StockfishNewsStockfish 17 is here!
The free and open source engine that you love, now stronger than ever before!
FrankWillowEn Croissant: The Ultimate Chess Toolkit
En Croissant is an open-source, cross-platform chess GUI that aims to be powerful, customizable and …
TotalNoob69The REAL value of chess pieces
... according to Stockfish
GM NoelStuderWhy You Shouldn't Always Trust The Engine
Sometimes the Top Engine move is not the move you should play in a game. This Newsletter explains wh…
StockfishNewsStockfish 18 is here!
Much stronger, with next-generation threat-input network, shared memory for high-concurrency analysi…
StockfishNewsStockfish 16.1 is here!
The free and open source engine that you love, now stronger than ever before!
FM CheckRaiseMateAnalysis: Engine On Or Off?
The engine will tell you where you went wrong, but is it better to analyze on your own?
GM NoelStuderForget Cheaters - Enjoy Chess
Ever suspect your opponent of cheating online? It’s a terrible feeling, leaving you powerless.
GM NoelStuderHow To Use Chess Engines
Chess engines have revolutionized our beloved game and Sport. Instead of analyzing a position severa…
jk_182The Candidates in 13 Graphs
Looking at stats from the 2024 Candidates tournament
GM NoelStuderHow To Improve By Playing Online Blitz: Analyse Every Single Game
Blitzing is fun. But it can slow down your improvement tremendously if done wrong. There is a big da…
NM Chess-NetworkLeela Chess Zero traps Stockfish in the King’s Indian Defense, Simagin variation
The Top Chess Engine Championship Superfinal produces super games
StockfishNewsStockfish 17.1 is here + quick survey
Stronger, with a new speedtest command, improved hardware support, and bug fixes for tablebase suppo…
FM ubdipFinding the value of pieces
What are the piece values in chess? The answer is 1 3 3 5 9. Is it? How do we know?
RuyLopez1000AI Slop is Invading the Chess World
Claiming that AI can teach chess is the latest fad
FM CheckRaiseMateThe Power of a Plan
And how to make the engine into an effective teacher
FM CheckRaiseMateCreativity in Training
Ideas from two very different adult improvers
jk_182Concepts Discovered by AlphaZero
Looking at a paper from DeepMind about concept discovery and transfer
TheCommandalorianWhy Engine Accuracy isn't as useful as it seems (at least for sub-2000 players)
Why you shouldn't automatically hit the "request analysis" button immediately after every game
NM ZugAddictComputers have literally killed chess
None of this should ever have been so real
jk_182Using LC0's WDL to Analyze Games
I always like to look at the analysis graph of a chess game. It gives a nice overview of how the gam…
matstcA Chess Metric: Ease (for Humans)
“I know the engine evaluation but how easy to play is this position, really?”
Tobs40Why a reachable position can have at most 218 playable moves
I hope that the title is unambiguous enough now and I wholeheartedly apologize to all the people who…
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