FM amazingatlasThe Square in Front: How to Play Against an Isolated Pawn
An isolated pawn's real cost is the square in front of it, which no pawn can ever guard again. Capab…
IM datajunkieWhy you should play interesting moves
The compass that helps me make decisions in my games
FM MattyDPerrineYou're Down a Pawn. Now Trade Pieces.
The title of the article isn’t a typo.
FM amazingatlasMaterial Is a Resource, Not a Plan: Two Questions When Ahead
This game teaches from both sides. Capablanca goes wrong first and hands Mieses the exchange. Then M…
FM amazingatlasTake the Outpost: How Capablanca Won by Owning One Square
Capablanca's first win in his own book. No combination, no crisis. He plays a modest setup, waits fo…
FM amazingatlasWhoever Attacks Wins: How Opposite-Coloured Bishops Beat Capablanca
The last loss Capablanca ever published. A pawn up with a great knight on d5, he was crushed anyway,…
AdamPosterThe Art of Taking Advantage of Inactive Pieces
This blog is about one of the most beautiful games that follows the concepts of restriction!
IM Lizard1Destroy the King’s Indian With This Aggressive Setup
King’s Indian players are used to playing ...e5, ...f5 and attacking White’s king, but this aggressi…
WFM szefruBoard Vision First, Strategy Later
What Should You Actually Think About During a Chess Game?
FM amazingatlasThe Crippled Majority: How Lasker Beat Capablanca on Structure
One of the most famous strategic games ever played. At St. Petersburg 1914, Emanuel Lasker needed a …
Realraptor"Most Thought Provoking Book" - "Best Play" by Alexander Shashin
Book proposes tools to mathematically analyse move priorities.
FM Zig_Zag_Zug_ZwangGood Piece, Bad Piece
Hi! My name is Vidar Grahn. I'm a 20-year-old FIDE Master from Sweden, and as part of my journey to …
FM amazingatlasThe Uncastled King: How a Young Capablanca Lost by Not Castling
The third game in Capablanca's Chess Fundamentals is another loss, and it turns on the most basic ru…
WFM fla2021The Reti Rifle: Loading My Queen Behind the Bishop
Loading my queen behind the bishop to hit the center, Reti Rifle style, on and off the board.
CM 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 asvynRoad to 2700 rapid (part 1)
In this article I will be analyzing some of my rapid games on my road to 2700 lichess.org rapid.
FM amazingatlasPosition First, Material Next: How Capablanca Won a Pawn Down vs Two Masters
A consultation game: Capablanca alone against two strong masters. He lets them win a pawn, centraliz…
FM amazingatlasHunt the Naked King: How Capablanca Beat Lasker With a Single Quiet Move
The last decisive game these two giants ever played. In a dead-level queen ending, Capablanca hunts …
FM Zig_Zag_Zug_ZwangI Analyzed 100+ Games In The Benoni... 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 …
CM ChessFlow_orgCEOIs Chess Coaching Worth It?
My answer may come as a surprise
CPBchessEstructuras de Peones: El Peón Pasado (Parte 4) Alekhine vs Capablanca
La histórica partida decisiva cuya posición final, con las piezas, tablero y planillas originales se…
FM amazingatlasThe Minority Attack in Disguise: How Capablanca Won With Fewer Pawns
Everyone learns the minority attack as White, on the queenside, in a Queen's Gambit middlegame. Capa…
IM datajunkieWhere my 60 minutes actually went
And what it told me about my own chess
FM amazingatlas