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19 Oct 2024
GM
NoelStuder
I won 200 rating points with a simple challenge
At the end of July, I set myself a challenge: 30 days, each day 6 games of 3+2 Blitz with full focus.
19 Sept 2024
CM
HGabor
How to make your chess training effective
This is the first post of a series about effective chess training. In the following posts, I will di…
1 Nov 2023
ambrona
Vampires in Chess
Learn about chess vampires, an exciting concept relating chess, parity and math.
18 Jun 2023
Lichess
Lichess Game of the Month: May 23
Another brilliant queen sacrifice by achja!
10 Feb 2022
WFM
SarahLongson
Hospital Simul
Where's the strangest place you've played chess?
24 Dec 2022
GM
Durarbayli
Am I a “Chess Tourist”?
I am currently ranked the 177th chess player in the world with a rating of 2612, and two days ago pa…
1 May 2024
SayChessClassical
Are Online Chess Players Trapped Pigeons?
The Increasing Gamification of Online Chess
22 Oct 2023
QueenRosieMary
Breaking The Silence Online
In this blog I share some of my experiences with online harassment as a female chess player. What is…
24 Apr 2023
FM
CheckRaiseMate
How To Use The Opening Explorer
Hint: don't leak your world championship prep
1 Dec 2023
Lichess
Lichess Game of the Month: October 23
Beautiful queen sacrifice by pleaseresignnow!
19 Oct 2023
GM
NoelStuder
Don’t Be A Genius
Every single time I thought I found an extremely sophisticated, “genius” solution to a simple proble…
30 Apr 2024
Lichess
Lichess Game of the Month: March 24
Aggressive English/Reti system with 6.g4!?
26 Dec 2023
justaz
Exact Ratings for Everyone on Lichess
I got tired of caring about ratings. So I spent a whole week analyzing all ratings on Lichess. Here …
16 Oct 2023
Lichess
Questioning French Federation Partnership
Lichess stance (available in English and French)
8 Feb 2025
Zhrakos
Chess Broke My Heart... Here’s Why I Still Can’t Quit
Chess has broken my heart more times than I can count. But the worst? Losing to a 12-year-old in a r…
5 Mar 2024
GM
NoelStuder
Find A Plan In Any Position
Have you ever looked at a position and thought: “I have no idea what to do”?
22 Apr 2024
Lichess
Round 14: Gukesh and Zhongyi are officially the World Championship Challengers
A historic finish to the FIDE Candidates, as 17 year old Indian prodigy becomes the youngest World C…
4 Jun 2023
NM
Chess-Network
Magnus Carlsen is a Dragonslayer
An accelerated edition
7 Jan 2024
GM
Avetik_ChessMood
How to Memorize Chess Openings and Variations – Without Forgetting Them Later
Discover a simple 4-step process to memorize chess openings and remember moves without forgetting th…
30 Sept 2023
Lichess
Lichess Game of the Month: August 23
How to counter the King's Gambit in a rare and interesting way!
2 Oct 2023
GM
NoelStuder
How To Get The Most out Of Our Beloved Lichess
You read this on Lichess. So you don't need to be reminded of this amazing platform. But do you real…
19 Jun 2024
GM
NoelStuder
99% Make This Game Analysis Mistake
Most chess player's game analysis, if they do it at all, looks somewhat like this:
18 Feb 2025
BenjiPortheault
The War on Attention
I’m done consuming chess content
22 Dec 2021
NM
Chess-Network
Magnus Carlsen plays bullet chess for 1 Bitcoin (~$49,000) [Part 1 of 2]
A big prize draws big bullet players
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