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How Capablanca Beat Lasker With the Principle of Two Weaknesses

2026-07-22T22:36:06.371Z

In their 1921 title match Capablanca beat the World Champion from a level endgame, creating a second weakness Lasker could not defend.

Cómo gané un torneo regional (Elo 1700)

2026-07-22T22:17:55.885Z

En mayo 2026, participé en el Campeonato de Ajedrez de Hamburgo, Alemania. Jugué en el tercer grupo (elo 1200-1700) y gané el grupo. Voy a mostraros posiciones de las 7 rondas.

Breaking the Chess Plateau: A Complete Guide to Overcoming Long-Term Stagnation

2026-07-22T20:35:39.061Z

This comprehensive guide explores why plateaus occur and provides a detailed, actionable roadmap to break through them

You Won't Believe What The Best Move Here Is

2026-07-22T16:33:40.334Z

Sometimes the strongest move isn't an attack, a sacrifice, or a tactical shot; sometimes it's a quiet move that solves a problem you didn't even know existed.

CHESS SPEAKS. DO YOU LISTEN?

2026-07-22T10:46:19.974Z

Chess Is a Conversation

What Would Your Rating Be if You Stopped Making Stupid Mistakes?

2026-07-22T09:20:12.936Z

Have you ever played a chess game you were really pleased with?

How Chess Imitates Art

2026-07-22T05:34:36.75Z

A post on the artistic side of chess, in tournaments vs compositions

How Capablanca Won a Dead Level Endgame With Two Plans

2026-07-21T16:57:08.746Z

From a level rook endgame against three consulting opponents, Capablanca fixed a weak pawn, won it, then ran a passed pawn to victory.

Road to NM: Week 2 — A good OTB Rapid Performance

2026-07-21T12:57:46.956Z

Welcome back to week 2 on the Road to NM series

How to Analyze Your Games: A Quick Overview

2026-07-21T10:03:11.998Z

HOW ANALYZE YOUR GAME

How to Study Chess Openings

2026-07-21T01:20:57.84Z

Get more out of every opening course

I Beat Stockfish 8 In Bullet

2026-07-20T21:42:02.015Z

Can you beat Stockfish too? That's the question that we can answer together.

How Capablanca Won While His Opponent Had the Passed Pawn

2026-07-20T19:29:33.323Z

Black had a protected passed pawn three squares from queening, yet Capablanca won the king and pawn ending by making two passers on the far wing.

How I Analyze My Games

2026-07-20T16:26:00.051Z

In this post, I'm going to break down how I analyze my games. I believe this method will be effective for any beginner, and I'll explain why in each section. For intermediate and advanced players, I have also mentioned what I think is best, but note that this is based on research, not experience.

chessrepeat.com— an open-source chess opening training tool!

2026-07-20T00:47:01.566Z

I created a free, open-source opening chess website called chessrepeat.com to efficiently train openings with spaced repetition.

How Capablanca Won a Piece Without Capturing It

2026-07-19T13:57:37.077Z

Capablanca walled White's bishop in with pawns, then played the whole ending a piece up while the material count stayed dead level.

Destroying the Najdorf Autopilot: The Kraljevo Variation

2026-07-19T13:25:17.146Z

Let’s be honest: playing against the Najdorf Sicilian can be deeply frustrating. It is the undisputed crown jewel of chess theory—sharpened to perfection by Tal, Fischer, and Kasparov. If you follow the main lines, you are walking straight into a grandmaster's home preparation, where a single slip means instant defeat, and perfect play just leads to a forced engine draw.But what if you could yank your opponent out of their comfort zone as early as move 7? Enter the Kraljevo Variation (7.Bc4!?). Combining the most aggressive concepts of the Main Line and the Sozin Attack into a single hibrid system, this rare weapon turns the board into an immediate tactical minefield. Grandmasters and theory books claim that "Black easily equalizes." However, my experience across more than a thousand high-class blitz and bullet battles against the chess elite proves otherwise. Today, I am sharing the blueprints to this tactical sledgehammer.

Bishop vs Knight Forever and Ever

2026-07-19T09:34:24.413Z

The Bishop's Corner.

The Case for Chess Open Source Nobody Maintains

2026-07-18T22:57:56.797Z

Is it worth contributing to newer chess open source software projects?

What the scoreboard never tells you

2026-07-18T21:18:33.865Z

Why results are the worst judge of your chess

Zweiter Matchsieg von GM Felix Blohberger innerhalb kürzester Zeit

2026-07-18T19:34:38.957Z

GM Felix Blohberger konnte GM Loek Van Wely in einem Schnellschach-Match in Bukarest 3 : 1 besiegen

The Beauty of interference

2026-07-18T17:03:58.813Z

In this article I show you more motifs from the world of chess combinations, in particular intersection themes, which are commonplace in chess composition but occur only rarely — if at all — in over-the-board play.

How Capablanca Gave Up the Exchange and Won

2026-07-18T15:57:41.424Z

Capablanca gave up a rook for a knight on purpose, played most of the game down the exchange, and won the endgame so cleanly it looked effortless.

How the Last Moved Piece Affects the Next Move

2026-07-18T11:21:21.139Z

Looking at how the frequency of moved pieces and board sides of the moves changes based on the previously played move