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Disclosure: ChessAtlas is our product, and Deviation Finder is one of its core features. This article shows both the manual workflow (any tool) and th…
Most openings transpose. If you learn to spot when move orders reach the same position, you cut study time and avoid traps. How to Handle Transpositio…
Disclosure: ChessAtlas is our product. This guide works with any tool (Lichess Studies, Chessable, Anki with FSRS, ChessBook, ChessAtlas); we just hap…
Most players build opening knowledge move by move, a Chessable course here, a YouTube video there, an engine line memorized before bed. Then they sit...
At master level, the overwhelming majority of replies to 1.d4 start with 1...Nf6 or 1...d5, yet those two moves branch into very different systems wi...
1.e4 appears in more games than any other first move in master and club databases, and it steers play into open, tactical positions. Choose the wrong…
Most players memorize chess openings the wrong way: they read a line 10 times, feel confident, then blank out on move 8 at the board. The problem is n…
Many sub-1700 games are decided by tactics, yet players still memorize 20-move Najdorf lines and get lost after an early sideline. The answer to "how…
Playing above 1200 ELO? See our full framework for building a repertoire that sticks instead. This guide is for beginners under 1200 ELO who have neve…