WFM szefruThe Right Way to Train Your Tactics
Why Solving Puzzles Isn't Helping You Improve
IM Lizard1Magnus Pushes the H-Pawn And Destroys a GM
Magnus spends the opening pushing his h-pawn instead of developing his pieces, and somehow that same…
LichessLichess Meetup: Prague
Sunday, September 20th, 2026
ElementalMaster1The Art of the Exchange Sacrifice
A crazy game during a recent tournament of mine
CM loristavernierWin as Black with a Solid and Aggressive Opening Repertoire.
This course was supposed to be uploaded on a chess opening course online - but decided to no longer …
pawngridEinstein’s Foreword to Lasker’s Biography
An AI Translation of the Original German
paunchypawnSo why analyse your own games?
But I thought we all wanted to improve?
FM amazingatlasThe Transformation Doctrine: How Capablanca Won Without Capturing the Weakness
Capablanca attacked Rubinstein's isolated pawn all game, then gave up that attack on purpose to seiz…
danthedestroyer317Fischer vs Spassky I: Before the Match
Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky played each other five times before their 1972 World Championship ma…
CM jeigoth5The Fastest Way to Improve in Chess
What's the fastest way to improve in chess? Most players think the answer is studying more. I disagr…
FM amazingatlasThe Endgame Capablanca Had to Win Twice: Steiner vs Capablanca, 1928
Capablanca reached a won ending, let the cleanest win slip with a natural move, and then had to win …
NM ChessDoofus3...Bc5 or 3...Nf6: How Should Black Respond to the Italian Game?
For most 1...e5 players, the choice against the Italian comes down to 3...Bc5 (the Giuoco Piano) and…
IM Lizard1My Favorite Way to Combat the King's Gambit
The King's Gambit can look intimidating to accept, but Black doesn't have to play passively, and so …
TheCommandalorianRoad to NM: Week 4 — Building a Bridge to 1600 Quick Rated
Welcome back to week 4 on the Road to NM series!
RuyLopez1000The 1948 World Championship
The Match Tournament.
CM jeigoth5Practical Play vs Computer Play
The best engine move is not always the best practical decision. In this game, time pressure and the …
TheCaptain7777How I won my first ever OTB tournament
Dominating the U1000 SectionFM amazingatlasTwo Plans and a King: How Capablanca's King Won the Endgame
Capablanca marched his king into the centre the moment the queens came off, ran both endgame plans a…
LichessLichess Game of the Month: June '26
A queen sacrifice — with check!
DimBroThe Cons of Blitz Chess - A More Critical Examination
Most people who play chess - online or over the board - play a lot of blitz chess. Sure, it's extrem…
FM amazingatlasWhen the Knight Beats the Bishop: Capablanca vs Alekhine, 1927
The mirror of the last game. Alekhine holds the long bishop, but with the pawns all on one wing, an …
TotalNoob69The xQc variation in the Van't Kruijs
... seems amateurish, but it is valid
FM amazingatlasThe Weak King Decides: How Capablanca Zugzwanged Nimzowitsch
Capablanca beat the great theoretician of prophylaxis and zugzwang with his own weapon, aiming every…
ZugzwangedAgain