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23 Dec 2025
IM
ZivkovicN
A Big Step Forward: Shared 1st at K–12 Nationals
Shared First Place at the K–12 Nationals in Spokane
23 Dec 2025
BocoPacer
New Year’s Chess Resolutions
I don’t believe in motivation. I believe in discipline, clarity, and repetition. Playing everything …
21 Dec 2025
LittleSoapBubble
French - Many Sophisticated Move Orders!
Baffle your opponent with move order knowledge in the French Tarrasch!
21 Dec 2025
HollowLeaf
Opening Inaccuracies Tool
Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results
20 Dec 2025
noahlz
The Nameless (Completely Unsound) Gambit
Who's teaching this?
19 Dec 2025
desillusionist
VANTAGE: Your Private, Offline "Single File" Database for OTB & Master Games
LiPulse tracks your online chaos. VANTAGE is for serious study. A separate, privacy-focused command …
19 Dec 2025
Gyllenstierna
Caro-Kann, Early Deviations
For club players, a good goal for the opening is to play the first five moves with confidence and kn…
17 Dec 2025
IM
CSB7
My BOOK on the CATALAN has been PUBLISHED!
It has been a long time since my last blog post, so I thought the best way to return would be to ann…
17 Dec 2025
LittleSoapBubble
Caro-Kann - Unexpected Sacrifices!
Attacking the Caro-Kann with shocking sacrifices!
16 Dec 2025
ReyEnigma
7️⃣TRUQUITOS de mi ESCANDINAVA ENIGMÁTICA
Mi nueva defensa con negras
15 Dec 2025
TotalNoob69
An interesting response to the Sicilian/Scandi that does unusually well
... not objectively good, but statistically crushing
13 Dec 2025
TotalNoob69
Did you know Lichess can do this?! Board Editor
...more than meets the eye
11 Dec 2025
JudeBaeTorrens
Atomic Openings Every Player Should Know About
(personal opinion and not guaranteed that you will hit 2300 either)
10 Dec 2025
NM
VoicelessFeather
The Schematic of Threatening Opening Preparation
Your opponent's mind is more vulnerable than their position
10 Dec 2025
tpr
Time is a resource, use it!
How to play neither too slow, nor too fast.
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…
7 Dec 2025
IM
Fins
What I Learned from Spending 1,000+ Hours Writing an Opening Course
Reflections on a 2+ year journey (and 25+ year career) with the 3...Qa5 Scandinavian
7 Dec 2025
koalamousepp
opening repository for advanced club players
Target group: ELO >1800
7 Dec 2025
DaBassie
A mildly funny observation in the King’s Indian
Something about Be2 and Bd3. Admittedly, this is probably not the funniest thing you have ever read …
7 Dec 2025
pascalg
Et si vous essayiez de dégainer un oiseau préhistorique dans l'ouverture ?
Il existe un système d'ouverture rare, seulement connu des connaisseurs les plus avertis, où d'étran…
7 Dec 2025
TotalNoob69
Did you know Lichess can do this?! Opening Explorer and Tablebase
... do click on that little book button
7 Dec 2025
koalamousepp
Opening Repository for club players
Target Group: ELO 1500-1800
6 Dec 2025
LittleSoapBubble
Taimanov - Giri plays novelty in TT!
Giri's novelty in the Taimanov!
4 Dec 2025
KartoshkA_player
20 дебютов для начинающих
Привет, расскажу вам сегодня про дебюты для начинающих, они простые, но атакующие, есть более спокой…
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