Julian
@chessenginelab.com
Chess coach / Writing about chess engines on Substack: https://chessenginelab.substack.com / #chesspunks
In my latest post, I looked at the relative number of forcing moves for different players. As one would expect, more attacking players generally play more forcing moves.
You can read the full post here: chessenginelab.substack.com/p/forcing-mo...
You can read the full post here: chessenginelab.substack.com/p/forcing-mo...
November 17, 2025 at 8:38 PM
In my latest post, I looked at the relative number of forcing moves for different players. As one would expect, more attacking players generally play more forcing moves.
You can read the full post here: chessenginelab.substack.com/p/forcing-mo...
You can read the full post here: chessenginelab.substack.com/p/forcing-mo...
While many top players already got eliminated in the world cup, there were fewer upsets in this year’s thirst three rounds compared to the previous two world cups
November 11, 2025 at 4:15 PM
While many top players already got eliminated in the world cup, there were fewer upsets in this year’s thirst three rounds compared to the previous two world cups
I had my first league game of the season. It was a very complicated game and I certainly made some mistakes along the way, but I'm happy that I kept it together in time trouble and I managed to win #chesspunks
October 4, 2025 at 8:20 PM
I had my first league game of the season. It was a very complicated game and I certainly made some mistakes along the way, but I'm happy that I kept it together in time trouble and I managed to win #chesspunks
After a busy summer, I finally managed to publish another blog post, where I worked on an improvement of my piece activity score. Check it out here: chessenginelab.substack.com/p/piece-acti...
An Improved Piece Activity Score
A new and more refined attempt to quantify the activity of pieces in a position
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September 27, 2025 at 7:52 PM
After a busy summer, I finally managed to publish another blog post, where I worked on an improvement of my piece activity score. Check it out here: chessenginelab.substack.com/p/piece-acti...
This is from a rapid game of mine. I missed Black's winning move, can you find it? #chesspunks #chess
September 24, 2025 at 3:56 PM
This is from a rapid game of mine. I missed Black's winning move, can you find it? #chesspunks #chess
September 9, 2025 at 7:40 PM
This position is from a blitz game of mine. White has sacrificed a rook, how do they continue the attack? #chesspunks #chess
August 31, 2025 at 10:13 AM
This position is from a blitz game of mine. White has sacrificed a rook, how do they continue the attack? #chesspunks #chess
For an upcoming post, I looked at the score for different rating advantages in different time controls and it’s interesting that the score of the higher rated player plateaus in rapid around a 300 point rating advantage. I’m unsure why this is the case
August 6, 2025 at 1:55 PM
For an upcoming post, I looked at the score for different rating advantages in different time controls and it’s interesting that the score of the higher rated player plateaus in rapid around a 300 point rating advantage. I’m unsure why this is the case
This study is by V. Bron, 1948. White to play and win #chesspunks #chess
July 24, 2025 at 7:49 PM
This study is by V. Bron, 1948. White to play and win #chesspunks #chess
I found this simple tactic quite nice. Black to play and win #chess #chesspunks
July 23, 2025 at 6:59 AM
I found this simple tactic quite nice. Black to play and win #chess #chesspunks
Black to play and win. What did a young Capablanca play here? #chess #chesspunks
July 14, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Black to play and win. What did a young Capablanca play here? #chess #chesspunks
This study is by E. Paoli, 1949. White to play and win #chess #chesspunks
July 12, 2025 at 9:54 AM
This study is by E. Paoli, 1949. White to play and win #chess #chesspunks
This position is from a study by T. Gorghiyev, 1929. Currently it is Black to move.
How can Black win the h-pawn and how can White win the game anyway? #chess
How can Black win the h-pawn and how can White win the game anyway? #chess
July 4, 2025 at 5:35 PM
This position is from a study by T. Gorghiyev, 1929. Currently it is Black to move.
How can Black win the h-pawn and how can White win the game anyway? #chess
How can Black win the h-pawn and how can White win the game anyway? #chess
I’m planning to make a recap post about Norway Chess. Let me know if there are any stats you (don’t) want to see. My plan is to make it similar to my post about Wijk aan Zee this from year: chessenginelab.substack.com/p/tata-steel...
A Visual Recap of Tata Steel Chess 2025
Summarising the tournament with 8 plots
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June 5, 2025 at 12:37 PM
I’m planning to make a recap post about Norway Chess. Let me know if there are any stats you (don’t) want to see. My plan is to make it similar to my post about Wijk aan Zee this from year: chessenginelab.substack.com/p/tata-steel...
This position is from a blitz game of mine. White has many winning moves, but only one forced mate. Can you find it? #chesspunks #chess
May 30, 2025 at 6:16 PM
This position is from a blitz game of mine. White has many winning moves, but only one forced mate. Can you find it? #chesspunks #chess
Carlsen is most famous for his ability to squeeze out wins from drawn endgames. But I've never seen any data to back this up, so I took a closer look at it in my most recent post: chessenginelab.substack.com/p/carlsen-en...
