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29 Oct 2021
thibault
How to create a Lichess bot
Well, it depends. On you.
17 Oct 2021
NM
Chess-Network
Magnus Carlsen and the Hostile Hedgehog
Magnus Carlsen scores his 1st win ever against Vladimir Kramnik with the Hedgehog Defense at the 200…
6 Oct 2021
NM
Chess-Network
Bobby Fischer wins AGAIN with the Fischer-Sozin Attack in 19 moves
Fischer scores a 2nd win in under 20 moves at the 1967 Skopje Tournament with the Fischer-Sozin Atta…
1 Oct 2021
thibault
How to ask technical questions
Simple guidelines to get quick and actionable answers
24 Oct 2021
GM
Durarbayli
Game of the Week XLII-Yoo,Christopher (2485) - Mardov,Dimitar (2373)
The new generation of chess players has been fascinating me with their approach to the opening.
10 Oct 2021
GM
Durarbayli
Game of the Week XL-Mastrovasilis,Athanasios (2523) - Nikolov,Momchil (2522)
“Pattern Recognition” has become a common term in chess language, and everyone wants to find an easi…
3 Oct 2021
GM
Durarbayli
Game of the Week XXXIX-Bjerre,Jonas Buhl (2550) - Grandelius,Nils (2666)
The story goes that Robert James Fischer used to study all published chess games, including the USSR…
31 Oct 2021
Kayrosas
My OTB experience and my first classical OTB tournament
After seriously picking up chess in late 2019 and mostly playing online, I finally got to play my fi…
16 Oct 2021
CM
Kingscrusher-YouTube
Hikaru Nakamura disqualified for having a phone near him during his online game!
New drama for the chess world :) When rules become chess traps that even Grandmasters fall into!
7 Oct 2021
NM
oberschlumpf
Don't fall in love with "natural" looking moves!
There is a chess book titled "Move First, Think Later". Don't take that as a literal advice.
12 Oct 2021
NoseKnowsAll
Fundamental rook endgames you must know!
Putting in a few hours is guaranteed to yield big results
12 Oct 2021
FischyVishy
Fabiano Caruana vs. The French Defense - The Rise of a French Destroyer (Part 4)
This series of articles will cover Fabiano Caruana's games against the French Defense since the begi…
17 Oct 2021
FischyVishy
The World Champions' Weirdest Pets - Wilhelm Steinitz and the Steinitz Attack
This series of articles will cover some of the weirdest openings world champions have played consist…
8 Oct 2021
FischyVishy
Fabiano Caruana vs. The French Defense - Dr. Tarrasch in the House (Part 3)
This series of articles will cover Fabiano Caruana's games against the French Defense since the begi…
3 Oct 2021
CM
Kingscrusher-YouTube
Tactics flow from superior positions
In this game of Tigran Petrosian, a set of light squares were fatally weakened
27 Oct 2021
FischyVishy
The World Champions' Weirdest Pets - Wilhelm Steinitz and the King's Gambit
This series of articles will cover some of the weirdest openings world champions have played consist…
5 Oct 2021
IM
MIJulienSong
Qu'est ce qui différencie un grand-maître d'un amateur ?
Qu'est ce qui différencie un grand-maître d'un amateur ?
22 Oct 2021
FischyVishy
The World Champions' Weirdest Pets - Wilhelm Steinitz and the Dutch Defense
This series of articles will cover some of the weirdest openings world champions have played consist…
17 Oct 2021
GM
Durarbayli
Game of the Week XLI- Narayanan.S.L (2647) - Erigaisi Arjun (2634)
“Why should I learn an opening that I won’t play with either color?”
14 Oct 2021
WFM
SarahLongson
UK Chess Challenge 2021 - Terafinal Report
The Terafinal took place at the spectacular Blenheim Palace with 5 x 12 player "all play alls"
12 Oct 2021
ErinYu
How Lost is a Losing Position?
Leveraging the expanse of chess data: Part 1
24 Oct 2021
drooksh
The benefits of b3 in antichess
Though probably not the best opening with white, I'd deeply recommend to try b3, especially for begi…
1 Oct 2021
FM
jeffforever
16 Streamers in the latest Lichess Liga
Are you a Chess Streamer yet?
20 Oct 2021
SayChessClassical
How to Make a Custom Chessable Opening Course Based on Win%
I have long wanted a simple way to play the opening without learning GM-lines, so I created an easy …
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