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20 May 2026
IM
Lizard1
The Queen Sack Nobody Saw Coming
A strategically dubious bullet game somehow produces a genuinely beautiful queen sacrifice and matin…
20 May 2026
gh0strpm
Analyzing Games Based on Openings #2 - Queen's Gambit, Declined Version
Analyzing super GM games everyday!
19 May 2026
Chess_Novelties
Novelty of the Week – TWIC 1644
In this blog post, we take a closer look at an interesting novelty featured on chessnovelties.com, w…
19 May 2026
MyChessPosters
Your best Anti-Sicilian depends on your ELO. 6.6M games show how.
The Bowdler Attack scores 50% for White at 800 ELO and 41% at 2000. The Alapin does the reverse and …
19 May 2026
FM
BuendiaChess
KEYMER DESTROYS MVL'S NAJDORF
The first classical event of the 2026 Grand Chess Tour have being place in Romania with 10 elite pla…
18 May 2026
RuyLopez1000
Hourly Rapid Arena - 4th Place!
My Hourly Rapid Arena Adventure.
18 May 2026
CkickyCheck
Beat the Jobava 2
A full dive into the Jobava for Black
17 May 2026
IM
Lizard1
An Insane Game
Black leaves the queen hanging, refuses to win it back for several moves, and launches one of the mo…
17 May 2026
StudyPip
Learn Caro-Kann Like a GM! (Completely for free)
Have you ever wanted to see the full theory of Caro-Kann? Look no further!
16 May 2026
Distant_Abyss
When to castle!
How usefull exactly IS castling? And what side is prefered and why?
14 May 2026
gh0strpm
Analyzing Games Based on Openings #1 - Sicilian Defense , Open Variation
Analyzing super GM games everyday!
12 May 2026
FM
BuendiaChess
4 Elite Opening Ideas From the Rapid GCT in Poland
After analyze the 45 elite rapid games played the last week in Poland i finded 4 very interesting op…
12 May 2026
FM
mizant83
Pawn chains and direction
A look at how pawn chains influence where to attack in closed positions.
12 May 2026
Sam_Pickwick
As a FIDE Master, I hated my opening prep. So I built a free tool to fix it.
Stop guessing why you lost out of the opening. I built a free tool that connects directly to your Li…
11 May 2026
Tukoni
Punish all 1. e4 players!
The aggresivest gambit for black!
6 May 2026
Chess_Novelties
Novelty of the Week – TWIC 1642
In this blog post, we take a closer look at an interesting novelty featured on chessnovelties.com, w…
6 May 2026
IM
HelloItsDmitri
The Stories of Openings - The Catalan
In this post we will learn the story of the Catalan Opening, not in a historical sense, but rather t…
30 Apr 2026
ChessAtlasApp
I built a free tool to analyze your chess openings repertoire weaknesses
You think you know your repertoire. You probably don't. A free, open source tool that scans your Lic…
28 Apr 2026
GetDiscombobulated
The Better Budapest - Nimzo Indian Gambits pt.1
If you like open positions, you may have considered various e5 gambits against 1.d4. In this Blog I'…
27 Apr 2026
KyleButler3000
Consistency, Intensity and Curiosity - The Trident of Chess Improvement
Improve At Chess - Part 1
26 Apr 2026
ElyneLee
I Went Full Berserk in the 24 Hour Marathon and something bizarre happened
What happens when you enter a bullet marathon with over 20k players, aiming for a top 500 trophy, an…
23 Apr 2026
ChessAtlasApp
I Built a Tool to Stop Forgetting My Openings
I kept studying openings and forgetting them in games. So I built ChessAtlas, a repertoire trainer t…
21 Apr 2026
IM
Lizard1
French Defense Masterclass: Crushing a 2600+ GM
A 2600+ GM gets completely outplayed in the French Defense, and Black executes every thematic idea t…
20 Apr 2026
Qwlxxx
Защита Филидора за Белых: три пути к атаке
«Филидор сказал, что пешки — душа партии. Играя белыми против его защиты, я намерен провести экзорци…
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