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How to Prepare for a Chess Tournament in Just 15 Days
Preparing for a chess tournament with only 15 days requires focus and discipline. Here’s the plan:
How to Make Progress Based on Your Rating
Improving requires targeted strategies depending on your Lichess rapid rating. Here’s how you can ma…
BoltChess: Play against Titled Players on Lichess Anytime, Anywhere!
Are you dreaming of the day you'll finally go head-to-head with a titled chess player? Why wait for …
Tips for Studying Chess Openings Effectively
Studying chess openings is an essential part of improving your game. A solid opening repertoire help…
Freestyle Chess: All About It & How to Play Against Titled Players
Freestyle chess, also known as Fischer Random Chess or Chess960, is a chess variant designed to elim…
The Power of Thematic Training Games
Improving at chess isn’t just about studying opening theory and solving puzzles. Many players reach …
Opposite-Side Castling: How to Attack and Practice
Opposite-Side Castling: How to Play and Attack
The O'Kelly Variation: The Best Sicilian for Black (50+ % Win Rate!)
The O'Kelly Variation of the Sicilian Defense, characterized by 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6, is a fascinating a…
Why Some Players Never Improve
Many club players stay at the same level despite their love for chess and playing a lot of games. Th…
Blumenfeld’s Rule: How to Avoid Blunders!
Blumenfeld’s Rule, first introduced by Soviet master B. Blumenfeld and popularized by Alexander Koto…
7 Days at BoltChess: Analyzing Games and Introducing New Features
It’s been an exciting week at BoltChess! This new platform connects chess players with titled player…
Study plan (based on rating)
When chess players start looking to learn more tactical material to get better in chess, it becomes …
The art of mastering chess - a complete guide
Most of the players, after finishing their games starts playing another chess game, which is why reg…
How to Use SWOT Analysis in Chess
SWOT analysis, a powerful tool from the business world, can also be applied to chess to help players…
How to Choose the Best Opening Based on Your Playing Style
Your chess style is your personal approach to the game. Knowing your style helps you choose openings…
Unlocking Strategies for Rapid Improvement
Most of the players, after finishing their games starts playing another chess game, which is why reg…
Tips for Moving Up to the Next Level
It can be frustrating to feel stuck at your current skill level, but don't worry – there are steps y…
Study Plan for Intermediate Players
Once you’ve learned the fundamentals of chess, it’s time to graduate to the intermediate aspects of …
Study Plan for Beginners
To learn to play a solid game of chess, you will need to master the basics, first. These are sets of…
Link between strategy and tactic
Most chess players do not know the link between in-game strategy and tactic, and many chess beginner…
Correlation between rapid/blitz rating and puzzle rating
Maintaining your chess ratings on familiar sites such as Lichess has always been outrageous. However…
Everyone's First Strategy Kit
Most players (1200-2200 lichess.org rating) are strong in tactics and openings, but their ratings do…