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2 Mar 2026
NDpatzer
Science of Chess: Seeing moves with momentum over the board
Prediction is fundamental to how we see, and for strong players it's also part of what they see OTB.
30 Aug 2026
IM
Lizard1
Nakamura–Duda: An Immortal Game
This game started as an innocent Petrov, but one extraordinary move queen sacrifice turned Nakamura'…
25 May 2023
GM
NoelStuder
How To Win A Winning Position In Chess
We all know that feeling of fucking up a winning position. It truly hurts and it seems to be a never…
30 Oct 2025
TimeToPlayAtomic
A few patterns in atomic
I think everyone know it, but it can be difficult to recognize it.
28 May 2025
paunchypawn
The brilliancy that will make you want to play the Smith–Morra
Would have hooked me up too, but I'd been playing it already
27 Jun 2026
heroku
How Queens Die: Analysing a 6 Million Puzzle Database
A Data Mining Adventure into the world of Lichess Puzzle Database
11 Dec 2025
JudeBaeTorrens
Atomic Openings Every Player Should Know About
(personal opinion and not guaranteed that you will hit 2300 either)
25 Apr 2025
CM
Kingscrusher-YouTube
The Complete Guide to Chess Opening Principles -"King Safety Driven Development"
An unexpected perspective on the classic golden chess opening principles
4 Mar 2023
firebatprime
fbp's Guide to Antichess
-Antichess guide-
24 Nov 2025
IM
itore
My search algorithms move
My search algorithms move
18 Jan 2025
Mcie
Hidden Tactics and Pattern Recognition
Don't neglect those empty squares!
29 Jan 2026
NDpatzer
Science of Chess: Networks for expertise in the chess player's brain
Chess can be an important way of investigating how learning and expertise are manifest in the nervou…
2 Apr 2022
FM
CheckRaiseMate
Stop Cheating on Your Training
Common habits that drain the value from your study time and how to avoid them
4 Sept 2024
NDpatzer
Science of Chess: Gestalt Processing in Experts' Brains
Playing chess requires a network of distinct brain areas across the cortex, but what do these areas …
12 May 2025
FM
CheckRaiseMate
CREAM
Captures Rule Everything Around Me
1 Nov 2023
CM
HGabor
Don’t drop your ideas like hot potatoes
This is just a quick post is about one of the most common mistakes chessplayers make when calculatin…
18 May 2023
GM
NoelStuder
How To Become A Grandmaster In Chess
Since I started playing Chess, it was my dream to become a Chess Grandmaster. This title has wide re…
8 Jun 2025
CkickyCheck
"Define tactical mess"
A perfect game of chess always ends in a draw... right?
25 Mar 2024
CM
Kingscrusher-YouTube
Supercharge Your Chess Tactics by Punishing Mistakes
Mistakes are what makes chess fun especially at lower levels. We need to be really good at punishing…
29 Jul 2024
FM
WelshWhiteSinge
A Queens Gambit Trick
Pattern recognition is key to improvement so remember to look out for this trick if the right condit…
2 Feb 2026
GM
DrAgnevstein
Fantastic Positional Queen Sacrifices - Part 2
Continuing the exploration of positional queen sacrifices.
20 Mar 2024
learningchess6
Ultrabullet Tricks
Bxf7 is a good trick
16 Dec 2025
ReyEnigma
7️⃣TRUQUITOS de mi ESCANDINAVA ENIGMÁTICA
Mi nueva defensa con negras
27 Apr 2024
NDpatzer
Science of Chess - Achtung! Einstellung!
Pattern recognition is great, but the Einstellung effect can turn a master into a patzer (sort of).
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