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21 Dec 2025
RuyLopez1000
AI Slop is Invading the Chess World
Claiming that AI can teach chess is the latest fad
7 Feb 2026
Lichess
Op1 - Partial 8-piece tablebase available
63 TiB of chess knowledge sent across the Atlantic and now available on the Lichess analysis board
1 Oct 2021
thibault
How to ask technical questions
Simple guidelines to get quick and actionable answers
8 Mar 2024
BlindfoldBlunderer
Play Live on Lichess With a Real Board
A tutorial on how to play on Lichess using your own board
30 Mar 2025
StockfishNews
Stockfish 17.1 is here + quick survey
Stronger, with a new speedtest command, improved hardware support, and bug fixes for tablebase suppo…
5 Jun 2022
FM
ubdip
Finding the value of pieces
What are the piece values in chess? The answer is 1 3 3 5 9. Is it? How do we know?
27 Feb 2024
Lichess
Lichess Broadcast Updates
Following the loss of Chess24 as a platform to follow live chess events, and spurred on by community…
12 Jul 2023
oortcloud_o
I'm berserking!
should you?
18 Jul 2023
oortcloud_o
3+0 vs 3+2 the difference?
a brief time analysis
24 May 2026
ashtonanderson
Introducing Maia-3: free and open source
A human-like chess engine open to all
22 May 2026
TotalNoob69
Customizing Lichess pieces, boards, sounds and more with LiChess Tools
... not exactly technical, but many people requested this
10 Dec 2025
tolius
Antichess: 1. e3 Wins for White in #79
The title of this blog is a reference to the 2016 article by Mark Watkins, “Losing Chess: 1. e3 wins…
29 Jan 2023
alperkarayaman
Connect your ordinary board to lichess.org
You can connect your electronic board to lichess.org via the easy to use mobile app that comes with …
8 Aug 2024
jk_182
Finding Pawn Breaks automatically
Difficult concepts like pawn breaks are best understood when looking at many examples. But finding t…
21 Jul 2023
oortcloud_o
How long is an opening?
A new approach on where opening ends
1 Oct 2024
HollowLeaf
Chessboard Magic: October 2024 Update (Halloween)
Hello, chess lovers! After spending close to 520 hours of coding and continuous development on Chess…
7 Nov 2025
matstc
A Chess Metric: Ease (for Humans)
“I know the engine evaluation but how easy to play is this position, really?”
23 Mar 2024
jk_182
Using LC0's WDL to Analyze Games
I always like to look at the analysis graph of a chess game. It gives a nice overview of how the gam…
27 Mar 2026
ashtonanderson
Announcing maiachess.com
A new chess platform powered by Maia-3, our latest human-like chess AI.
20 Nov 2023
oortcloud_o
Which openings are related?
simulating opening connectivity graphs with known techniques
26 Sept 2025
HollowLeaf
Open-Source Chess Pieces for Everyone
Free, open-source chess piece icons for developers and creators
4 Nov 2024
Lichess
Meet the Lichess Team in Berlin! Triff das Lichess-Team in Berlin!
Meet the team! German version also available below – Deutsche Version weiter unten
5 Apr 2026
xander333
This is how much ELO you are losing in the opening
Combining stockfish evaluations with Lichess's winning chances allows us to derive an exact amount o…
25 Oct 2025
micshafes
Chess Memory - An opening explorer for Danya's speedrun games
A project built to honor Daniel Naroditsky’s incredible speedrun series
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