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2 Feb 2026
wdj
Introducing CGA: A Chess Game Analyzer
CGA is a Python-based module for chess study
17 Apr 2025
Mcie
X-Ray Defence: Hidden Resource, Sudden Lifeline
X-rays that save your position from surprising angles
25 Jul 2026
flash3s
How you should create and execute your middlegame plans
The process of selecting and achieving your post-opening ideas
12 Jan 2025
ebk1976
The Blunder Streak
How you tilt, lose control, and squander your rating
16 Feb 2026
IM
Lizard1
A Very Strange Queen Sacrifice
This game is a perfect example of how material advantage means nothing when your pieces can’t move.
16 Oct 2023
GM
NoelStuder
Unlocking Chess Success: Knowledge Meets Skill
Knowing is not doing. I know meditation helps me. Yet I’m not meditating every day. I know playing b…
15 Feb 2025
Mcie
Pinned Pieces Don’t Defend—Creative play to exploit them!
Exploiting the Pin to Win
20 Jul 2023
GM
Avetik_ChessMood
Grandmaster Guide to learn and improve chess tactics
99.9% of players choose the wrong approach and fail when it comes to learning and improving chess ta…
21 Nov 2024
TheOnoZone
What's the Point of Puzzles?
“Chess is 99% tactics,” is one of the most misleading chess quotes.
7 Dec 2021
CM
Kingscrusher-YouTube
One of the worst blunders in World Chess Championship History
Game 9 - "The blunders are all there waiting to be made" - Saveilly Tartakower
20 Nov 2023
GM
NoelStuder
Chess Enjoyment vs. Training: Striking the Right Balance
We all want to have some fun. But I guess you also want to improve your game.
19 Nov 2022
IM
mostrovski
Crossroads drama
On Erigaisi, tactical patterns, and Eric Clapton
12 Jul 2024
jk_182
Using Stockfish to automatically find Tactics Puzzles
Can an engine find a tactical puzzle by itself?
10 Jan 2024
CM
Kingscrusher-YouTube
An appreciation of Aron Nimzowitsch - one of the greatest Hypermodernists
One of the great Hypermodernists who really influenced the evolution of chess style and openings wit…
2 Mar 2025
CyberShredder
How to improve at Chess960 ?
How many books should you read?
18 Jul 2025
WFM
fla2021
How to Punish the Latvian Gambit as White
Latvian Gambit... with White!
6 Oct 2025
AmaanAnooj
What to do in the Middle Game
This is a guide on what to do in the middle game if you are stuck
25 Aug 2025
IM
MatBobula
Calculate like Fischer!
In this post, we’ll look at one of the most important chess skills: calculation. To keep it simple, …
5 Mar 2024
NDpatzer
Science of Chess - Spatial Cognition and Calculation
How do spatial reasoning abilities impact chess performance? What is spatial cognition anyways?
10 Dec 2021
CM
Kingscrusher-YouTube
One of the most unexpected blunders in World Chess Championship history
World Championship 2021 Game 11
14 Mar 2024
NDpatzer
Science of Chess - Problem Solving or Pattern Recognition?
We often say chess is a game of patterns, but here I look at a study that suggests it is also a game…
15 Aug 2026
CM
ChessFlow_orgCEO
How to Improve at Tactics
Learn the right approach to Tactics Training
18 Jan 2026
IM
CSB7
I missed a win against Carlsen!
Can you spot it?
24 Dec 2021
somethingpretentious
Pecking Wood
A Patzer's Progress
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