sgisChess Olympiad 2026: round 1 in numbers
I ran every finished game of the Olympiad's first round through a stats script: a 51-minute think, a…
GM ChessMindAIChess Olympiad Round #1: Game of the Day
Checkout how IM Prin Laohawirapap defeats Super GM Arjun Erigaisi
FM BuendiaChessOlympiad Round 1 Recap: Erigaisi Falls & Many Draws
The 2026 Chess Olympiad is underway, and the first round followed the usual pattern of the event: th…
The_Knightmare_BroThe Power of The Bishop Pair
Englisch vs Steinitz, 1883.
GetDiscombobulatedHow To Always Attack the Italian Opening
Full Repertoire of Totally Sound, Sharp Attacking Lines that Super-GM's have lost to!!
FM amazingatlasThe Uncastled King: Why Capablanca Lost by Staying in the Centre
The third game in Capablanca's Chess Fundamentals is a loss, and it turns on the most basic rule in …
RuyLopez1000Chess Improvement is a Spinning Top geometrically speaking...
A study of 1 Billion Games on Lichess and FICS.
CkickyCheckTime to draw conclusions
A post about chess games... I think...
GyllenstiernaMistakes Galore
We all know that mistakes are flock creatures, but it's still fascinating to watch an unlucky streak…
FM amazingatlasStructured Calculation: The Quiet Move Capablanca Missed
The second game in Capablanca's Chess Fundamentals is another loss, and it teaches the one habit eve…
noahlzSunday Quads at Marshall – August 2026
Return to Classical Chess
FM amazingatlasProvention!: The Question That Cost a Young Capablanca a Game
The first game in Capablanca's own Chess Fundamentals is one he lost, and it teaches the most import…
TheCommandalorianRoad to NM -- Week 9: Taking the Week Off
Welcome back to week 9 on the Road to NM series where I account my progress on the road towards the …
ProstheticBrainA Rare Scotch Game Variation: The "Schemm Variation"
A proposed name for a rare variation.
ALEEQAPHow to Dominate the Sicilian Philidor and Humiliate the King in a 14‐Move Checks
بدنا نبدا اليوم بكيف تنصب فخ وتضحيات للفيلدور اللي هو من دفاعات الصقلي بدايه نلعب افتتاح عادي اللي ا…
The_Knightmare_BroMagnus Carlsen vs Vishy Anand
I am The_Knightmare_Bro, back with another educational article for you!
GM DrAgnevsteinHow meeting Vasyl Ivanchuk changed my chess career
In 2017, I played one of the most memorable games of my chess career against Vasyl Ivanchuk at the G…
IM Lizard1The Time Alekhine Sac'd the Whole House
Alekhine offered Black one rook, then another, and Black's position was completely hopeless despite …
Frantisek-HavlikLies, damned lies, and statistics. Overall percentage accuracy?
Opening accuracy 72%, Middle game accuracy 65%, Endgame accuracy 70%, overall accuracy 75%. How is t…
MEGALODON777hsRounding up the first week of the GCL - All the games you need to know
Looking at some key games from the 2026 edition of the Global Chess League in Bengaluru, India
ALEEQAPفخ الإلهاء والجذب ولم القطع الكبيره وانت بتتفرج بس – The Deflection & Decoy Trap
في عالم التكتيكات الشطرنجية، في فخاخ بتكون واضحة المعالم من أول نظرة، وفي فخاخ بتكون غير واضحة المعا…
CM CoachAnton#1661 Партия недели А.Хонг - Э.Бакро
Если король соперника задержался в центре — иногда важнее вскрыть позицию сейчас, чем считать матери…
FM amazingatlasDeveloped Is Not Active: Piece Activity vs Development
Marshall got every piece off the back rank and was still worse, because none of them attacked anythi…
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