FM amazingatlasCapablanca Was Up a Queen and the Game Lasted 31 More Moves
Winning your opponent's queen is not the same as winning the game. This king hunt shows what to do w…
IM datajunkieThe best non-chess book I’ve read for chess improvement
The Will to Keep Winning by Daigo Umehara
Mike-SheaGoing for it
My previous two games in this tournament demonstrated a bit of hesitation and fear. Can I overcome t…
FM amazingatlasChoose Your Endgame: The Master Habit That Wins From Move 19
Capablanca does not accept the endgame he is handed, he steers into a bishop-versus-knight ending an…
OnTheQueensideMay 2026 Women's Rankings: Trouble at the top?
New No. 1 soon?
PrefabShangrilaAdding Call of Duty-inspired Gamification to Lichess
Two years in an alternate reality where ELO no longer mattered
Pastanoob11My Road to 2000; Part VIII
This is Part VIII of my Road to 2000 Series, where I try to reach 2000 ELO before the year ends in b…
FM amazingatlasThe Two Endgame Plans: How Capablanca Wins With Just One Idea
Two queen sacrifices, one romantic and one purely positional, and a single endgame idea that ties th…
Mike-SheaPlaying scared
It's been a while. Things got busy, and since my job involves a lot of writing these days, it's been…
NM ZugAddictWith all due respect, there's got to be a better way to view games on lichess
Behold my inept attempt to make something useful
Fire-workI made a program to find craziest sacrifices in a row. Here is what it found
"Aren't those 2 bishops our last hope? Surely not, we can sacrifice them to create a perfect checkma…
FM MattyDPerrineYour Opponent Gives You a Gift Every Move (Most Players Never Open It)
Most players ask what their opponent is threatening. The better question is what their move stopped …
FM amazingatlasThe Move That Converted Reti: How Capablanca's Bishop Beat the Knight
Capablanca Best Chess Endings Series, FM Nicholas Van Der Nat, ChessExcellence.
RuyLopez1000History of the Knight: Increase Your Horsepower
An Exploration.
FM BuendiaChess8/9 by Firouzja in the Blitz!!!!
In the Rapid section Firouzja and Pragg ended in the first position but in the first day of blitz al…
FM amazingatlasHis Finest Endgame: How Capablanca Beat Nimzowitsch on Two Wings
Capablanca Best Chess Endings Series, FM Nicholas Van Der Nat, ChessExcellence.
lucaistschlechtLessons Learned - Part 5
Lessons Learned is my series to force myself to reflect on my mistakes. I expose the blunders from m…
FM amazingatlasThe Space Advantage: How Capablanca Squeezed a Team of Masters
Capablanca Best Chess Endings Series, FM Nicholas Van Der Nat, ChessExcellence.
Ethanhu06The puzzle that stockfish was stopped by.
3200 elo can't solve. Can you? Checkmate in 5 moves.
Chess_NoveltiesNovelty of the Week – TWIC 1651
In this blog post, we take a closer look at an interesting novelty featured on chessnovelties.com, w…
ZugzwangedAgainSacrificial Insistence
A beautiful duel between queens
Chess_PoemsThree-Check World Championship: A Phoenix Rises From the Ashes!
Past Champion "VariantsOnly" Is Back with A Vengeance!
MradsomerEndgame Bootcamp 13
Three Rook Endings
FM amazingatlas