TheCommandalorianRoad to NM -- Week 14: 1600!!!
Welcome back to week 14 on the Road to NM series where I account my progress on the road towards the…
RajjSinghhChess Master vs Chess Amateur: A Closer Look
For a while I had been struggling with being a good player when my opponent plays poorly but struggl…
FM amazingatlasLet the Pawn Structure Pick the Plan
Capablanca beat Marshall eight to one in their 1909 match without studying openings. This game shows…
IM Lizard1The Time Mikhail Tal Got Destroyed
This is a spectacular attacking masterpiece in which Lev Polugaevsky unleashed 25 moves of home prep…
FDAIMANProblemas en la identificación de patrones
En algunas partidas existen varias posibilidades donde muchas ejercen el factor distractor sobre la …
IM datajunkieWhat most improvers are missing (a new GM explains)
Interview Part 2/2: how Rishi Sardana got from 1800 to IM, and advice for improvers
Onion_BabaChess Rules of Thumb: GM Elisabeth Pähtz
A set of practical guidelines for choosing plans in the middlegame and endgame, and for finding cand…
d4Nc3Bf4ROAD TO FM - Week 4: The sacrifice that repeated!
This week, I’ll be sharing a very beautiful combination that occured in a recent game.
Kampfschach_OfficialThe Man Who Beat the Champion at 23: Charousek’s Games, Remastered
Converting a 1919 book into playable Lichess studies
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…
TotalNoob69A double missed mistake in the opening
... an examination of a game start
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…
AdamPosterWhen Karpov Lost in 12 Moves
Even World Champions Lose Games This Fast!
IM Lizard1Naroditsky's Best Online Game Ever
Daniel Naroditsky sacrificed a knight to deliver one of the most absurd queen swings you'll ever see.
FM MattyDPerrineDon't Ask If Your Move Is Good. Ask If It Loses.
The habit behind blunder checking is learning to hunt for the reason your move loses instead of the …
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…
mAtteoYOsef07My Very First Composition!
This is my first ever chess composition ever! This is a mate in 7 puzzle. (there is something weird …
IM ArtdW_015 Moments from the Dutch Blitz Championship.
I won the Dutch Blitz Championship with a score of 8.5/11 in the Finale Pool. This article looks at …
sgisChess Olympiad 2026: round 4 in numbers
The USA take 3½ off Ukraine, Gukesh wins on board 4, a queen that travelled 108 squares, 32 minutes …
The_Knightmare_BroIn 2019 Magnus Carlsen played a masterpiece.
Carlsen vs Rapport, 2019
KellogzzDo You Understand Antichess?
Understanding something at its core is simply knowing its meaning, but from there it expands in a ne…
Mysterious_PastReaching 2000 in Racing Kings: the Guide!
This is me passing on my gathered knowledge to you all...wanna use it?
DimBroDimBro's Game of the Month: I Got Crushed in 15 Moves at the NJ Open
I recently played in the famous USCF annual tournament New Jersey Open, playing in the Under 1400 se…
The_Knightmare_Bro