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Sep 17, 2026
sgis
Chess Olympiad 2026: round 2 in numbers
The draws arrive. A 73-minute think, a six-move checkmate, a 1719 beating a 2266, and a 126-move end…
Sep 17, 2026
FM
BuendiaChess
Olympiad Round 2 Recap: Sacrifices, Scares and Early Warning Signs
Round 2 of the Chess Olympiad already gave us much more to talk about than the opening day. The rati…
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IM
trainingaccount996
Olympiad 2026 - Round 1: Test Your Chess
The Olympiad is here, and there is already plenty of interesting chess to dig into.
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Do You Understand Antichess?
Understanding something at its core is simply knowing its meaning, but from there it expands in a ne…
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NM
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2026 Chess Olympiad Samarkand - Round 1 | Canada - Palau, Canada - Kosovo
I'm analyzing & posting two games from each round of the 2026 Chess Olympiad in Samarkand, Uzbekista…
Sep 17, 2026
FM
amazingatlas
The Rule of Three: The Candidate Move Capablanca Never Calculated
The fourth game in Capablanca's Chess Fundamentals is a loss he handed himself, and it teaches the o…
Sep 16, 2026
sgis
Chess Olympiad 2026: round 1 in numbers
I ran every finished game of the Olympiad's first round through a stats script: a 51-minute think, a…
Sep 16, 2026
GM
ChessMindAI
Chess Olympiad Round #1: Game of the Day
Checkout how IM Prin Laohawirapap defeats Super GM Arjun Erigaisi
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FM
BuendiaChess
Olympiad Round 1 Recap: Erigaisi Falls & Many Draws
The 2026 Chess Olympiad is underway, and the first round followed the usual pattern of the event: th…
Sep 16, 2026
Mysterious_Past
Reaching 2000 in Racing Kings: the Guide!
This is me passing on my gathered knowledge to you all...wanna use it?
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FM
dus01
Svetozar Gligorić: Life & Legacy
A young boy from Belgrade, who lost both his parents before his 18th birthday, fought against the Na…
Sep 16, 2026
WFM
fla2021
F1,Legends & Prodigies Tournament, Toto's Chess Club, and the Cramling Family!
Madrid's Best Chess Week Ever:Last week Madrid had it all: the Legends & Prodigies tournament, Formu…
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The_Knightmare_Bro
The Power of The Bishop Pair
Englisch vs Steinitz, 1883.
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GetDiscombobulated
How To Always Attack the Italian Opening
Full Repertoire of Totally Sound, Sharp Attacking Lines that Super-GM's have lost to!!
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2026 Women's Olympiad Preview
Uzbekistan’s big stage.
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Lichess
2026 Samarkand Olympiad: Preview
The 2026 Samarkand Olympiad promises to be a very exciting and memorable chess Olympiad.
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ZugzwangedAgain
Rescuing a draw from the jaws of defeat
Cherchez le pat!
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FM
amazingatlas
The Uncastled King: Why Capablanca Lost by Staying in the Centre
The third game in Capablanca's Chess Fundamentals is a loss, and it turns on the most basic rule in …
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IM
Neimar24
Surprising Your Opponents with the Kupreichik Sicilian
In this post we are going to talk about one interesting variation of the Sicilian Defense.
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Chess Improvement is a Spinning Top geometrically speaking...
A study of 1 Billion Games on Lichess and FICS.
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DimBro's Game of the Month: I Got Crushed in 15 Moves at the NJ Open
I recently played in the famous USCF annual tournament New Jersey Open, playing in the Under 1400 se…
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Time to draw conclusions
A post about chess games... I think...
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Mistakes Galore
We all know that mistakes are flock creatures, but it's still fascinating to watch an unlucky streak…
Sep 14, 2026
FM
amazingatlas
Structured Calculation: The Quiet Move Capablanca Missed
The second game in Capablanca's Chess Fundamentals is another loss, and it teaches the one habit eve…
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