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I build repertoire-builder.com solo. It reads your real Lichess game history and finds the specific....


A few days ago, I wrote about why I built ChessIQ: I wanted to train the part of chess that happens....


Most free chess game review gives you one game per day. Chess.com works that way, and so does almost...


Introduction Chess.com, once a gold standard for chess enthusiasts, is now facing a...


Chess engines have been superhuman for twenty-five years, and they are still terrible teachers....


The traps that win games in under 10 moves, and how to avoid walking into them yourself. Scholar's m...


A discovered attack happens when you move one piece to reveal a line of attack for another. It's the...


No fluff, no 'study more.' The exact order to work on tactics, endgames, and openings, and how much ...


Introduction When Chess.com announced that Danya had achieved 21,889 brilliant moves—the...


You don't need 40 endgames. You need 5, cold. Opposition, the Lucena, the Philidor, and the two basi...


1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4. The plans, the main lines, the traps to know, and why the Italian is the be...


Introduction: The Rise of a Chess Prodigy Javokhir Sindarov, a name increasingly...


Introduction In a move that has sent ripples through the global chess community, the...


Introduction: The Paradox of the Abu Dhabi Chess Festival Imagine a chessboard where...


Forks, pins, skewers, discovered attacks, the back-rank mate, and the smothered mate. Learn these si...


Hanging pieces is the single biggest reason players under 1500 lose, and it has almost nothing to do...


The London System is 1.d4 and 2.Bf4, the same setup against almost anything. Here is the full six-mo...


It's almost never your opening. It's hanging pieces, missed tactics, and rushing. Here's how to find...


Forget memorizing 20 moves of the Sicilian. Here are the four openings that actually help you improv...