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1 Mar 2026
IM
Lizard1
Chasing the King Across the Board in King's Indian
This classical King’s Indian attack is so powerful that White’s king is driven from g1 to c3, and co…
10 Mar 2025
ebk1976
Where did the Word "Chess" Come From?
And the origin of well known chess ideas terms.
25 Nov 2024
NDpatzer
Science of Chess: Subliminal Chess in the Expert Mind?
Visual priming reveals how experts assess positions without awareness
30 Sept 2021
AndersLundback
What's chess intuition and how can I train mine?
“My intuition tends to behave like a child who gives an answer and immediately wants to know if it i…
3 Feb 2026
IM
Lizard1
The Most Disgusting Move I’ve Ever Seen in Chess
The move you're about to witness walks a pawn onto a “defended” square, leaves the queen hanging, an…
17 Dec 2025
IM
CSB7
My BOOK on the CATALAN has been PUBLISHED!
It has been a long time since my last blog post, so I thought the best way to return would be to ann…
25 Dec 2024
Mcie
Back rank Tactics you didn't see coming!
The back rank is never truly safe.
7 Jun 2025
FM
ChessisEternal
Time Trouble: The Hidden Devil of Chess
You can recover from a bad position, but not from an empty clock.
23 Jul 2022
TheOnoZone
Adult Beginner's Guide To... Calculation, Tactics, Puzzles & Pattern Recognition
When I first started studying chess, I was completely overwhelmed. In particular, I struggled to und…
16 Apr 2026
DiscoChessApp
Woodpecker method training: 431,000 Puzzles, 60,000 Rated Games, and +35 Elo
The woodpecker method, solving the same set of tactical puzzles across repeated cycles to build auto…
6 Jun 2023
CM
Kingscrusher-YouTube
AlphaZero SHATTERS Chess Norms: EPIC Pawn Installations and amazing Piece sac
An amazing pawn formation is installed in this game which is worth an entire piece sacrifice
6 Apr 2026
IM
Lizard1
My Most Beautiful Checkmate Ever
What started as a strange King’s Pawn setup ended with one of the most beautiful checkmates I’ve eve…
25 Mar 2026
FM
Reynold9402
Everyone's favorite: A modern Kortchnoi seeking to change his history
The series continues to properly introduce each of the candidates.
18 Sept 2021
CM
Kingscrusher-YouTube
The irreversible decisions of the chess board - pawns cannot go backwards!
Think very careful when moving pawns forward as you cannot reverse those moves!
7 May 2025
WFM
fla2021
The First Edition of the "Make Them Cry" Tournament
The First Edition of the "Make Them Cry" Tournament : The Best Moves, Missed Tactics, Clever Maneuve…
27 Jul 2025
NDpatzer
Science of Chess: Proving yourself wrong
The best players know it's not enough to be right, it's also working hard to find out when you're wr…
27 Dec 2025
dirkster99
Making a Discovery in Chess
Discovered Check puzzle theme, related patterns, and the lichess.org puzzle pipeline
3 Jan 2026
flash3s
How you can stop sucking at KOTH
A comprehensive guide on improving your KOTH game
15 Jan 2022
CM
Kingscrusher-YouTube
How threats can improve own position and damage the opponent's position
Nearly every move a threat! - Porges vs Lasker - 1896
27 Jun 2022
Ledger4545
Ledger 145 | The Ledger Returns
The Lichess4545 Ledger returns with a special extended edition!
26 Nov 2025
IM
trainingaccount996
Biggest Blunders of the World Cup 2025 (Classical)
The FIDE World Cup 2025 gave us a lot of excellent chess - strategic battles, sharp tactics, and ple…
15 Oct 2025
IM
Neimar24
Dynamic Play on Display: Lessons from the U.S. Championship
A Deep Dive into the Round 1 Clash: Caruana vs. Oparin
22 Sept 2026
IM
ArtdW_01
Five 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…
3 May 2025
TotalNoob69
A nice trick in the Zukertort or Hungarian openings (bonus in the Benko Gambit)
It's almost completely unknown and unintuitive and very likely to happen on the board especially at …
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