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28 May 2026
Three Hanging Pieces. One Deadly Attack.
A quiet middlegame suddenly mutates into a surreal kingside attack where all of Black’s attacking pi…
24 May 2026
A King Walk Straight Into Checkmate
A GM marches the black king deep into enemy territory searching for safety, and walks straight into …
20 May 2026
The Queen Sack Nobody Saw Coming
A strategically dubious bullet game somehow produces a genuinely beautiful queen sacrifice and matin…
17 May 2026
An Insane Game
Black leaves the queen hanging, refuses to win it back for several moves, and launches one of the mo…
5 May 2026
He Let the Knight Hang (On Purpose)
GM aspiringstar leaves a knight hanging, and detonates a kingside attack.
25 Apr 2026
A 97% Accuracy Draw That Defies Logic
A near-perfect 2600-level blitz game explodes into a chain of sacrifices, and somehow ends in a forc…
21 Apr 2026
French Defense Masterclass: Crushing a 2600+ GM
A 2600+ GM gets completely outplayed in the French Defense, and Black executes every thematic idea t…
17 Apr 2026
A Crushing Attack Against the King’s Indian
This game is a model Four Pawns Attack: a dominant centre, a monster bishop on d5, and a devastating…
14 Apr 2026
A Legendary King Walk: from g2 to a1
A white king starts on g2, survives a tactical hurricane, and somehow ends up perfectly safe on a1.
9 Apr 2026
Queen vs Three Pieces: The Wildest Imbalance I’ve Ever Seen
GM aspiringstar gives up the queen, reaches a bizarre three-pieces imbalance, and completely outplay…
6 Apr 2026
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…
4 Apr 2026
White Played a Ponziani Masterpiece — and Still Lost
A grandmaster was strategically busted out of the Ponziani, down a full rook, and seemingly on the v…
1 Apr 2026
Castling in Chess Is Overrated
For generations, chess players have treated castling as unquestionable. But is it really as essentia…
29 Mar 2026
The Most Instructive Positional Idea I’ve Seen in Years
A bishop trade that looks completely voluntary turns into a long-term positional squeeze that Black …
26 Mar 2026
A Bold Bishop Sacrifice in Blitz
Black delays castling, launches a kingside pawn storm, and sacrifices their bishop in a position tha…
21 Mar 2026
This Sneaky Pawn Push Broke the Benko Gambit
In this Lichess rapid game, an untitled 2400-rated player completely dismantles a CM's Benko Gambit …
1 Mar 2026
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…
22 Feb 2026
The Rook That Did Nothing — Until It Won the Game
Watch White mysteriously lift a rook up one square — only for it to decide the game later.
16 Feb 2026
A Very Strange Queen Sacrifice
This game is a perfect example of how material advantage means nothing when your pieces can’t move.
12 Feb 2026
Sick of the Catalan? Try This Aggressive Setup
This is a practical, highly aggressive way to meet the Catalan that takes positional players out of …
8 Feb 2026
Rf7+ — The Final Touch of Brilliance (Game Analysis)
Watch White sacrifice nearly every piece in this remarkable attacking game
3 Feb 2026
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…
26 Nov 2025
A Practical Black Repertoire vs the Rossolimo Attack
A practical look at countering the Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack with 3...e5, ideal for Sicilian pl…
17 Sept 2025
What Chess Psychology Really Looks Like at 2600+ Lichess Rapid
This blog post focuses on the game which demonstrates why engine analysis can be deceiving, and why …
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