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April 2026 State of Online Chess

Do players need more resources and innovations?

Play Bughouse Players on Lishogi.org

Inspired by Japan invention of invertible pawns, this year Wanderer adds a new variant!

Hope Chess Is Better Than Hopeless Chess

"If you make consecutive threats, your opponent will blunder." - GM Komarov

Ratings Science is Hard

How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time.

What is Creativity?

Are we creative at using technology, or do computers have a mind of their own?

Chess Does Not Speak For Itself

Voice of online chess Naroditsky passes at 29

Road Back to 2300 (Lichess)

Ratings aren't what they used to be.

DCA Tragedy 2025-01-29

Regulations are written in blood.

POTUS47 Dissolves NRA

America's smartest man chooses peace, ends two-tiered justice system

Shogi AI Past, Present, and Future

How were the best shogi engines developed? (transcript 【将棋AIの基本がわかる/実写映像】CEDEC2024講演「将棋AIの過去・現在・未来」【やねうらお・たややん】)