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The Squares That Were Left Behind

Finding and exploiting weak squares in your opponent's positionAyanokoji_Kiyotaka55

The Sindarov Pack: Thinking Like a World Championship Challenger

Hi everyone, I’m Ayanokoji! Since 2024, Javokhir Sindarov has been my absolute favorite chess player…IM HelloItsDmitri

The Stories of Openings - The Bogo-Indian

In this post we will learn the story of the Bogo-Indian Defense, not in a historical sense, but rath…RuyLopez1000

Queen vs Rook Endgame.

How to Win Q vs R.Kaiba2_2

Strategy: picking a role

I picked up the Bird Opening and as I was analysing one of my games I stumbled across a position, of…Chess position from Bajarani–Mammadov after 15.Ra3, illustrating a rook lift, beside the title “Which Piece Needs a Better Job?”GM ulvi95

Which Piece Needs a Better Job? Four Positions from My Games

Four positions from my games show how a rook, bishop, knight and queen can find a more useful roleFM amazingatlas

A Rook Down Against a King With Nowhere to Hide

Corzo won a rook and the engine says he was close to winning for seven moves. He also had a king wit…FM amazingatlas

The Greek Gift That Was Not Sound, and Won Anyway

Capablanca played the classic bishop sacrifice on h7 and the engine says it was not even his best mo…FM amazingatlas

Attack Where the Bad Bishop Cannot Help!

Black's light-squared bishop ended up on a8 watching the game. Capablanca attacked the other side of…Bodhana SivanandanNM Chess-Network

Bodhana Sivanandan BREAKS Judit Polgar's 38-Year-Old Record!!

11 years, 7 months, and 16 daysFM amazingatlas

The Check Janowski Filed Under the Wrong Heading

Janowski had a check that kept his attack alive and never played it, because he had already decided …RuyLopez1000

Bronstein vs Botvinnik: The Rivalry

Explore one of the Greatest Rivalries in the History of ChessFM amazingatlas

Let Him Eat the Pawns: Capablanca at San Sebastian

Bernstein grabs on a2 and c2 while Capablanca builds on the kingside. For a few moves the engine say…TheCommandalorian

Road to NM -- Week 14: 1600!!!

Welcome back to week 14 on the Road to NM series where I account my progress on the road towards the…RajjSinghh

Chess Master vs Chess Amateur: A Closer Look

For a while I had been struggling with being a good player when my opponent plays poorly but struggl…FM amazingatlas

PROVENTION ! Take the Square Away Before the Knight Gets There

Marshall's whole attack rested on one square, h5. Capablanca survived it by kicking the knight away,…FM amazingatlas

The Knight on f5 That Marshall Could Never Chase

Capablanca puts a knight on f5 and spends the rest of the game building around it. Marshall cannot k…FM amazingatlas

Let the Pawn Structure Pick the Plan

Capablanca beat Marshall eight to one in their 1909 match without studying openings. This game shows…IM Alex_lucky

Эндшпиль - твое слабое место, которое не позволяет расти дальше

"Сила мастера - в конце"FM amazingatlas

Two Questions to Ask When You Are Winning

Most won games are thrown away by trading at random. A pawn up against two opponents in consultation…ecoarrivazumashoomzo

3 of the wannabe uzbek gms review their games.

Our games last round in the Classical Team Champions League reviewed by the players themselves. (Sat…FDAIMAN

Problemas en la identificación de patrones

En algunas partidas existen varias posibilidades donde muchas ejercen el factor distractor sobre la …FM amazingatlas

The Pawn the Rook Could Not Leave: Capablanca's Advanced Passed pawn

Capablanca out calculates Fox in the complications. He comes out an exchange up and then rolls a paw…FM amazingatlas

The Attack That Should Not Have Worked: Capablanca's Pawn Storm

Capablanca throws his queenside pawns at a castled king and the engine says the attack is not sound.…