practice ga…
yanezTension in chess: Olympiads through the years
We calculate the overall tension on the chessboard during chess Olympiads from 1927 to 2024
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