IM justiniano565Small Variations in 960 starting positions I
Why starting positions that we may confound at a first glance have different evaluations?
NM Serog1sPerog1sThanksgiving Open Analysis Day 1 | New Openings Against Kids
This is Part 1/3 of my Thanksgiving tournament experience, played October 10-12. Each part focuses o…
IM datajunkieWhat most improvers are missing (a new GM explains)
Interview Part 2/2: how Rishi Sardana got from 1800 to IM, and advice for improvers
NM suhaasnThree Games That Got Me to NM
A rematch, a draw with a GM, and my first win over an FM. Three games from the climb back up, with t…
FM amazingatlasCount Tempi, Not Material: Capablanca Mates Two Pieces Down
Kings castled on opposite wings turn a game into a race. Raubitschek went material hunting with his …
LichessTitled Arenas Announcement — October to December 2026
Announcing our schedule for upcoming Titled Arenas!
FM amazingatlasHunt the Uncastled King: Capablanca at Twelve Years Old
The champion of Cuba chose a gambit to punish a boy with no opening theory. Instead he lost the righ…
ZugzwangedAgain"I'll let you promote—if you let me mate."
How to navigate stalemate traps, allow promotion—and still win.
Onion_BabaChess Rules of Thumb: GM Elisabeth Pähtz
A set of practical guidelines for choosing plans in the middlegame and endgame, and for finding cand…
Ledger4545Lichess4545 Round 3: Arrr You Not Entertained?
I am.
d4Nc3Bf4ROAD TO FM - Week 4: The sacrifice that repeated!
This week, I’ll be sharing a very beautiful combination that occured in a recent game.
FM MaoTaoWhat League of Legends Taught Me About Chess: The Art of Freezing
What wave management taught me about useful moves, preserving flexibility, and letting my opponent c…
TheCommandalorianRoad to NM -- Weeks 12 & 13: Anticipation
Welcome back to weeks 12 + 13 on the Road to NM series where I account my progress on the road towar…
TheoLowsteinKnow your Dragons
Learn the difference between the Sicilian Dragon, Accelerated Dragon, Hyper-Accelerated Dragon and o…
RqtteChess Improvement Journey | Week 15
This week I played my first OTB match since my though 2000+ OTB tournament. And I ...
FM Zig_Zag_Zug_ZwangHow Masters See the Board
My friend studying psychology sent me this picture from one of his books:
levi_blytheAWC Group Match Game Review #2
Many group matches have already been played and in this blog post we will look at three of these mat…
TotalNoob69Brilliant move detection in LiChess Tools
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Kampfschach_OfficialThe Man Who Beat the Champion at 23: Charousek’s Games, Remastered
Converting a 1919 book into playable Lichess studies
FM amazingatlasRook Versus Two Pieces: How Carlsen Rescued a Lost Endgame
Anand sacrificed the exchange and had Carlsen lost on the board and down to his last seconds. Carlse…
RuyLopez1000The Secret History of Chess Engines
"It doesn’t mean Kasparov isn’t a deep thinker, just that you can bypass deep thinking in playing ch…
FM amazingatlasThe Long-Range Pair: How Capablanca Won a Pawn Down
Capablanca dropped a pawn on purpose. To let a long range bishop and rooks on the seventh outclass a…
FM Zig_Zag_Zug_ZwangI Analyzed 100+ Games In The Italian... This Is What I Learnt:
Hi! My name is Vidar Grahn. I'm a 20-year-old FIDE Master from Sweden, and as part of my journey to …
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