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13 Aug 2026
FM
amazingatlas
King Safety Is Paramount: How Capablanca Won a Queen Ending With One Quiet Move
The first pure queen ending of the series. Material was level and Capablanca's pawns were worse, but…
13 Aug 2026
DIAChessClubStudies
Problem Solving Methods Applied to Chess
Using Chess to Improve Problem Solving Skills
12 Aug 2026
GM
DrAgnevstein
The Power of a Queenside Pawn Majority
When I was a child, the following game made a big impression on me. The idea behind it stayed with m…
12 Aug 2026
leeaudrey0003
The Power of Activity Over Material
The Power of Activity Over Material
12 Aug 2026
CkickyCheck
The Most Annoying Tournament
Prepare for a little bit of complaining
11 Aug 2026
FM
amazingatlas
One Bishop, Two Passers: How Capablanca Won an Opposite-Coloured Bishop Ending
Opposite-coloured-bishop endings are famously drawn. Capablanca steered into one on purpose and won …
9 Aug 2026
DIAChessClubStudies
The Think Aloud Method
The Most Important Chess Improver's and Coach's Tool
9 Aug 2026
GM
alexcolovic
The Woodpecker Before the Woodpecker Method
Everything new is something well forgotten
8 Aug 2026
FM
amazingatlas
Create It, Then Use It: Capablanca's Passed Pawn Masterclass
A pawn majority is a passed pawn waiting to be born. Capablanca turned a modest queenside majority i…
8 Aug 2026
baskervile
You Won. That Doesn’t Mean You Played Well.
Winning doesn’t always mean you played well. Sometimes the most valuable lesson is hidden in the mis…
7 Aug 2026
FM
amazingatlas
King Safety Is Paramount: How Capablanca Won a Queen Ending With One Quiet Move
The first pure queen ending of the series. Material was level and Capablanca's pawns were worse, but…
7 Aug 2026
Fire-work
[PART 2] I made program to find craziest sacrifices in a row.
"Should I even mention that we are sacrificing a rook, a knight and a queen?"
7 Aug 2026
WFM
szefru
The Right Way to Train Your Tactics
Why Solving Puzzles Isn't Helping You Improve
7 Aug 2026
IM
Lizard1
Magnus Pushes the H-Pawn And Destroys a GM
Magnus spends the opening pushing his h-pawn instead of developing his pieces, and somehow that same…
6 Aug 2026
ElementalMaster1
The Art of the Exchange Sacrifice
A crazy game during a recent tournament of mine
6 Aug 2026
CM
loristavernier
Win as Black with a Solid and Aggressive Opening Repertoire.
This course was supposed to be uploaded on a chess opening course online - but decided to no longer …
6 Aug 2026
pawngrid
Einstein’s Foreword to Lasker’s Biography
An AI Translation of the Original German
6 Aug 2026
paunchypawn
So why analyse your own games?
But I thought we all wanted to improve?
6 Aug 2026
FM
amazingatlas
The Transformation Doctrine: How Capablanca Won Without Capturing the Weakness
Capablanca attacked Rubinstein's isolated pawn all game, then gave up that attack on purpose to seiz…
6 Aug 2026
danthedestroyer317
Fischer vs Spassky I: Before the Match
Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky played each other five times before their 1972 World Championship ma…
5 Aug 2026
FM
amazingatlas
The Endgame Capablanca Had to Win Twice: Steiner vs Capablanca, 1928
Capablanca reached a won ending, let the cleanest win slip with a natural move, and then had to win …
5 Aug 2026
IM
Lizard1
My Favorite Way to Combat the King's Gambit
The King's Gambit can look intimidating to accept, but Black doesn't have to play passively, and so …
5 Aug 2026
TheCommandalorian
Road to NM: Week 4 — Building a Bridge to 1600 Quick Rated
Welcome back to week 4 on the Road to NM series!
5 Aug 2026
RuyLopez1000
The 1948 World Championship
The Match Tournament.
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