The Decline of Quality Chess Content on Lichess: How AI is Flooding Our Blogs

Lichess has always been a haven for free, high-quality chess content—home to passionate writers who shared deep opening analysis, psychological insights, and even scientific research on chess performance. (Love the Articles on PAttern Recognition etc)
But in the past few years, something has changed. Exactly
The rise of AI-generated articles—shallow, repetitive, and often factually dubious—has turned blogs into a dumping ground for low-effort slops. Even worse, YouTube-style clickbaiting has infiltrated our most loved platform:

• “The French Defense is Dead!” (by a player who just wants drama) really?
• “10 Tricks to INSTANTLY Gain 200 Elo!” (with no real evidence) oh man.
• “I Used ChatGPT to Write About Cheating Ethics” (posted by a titled player)

This isn’t just annoying—it’s cheapening the intellectual culture of this platform.

1. The AI Problem: ChatGPT is Killing Original Analysis

How AI Pollutes Blogs

• Regurgitated Content: Many "articles" are just rewritten Wikipedia/Stockfish lines with zero original thought.
• False Expertise: AI generates nonsense on complex topics (e.g., chess psychology, neuroscience) without real understanding.
• SEO Spam: Flooding blogs with keyword-stuffed junk to game Lichess searches.

2. The Clickbait Invasion: From YouTube to Lichess

Manipulative Thumbnails & Titles

Lichess blogs now feature:
“BANNED OPENING!!” (it’s just the Stafford Gambit)
“GM SECRETS EXPOSED!” (spoiler: they’re not secrets)
“THIS MOVE BREAKS CHESS!” (it’s a known theory line)

Engagement Farming

Some players deliberately post outrageous claims (“1.e4 is a scam”) just to farm comments and reactions.

3. The Ethics of AI on Lichess

When Titled Players Use ChatGPT for “Analysis”

A well-known Lichess blogger recently posted about cheating ethics... written entirely by AI.

• Problem? It was vague, unoriginal, and added nothing new.
• Irony? The article was about “intellectual honesty.”

Where Does This Lead?

If even strong players outsource thinking to bots, what’s next?

• AI-generated “human” game annotations?
• Fake “coaching” posts?
• Entire blogs run by ChatGPT?

4. Fighting Back: How to Save Lichess Blogs

What Readers Can Do:

Ignore AI slop (don’t comment, don’t upvote).
Support real researchers
Demand citations—if a post makes bold claims, ask for proof.

What Lichess Could Do:

Add an “AI-generated” tag (like YouTube’s AI labels).
Boost human-written content in feeds.
Ban obvious SEO/clickbait spam.

Conclusion: Will Lichess Keep Its Originality?

Lichess was built on free, high-quality chess knowledge—not AI-generated junk and clickbait.
If we don’t push back now, our blogs will become just another SEO wasteland—where real analysis dies, and algorithms win.
What do you think? Have you noticed this trend? Should Lichess take actions? Lets have some discussion .......