How well does Carlsen score in equal Endgames?
Looking at the data to see if Carlsen really squeezes out more wins
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May 19, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Carlsen is most famous for his ability to squeeze out wins from drawn endgames. But I've never seen any data to back this up, so I took a closer look at it in my most recent post: chessenginelab.substack.com/p/carlsen-en...
I had this position in a blitz game. I thought that White had a win but I didn't spot the nice idea. Can you find White's winning line? #chesspunks #chess
May 15, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I had this position in a blitz game. I thought that White had a win but I didn't spot the nice idea. Can you find White's winning line? #chesspunks #chess
White to play and mate in 2. The problem is by Healey, 1903 #chesspunks #chess
May 12, 2025 at 7:06 PM
White to play and mate in 2. The problem is by Healey, 1903 #chesspunks #chess
Black to play and win. The solution isn't difficult but I found it quite nice #chesspunks
May 9, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Black to play and win. The solution isn't difficult but I found it quite nice #chesspunks
I analysed the chess 960 games played with classical time controls.
As one would expect, many mistakes happen from the first moves but interestingly this number goes down as the games progress probably since the positions "normalise"
Check out my post: chessenginelab.substack.com/p/chess960-q...
As one would expect, many mistakes happen from the first moves but interestingly this number goes down as the games progress probably since the positions "normalise"
Check out my post: chessenginelab.substack.com/p/chess960-q...
April 28, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I analysed the chess 960 games played with classical time controls.
As one would expect, many mistakes happen from the first moves but interestingly this number goes down as the games progress probably since the positions "normalise"
Check out my post: chessenginelab.substack.com/p/chess960-q...
As one would expect, many mistakes happen from the first moves but interestingly this number goes down as the games progress probably since the positions "normalise"
Check out my post: chessenginelab.substack.com/p/chess960-q...
I looked at the score of some more openings across different Lichess ratings, here are d4-openings.
The Grünfeld looks really interesting since it scores much better on the 1400-1800 level than any others.
You can read my full post here: chessenginelab.substack.com/p/scores-of-...
The Grünfeld looks really interesting since it scores much better on the 1400-1800 level than any others.
You can read my full post here: chessenginelab.substack.com/p/scores-of-...
March 30, 2025 at 7:11 PM
I looked at the score of some more openings across different Lichess ratings, here are d4-openings.
The Grünfeld looks really interesting since it scores much better on the 1400-1800 level than any others.
You can read my full post here: chessenginelab.substack.com/p/scores-of-...
The Grünfeld looks really interesting since it scores much better on the 1400-1800 level than any others.
You can read my full post here: chessenginelab.substack.com/p/scores-of-...
I'm currently working on a post looking at White's score in different openings across Lichess ratings.
It's interesting to see that when White plays 1.e4 at lower levels, they only score well against 1...e5 and worse against all other common Black responses #chesspunks #chess
It's interesting to see that when White plays 1.e4 at lower levels, they only score well against 1...e5 and worse against all other common Black responses #chesspunks #chess
March 27, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I'm currently working on a post looking at White's score in different openings across Lichess ratings.
It's interesting to see that when White plays 1.e4 at lower levels, they only score well against 1...e5 and worse against all other common Black responses #chesspunks #chess
It's interesting to see that when White plays 1.e4 at lower levels, they only score well against 1...e5 and worse against all other common Black responses #chesspunks #chess
This is a beautiful tactic from the game Paikidze-Lee from the American Cup. White to play and win #chesspunks #chess
March 16, 2025 at 8:57 PM
This is a beautiful tactic from the game Paikidze-Lee from the American Cup. White to play and win #chesspunks #chess
I recently looked at the rating improvement of three generations of top chess players. It's interesting to see how the big rating jumps happen at younger ages. You can read more here: chessenginelab.substack.com/p/rise-of-ge...
March 12, 2025 at 12:16 PM
I recently looked at the rating improvement of three generations of top chess players. It's interesting to see how the big rating jumps happen at younger ages. You can read more here: chessenginelab.substack.com/p/rise-of-ge...
I had an interesting league game on the weekend with some instructive moments.
White played a gambit I didn't know so I was under pressure from the start. Here white just played 11.Nb5 how would you respond? #chesspunks
White played a gambit I didn't know so I was under pressure from the start. Here white just played 11.Nb5 how would you respond? #chesspunks
March 4, 2025 at 6:26 PM
I had an interesting league game on the weekend with some instructive moments.
White played a gambit I didn't know so I was under pressure from the start. Here white just played 11.Nb5 how would you respond? #chesspunks
White played a gambit I didn't know so I was under pressure from the start. Here white just played 11.Nb5 how would you respond? #chesspunks