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6 Mar 2023
FM
CheckRaiseMate
Is Chess A Waste Of Time?
Paul Morphy quit chess. Did he make a mistake?
16 Jan 2025
Lichess
Lichess: A review of 2024!
As we say goodbye to 2024, let’s look back at everything we’ve achieved, the impact Lichess has had …
3 Jul 2022
NM
Chess-Network
Magnus Carlsen is defeated in 19 moves by Judit Polgár!
A careless move in the Sicilian Taimanov produces a chess miniature
15 Feb 2025
Lichess
Announcing the ChessMood 20/20 Grand Prix
A $20,000 prize event open to all Lichess streamers’ teams
15 May 2023
NM
Chess-Network
11-year-old Magnus Carlsen’s brilliant board vision
Don't move until you see it...
20 Oct 2025
GM
Craze
A Legend Has Fallen
RIP Daniel Naroditsky (1995-2025)
10 Feb 2024
FrankWillow
En Croissant: The Ultimate Chess Toolkit
En Croissant is an open-source, cross-platform chess GUI that aims to be powerful, customizable and …
27 Feb 2023
FM
CheckRaiseMate
Beating Hikaru
I won the game of my life. Then I was selected for fair play screening.
17 Aug 2023
GM
NoelStuder
Why Losing At Chess Hurts So Much (And The Antidote)
Losing a chess game hurts. It certainly hurt me a lot in my professional days. Sometimes I needed da…
15 May 2023
FM
CheckRaiseMate
Is Chess a Game of Luck?
The answer isn't as obvious as it seems
3 Oct 2024
WFM
fla2021
Bishop or Knight? Which one to choose?
In this blog post, I want to show you some practical examples to help you understand when a bishop i…
31 Jul 2024
Lichess
Lichess Game of the Month: June24
A fast and furious attack
5 Dec 2024
IM
theScot
Life Hacks for Getting to IM
A post about the life-skills that help you in chess.
17 Dec 2023
Lichess
Lichess Game of the Month: November 23
Piece sacrifice fireworks by FC7PLAY!
7 Aug 2024
GM
NoelStuder
How much chess improvement is possible?
I get asked all the time a question along the lines of: "I'm 45 years old, started 3 years ago, now …
15 Jun 2023
GM
NoelStuder
How To Remember Chess Moves And Openings
In chess, a lot is about proper memorization. Not only opening lines but important endgames and patt…
2 Dec 2023
GM
Gordima
Hikaru's Blitz Repertoire 2023
Learn to play practical, and tricky openings like Hikaru
6 Apr 2026
Lichess
Lichess and Take Take Take Sign Cooperation Agreement
Take Take Take will use Lichess as the infrastructure of their new play zone, in a win for open sour…
14 Dec 2023
BlindfoldBlunderer
Record Live Games & Upload them to Lichess with ChessCam
An introduction to ChessCam, a free website/app to digitally export live chess games
2 Jan 2024
GM
NoelStuder
The Art of Resilience: How to Defend Lost Chess Positions
Today, I’m going to show you how to defend a lost position. Let’s face it, we all get into lost posi…
19 Dec 2023
FM
CheckRaiseMate
How Do You Stop Caring About Rating?
Everyone knows it's not healthy to obsess over your rating. But how do you stop?
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…
12 Nov 2022
GM
Avetik_ChessMood
Does bullet chess make you better or worse?
Does playing bullet games improve your chess? GM Avetik Grigoryan reveals the answer to this questio…
24 Mar 2026
Lichess
Lichess Mobile App Update
Variants, local play vs computer and more added!
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