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21 Jan 2026
Marlonc
THINK blog Volume 2 Chapter 19
To everything turn turn turn
21 Jan 2026
WFM
fla2021
6 Tips to Stop Throwing Won Positions in Chess
We’ve all been there: a winning position... and somehow it slips away. Chess is cruel, but the lesso…
20 Jan 2026
GM
DrAgnevstein
Fantastic Positional Queen Sacrifices - Part 1
Have you ever seen a positional queen sacrifice? If not, check out the following examples!
20 Jan 2026
FM
Reynold9402
Descubra cómo crear sus propias novedades teóricas II
Este artículo continúa la serie sobre la Preparación de Aperturas. Todos los artículos son adaptacio…
19 Jan 2026
WGM
jovanaeric
How to Say No with Prophylaxis
You are sitting at the board, clenched like a statue, working on the fantastic variation that will t…
18 Jan 2026
GM
Puli1234
Prophylaxis: Stopping the Opponent's Ideas
"Prophylaxis is anticipating the opponent’s ideas and preventing them before they become a problem."
18 Jan 2026
RuyLopez1000
Why Are People Good At Chess?
The Rise and Fall of Chunks
12 Jan 2026
IM
nikhildixit
How Much I Spent on Chess in 2025? ($10,565)
For those who don’t have the time to read the full blog, my total chess-related spending this year w…
12 Jan 2026
Toadofsky
Hope Chess Is Better Than Hopeless Chess
"Only the player with the initiative has the right to attack." - Wilhelm Steinitz
10 Jan 2026
rechesssss
Relay Chess: What If Chess Was Played Like A Relay Race?
Another chess variant?!
9 Jan 2026
InvictusTiger
Como vencer al Gambito Milner-Barry
=)
9 Jan 2026
boyo1991
Intentional Chess Theory
An approach to principles and heuristics based bullet chess
8 Jan 2026
MyChessPosters
Visualizing the Italian Game: A Data-Driven Decision Tree Approach
Tired of memorizing move sequences that you forget under game pressure? This guide explores the Ital…
5 Jan 2026
GM
ChessMindAI
How to Evaluate Positions Part 2: King's Indian Defense
Learn how a typical King's Indian structure can become a nearly won position in the ending
3 Jan 2026
CM
Barath2000
Find the Idea
In this position, White is doing very well. The pieces are well-placed and the space advantage is cl…
3 Jan 2026
flash3s
How you can stop sucking at KOTH
A comprehensive guide on improving your KOTH game
2 Jan 2026
CaseyReese
On the Center and Development
Old-School Instruction by Aron Nimzowitsch
2 Jan 2026
NM
VoicelessFeather
Squeezing Water from a Stone
How to build up towards an impossible result
2 Jan 2026
CM
Barath2000
Improve your Piece
This position comes from the game Keymer, V (2696) vs Magnus Carlsen (2859) Wijk aan Zee, 2023 Befor…
1 Jan 2026
NDpatzer
Science of Chess: Thanks for a great 2025!
Just a brief post to say thanks to my readers and send best wishes for what 2026 may bring.
31 Dec 2025
CM
Gadhavi_Veerbhadra
Finding The Right Place For Your Pieces
Have you ever seen a complicated puzzle from a grandmaster game, and thought-- He was lucky to have …
31 Dec 2025
somerapidplayer
Beating Berserkers: How I Finished 37th in the 2025 Winter Marathon
Who needs sleep when you can survive 24 hours of blitz?
29 Dec 2025
GM
ChessMindAI
How to Evaluate Positions, Part #1
Learn how GMs evaluate positions quickly and accurately
28 Dec 2025
JustAnotherLine44
Quality of Development.
Openings in chess are a dynamic, continually changing point players focus on for improvement and var…
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