
FIDE Women's World Cup R2: Kamalidenova eliminates Goryachkina
Young, rising stars IM Meruert Kamalidenova, WFM Elnaz Kaliakhmet, and WIM Umida Omonova have elimin…
Lichess Qualifiers for Kazakhstan Cup 2025 - Almaty
A $2,000 online prize fund event - with three winners qualifying with flights and accomodation cover…
Join the Global Online Celebration for International Chess Day
FIDE, in partnership with Lichess.org, invites chess-lovers from around the world to take part in th…
FIDE Women's World Cup R1: Favorites Rest as Gaal & Beydullayeva Get Eliminated
The top 21 seeds had automatically qualified to round 2; meanwhile, WGM Zsoka Gaal and WGM Govhar Be…
Looking at the Quality of Rapid and Blitz Games
How does the quality of play from GMs change in different time controls?
Calculate until the end.. and one move more!
Blunder or brilliancy, sometimes it all hinges on one more move.
The Shape of Time: How Openings Evolve from Blitz to Classical
I had a dream that the relationship between a player's Elo and the time on their clock was simple an…
How Our Primate Brain Sabotages Winning Positions
Follow very closely as this could well be a reason you struggle to improve in chess. It's not about …
IM-GM transformation!
India's latest GM! Harikrishnan!
How to Beat Opponents Who Play Extremely Fast and Random Moves: Full Guide
Many blitz players freak out and lose to opponents who play instantly and randomly. Here’s how to pu…
Lichess Game of the Month: May '25
The French Defense dismantled
Why You Keep Hanging Pieces in Blitz (It’s Not What You Think)
Most blunders in blitz aren’t because you didn’t see the move – it’s about how your brain works unde…
How to get better at chess (actually)
Everyone reading this post right now have probably asked the same question, maybe its after a long l…
Bishop vs Kinght
Bishops and knights are both worth 3 points but I think that the bishop should be worth 4