A8086555Which one is better for us, esports games or chess games?
The old games and the exciting games
IM Neimar24The Most Common Blunder: My Observation
In this post we are going to discuss my observation on the most common type of blunders that occur i…
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…
CkickyCheckI'll never recover from this
1.g4
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,…
Ledger4545Lichess4545 Season 50 Registrations Open! Warning: Legends Will be Watching
We celebrate 50 seasons of Lichess4545 in style.
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 MatBobulaThe 3 Levels of Calculation (Which One Are You?)
Today I want to talk about one of the most important skills in chess: calculation and how deeply it'…
FM HurburtCan you survive the Shank Attack?
A post about Sam Shankland
leeaudrey0003Engine Hates It, Humans Fear It
Engine Hates It, Humans Fear It
MEGALODON777hsProduction mishaps fail to overshadow a fun GCL Day 1
A recap of day 1 of the 2026 Global Chess League
TheCommandalorianRoad to NM -- Week 8: My Highest Rated Classical Win
Welcome back to week 8 on the Road to NM series where I account my progress on the road towards the …
StockfishNewsStockfish 19 is here!
Stronger, smaller, and easier to run, thanks to an upgraded network architecture, universal binaries…
danthedestroyer317Fischer vs Spassky III: The Controversial Re-Match
After the 1975 World Championship match against Anatoly Karpov failed to materialize, Bobby Fischer …
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…
LichessLichess Game of the Month: July '26
A pawn race ends in a classic promotion tactic
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 …
IM Neimar24What is a Critical Position?
In this blog we are going to try to define critical positions.
Core-Chess-StudySeptember 2026 Game Of the Month (by the CCS)
White attacked aggressively, then executed a brilliant checkmate and won.
RealraptorA flawed analysis of the FIDE classical rating deflation problem.
Peir4r has written a frustrating analysis of rating deflation
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 amazingatlas