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Are Online Chess Players Trapped Pigeons?
The Increasing Gamification of Online Chess
The Great Eval Bar Debate: Chess.com's Broadcasting Style
Should chess tournament broadcast feature an eval bar or not?
Normalized Popularity Scores of Selected Chess Puzzle Themes on Lichess
The other day I entered into a debate with GM Jacob Aagaard and IM Andras Toth on X about whether ta…
The Flawed 1%-Method for Exponential Chess Growth
This diagram is flawed. It is from James Clear who made the bestselling book Atomic Habits. In Germa…
Is Chess Culture Important for Improving at Chess?
Should we really ignore all books written before 2000?
Why Winning in Chess is a Learning Opportunity
A Fresh Look on Game Reviews
Best Chess Books for Improving at Chess
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Are Chess Improvers Causing a Lichess Tactic Rating Deflation?
A look into the puzzle data
Insights into Chess Visualization Skills
Analyzing Blindfold Chess Survey Results
Do You Google Your Chess Knowledge?
Do you really learn the lessons from your games or opening files? Or do you access and store them as…
How to Become Good at Annotating Your Chess Games
8 Ideas to Improve Your Chess Annotations
The Botvinnik Method For Chess Improvement
"If you are going to make your mark among masters, you have to work far harder and more intensively,…
Collective Chess Memory: Chess Improvement Through Shared Experiences
Earlier this week I asked the paid subscribers of Say Chess what subjects I should write about. The …
When does a Lichess player experience a new move on average?
How often and how deep do normal amateur games go before they face a new position and are “out of th…
Are We Tiktokificating Chess?
Chess has been played for centuries and has always been regarded as a game that requires strategic t…
Is classical chess slowly dying or being killed?
In the world of chess, the question of whether or not classical chess is dying has been a topic of m…
This Is One of My Best Games - The Sixth Game of the Match With Marshall
My Chess Career by Capablanca, Part VIII
The Match with Marshall
“The most surprising feature of all was the fact that I played without having ever opened a book to …
My Chess Career by José R. Capablanca in new format
“They show the vivacious spirit of enterprise and combination proper in a youngster, but lack, natur…
The Tactics Ladder - A 16,000 Puzzle Project... (Free pdf-Preview)
In this post you can read the introduction to my new tactics series based on the best puzzles from t…