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25 Mar 2026
Cute_cupcake
The Hippopotamus Defence
The Hippopotamus Defense is a well-known, highly flexible, and solid "anti-theoretical" chess openin…
24 Mar 2026
TotalNoob69
I created a repertoire, learned how to play, played games... What now?
... a LiChess Tools extension use case
22 Mar 2026
flash3s
How you should build your repertoire
A level-based approach to selecting and learning your openings
21 Mar 2026
IM
Lizard1
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 …
20 Mar 2026
ayoCHILLBRO
Frying the French Defense
I am making an anti french defense course for free
13 Mar 2026
jk_182
How have White's Responses to the Najdorf Changed over the Years?
Looking at popularity of white's 6th moves in the Najdorf variation
13 Mar 2026
koalamousepp
复盘2026年李杯直播对局 冠军篇
你想自己或者孩子在2027年的李杯取得好成绩吗? 那一定要看看2026年李杯的冠军是如何做到的。
12 Mar 2026
hpy
After 35 days, the Ruy Lopez series is complete
The Ruy Lopez series is complete. 35 videos total, covering every variation for black and for white.…
11 Mar 2026
JakeStateFarm
What I Learned from the 2026 Atomic World Champion
Wolfram_EP (aka Grevozin) recently won the 2026 Atomic Chess Championship on chess.com. I had the op…
10 Mar 2026
TotalNoob69
Playing against the London
... studies and ideas
9 Mar 2026
koalamousepp
复盘2026年李杯直播对局 开局篇
你想对2026年李杯的开局做深入的了解吗?
8 Mar 2026
GM
rhungaski
Scheveningen vs Boleslavsky
Durante años encontré refugio en el Ataque Grand Prix, pero con el tiempo llegó el momento de enfren…
8 Mar 2026
levzevakin
FRC the best positions No1
I'll show 3 interesting games where the black bishop was demoralized by a brilliant pony sacrifice
8 Mar 2026
IM
Levi_1604
Rethinking the Tartakower Caro-Kann: Manual Castling
The Tartakower Variation is one of the modern mainlines of the Caro-Kann Defense, leading to rich an…
6 Mar 2026
koalamousepp
复盘2026年李杯直播对局
你想对2026年李杯的开局,中局,残局, 和避免失误做深入的了解吗?
3 Mar 2026
IM
theScot
French Defense: The "Dullest" of All Openings
A foray into the evolution of the French Defence
2 Mar 2026
NDpatzer
Science of Chess: Seeing moves with momentum over the board
Prediction is fundamental to how we see, and for strong players it's also part of what they see OTB.
1 Mar 2026
IM
Lizard1
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…
25 Feb 2026
JakeStateFarm
Five Reasons Why You Should Try Atomic Chess
As I write this blog, lichess sees roughly 700,000 weekly blitz players, as opposed to just 10,000 w…
24 Feb 2026
ElyneLee
Lichess vs. Chess.com: The 1,000-Game Verdict
If you’ve ever tuned into my stream, you know the question that pops up at least 1 to 2 times every …
22 Feb 2026
IM
Lizard1
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.
21 Feb 2026
FrankWillow
Training Openings with En Croissant
En Croissant is an app that lets you easily build and practice all of your openings.
20 Feb 2026
EXEternal
Halloween Gambit LINES.
God there are so many weird ways people respond to the halloween gambit.
19 Feb 2026
GM
Craze
The Top 10 Chess Openings In 2026
Discover the 10 openings performing the best in GM games in 2026
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