Chess
Scandinavian in 60 Minutes: The Convenience Promise and the Gap After Move Three
The Sixty-Minute Move: How a Forgotten Gambit Became a Transfer-Market Weapon
The Elephant Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d5!? and the 'Bundesliga dispute': when the second move is sold as a secret
Beating the Sicilian with 3.Bc4 – seriously? Bodhana Sivanandan, 11, Shakes Up the 2026 Samarkand Olympiad
Vietnamese Chess and the Lesson of a Mislabeled Headline: When the 'FIDE President' Was Named Wrong
9...a5 and the memory-cost problem of the King's Indian Mar del PlataThe moment on move nine I usually mute the sound when I rewatch King's Indian...
A US Women's Chess Title Headline, and 60 Minutes Without a Single GameOn a Saturday morning, a student from my chess class in District 3 sent me a...
Andrew Martin and the 60-Minute Repertoire: The Elephant Gambit Between Marketing and the BoardThe product page carries the title "Najdorf Poisoned Queen Variation". The...
Carlsen Says Humans Are Not That Good at Chess: How AI Flattened the Elite AdvantageIn 2026, in the VTC commentary booth at a classical chess event, I sat beside...
The False FIDE Presidency Headline and the FRITZ 20 Engine: When Chess Reads Slower Than the SpreadOn the evening of 30 August, I was sitting in front of a screen with a...
When Chess Is Sold With a Name That Does Not ExistThere was an April afternoon in 2026 when I sat at the auxiliary training...
European Club Cup 2026 in Budva: Bayegan Pendik, the 2715 Elo Average and the Seven Rounds That Decide ItBUDVA, 19 OCTOBER 2026 The hotel hall on the Adriatic coast holds more than s...
Scandinavian in 60 Minutes: The Convenience Promise and the Gap After Move ThreeJayanagar, Bengaluru, a dry-season evening. On the rooftop of a small coffee...
The Sixty-Minute Move: How a Forgotten Gambit Became a Transfer-Market WeaponIn a hotel in Budva, Montenegro, a chessboard was set up that nobody in the...
9...a5 Against the Bayonet: When the King's Indian Chooses Understanding Over MemorizationOne Pawn, One Drumbeat There are moves in the King's Indian Defense that you ...
9...a5 and the Answer to the Bayonet Attack: When the King's Indian Chooses Understanding Over MemoryThe board stops on move nine. White has just pushed the b2-pawn to b4 — the...
The a5 Move and the Cost of Silence in the King's Indian DefenseThere is a move that, when I rewatched the game footage from the 2026 Mar del...
Atyrau Masters: Top Two Seeds Fall and the Void Behind a HeadlineOn the opening day of the Atyrau Masters, the tournament's top two seeds left...
AI System 'Double Agent' Breaks a 58-Year-Old Chess Record: 63 Legal Checking Moves, and a Problem Still OpenOn October 13, a research team announced results from an AI system named Doub...
The Empty Chair in the Bundesliga: A 2026/87 Chess Game and a Lesson in Rules That Never AgesThat black-and-white photograph sat in an archive I happened to open on a rai...
The Elephant Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d5!? and the 'Bundesliga dispute': when the second move is sold as a secretThe second move by Black —...d5 — is nobody's invention. It is a wager that h...
The Najdorf Opening: A Tactical Update and the Publishing Pipeline ErrorIn the world of top-flight football, where every move of a player on the pitc...
Wesley So, Awonder Liang and the 1.d4 d5 Problem: When a Perfect Score Hides an Analytical GapIn the playing hall of the Saint Louis Chess Club, on a July afternoon, I sat...
Kavutskiy Joins ChessBase: The Battle for Amateur Chess Players' Wallets Enters a New PhaseJochen Schwarz is a club player, a self-described "connoisseur" who never...
A US Women's Chess Title Headline, and 60 Minutes Without a Single GameOn a Saturday morning, a student from my chess class in District 3 sent me a...
Andrew Martin and the 60-Minute Repertoire: The Elephant Gambit Between Marketing and the BoardThe product page carries the title "Najdorf Poisoned Queen Variation". The...
Carlsen Says Humans Are Not That Good at Chess: How AI Flattened the Elite AdvantageIn 2026, in the VTC commentary booth at a classical chess event, I sat beside...
The False FIDE Presidency Headline and the FRITZ 20 Engine: When Chess Reads Slower Than the SpreadOn the evening of 30 August, I was sitting in front of a screen with a...
When Chess Is Sold With a Name That Does Not ExistThere was an April afternoon in 2026 when I sat at the auxiliary training...
European Club Cup 2026 in Budva: Bayegan Pendik, the 2715 Elo Average and the Seven Rounds That Decide ItBUDVA, 19 OCTOBER 2026 The hotel hall on the Adriatic coast holds more than s...
Scandinavian in 60 Minutes: The Convenience Promise and the Gap After Move ThreeJayanagar, Bengaluru, a dry-season evening. On the rooftop of a small coffee...
The Sixty-Minute Move: How a Forgotten Gambit Became a Transfer-Market WeaponIn a hotel in Budva, Montenegro, a chessboard was set up that nobody in the...
9...a5 Against the Bayonet: When the King's Indian Chooses Understanding Over MemorizationOne Pawn, One Drumbeat There are moves in the King's Indian Defense that you ...
9...a5 and the Answer to the Bayonet Attack: When the King's Indian Chooses Understanding Over MemoryThe board stops on move nine. White has just pushed the b2-pawn to b4 — the...
The a5 Move and the Cost of Silence in the King's Indian DefenseThere is a move that, when I rewatched the game footage from the 2026 Mar del...
Atyrau Masters: Top Two Seeds Fall and the Void Behind a HeadlineOn the opening day of the Atyrau Masters, the tournament's top two seeds left...
AI System 'Double Agent' Breaks a 58-Year-Old Chess Record: 63 Legal Checking Moves, and a Problem Still OpenOn October 13, a research team announced results from an AI system named Doub...
The Empty Chair in the Bundesliga: A 2026/87 Chess Game and a Lesson in Rules That Never AgesThat black-and-white photograph sat in an archive I happened to open on a rai...
The Elephant Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d5!? and the 'Bundesliga dispute': when the second move is sold as a secretThe second move by Black —...d5 — is nobody's invention. It is a wager that h...
The Najdorf Opening: A Tactical Update and the Publishing Pipeline ErrorIn the world of top-flight football, where every move of a player on the pitc...
Wesley So, Awonder Liang and the 1.d4 d5 Problem: When a Perfect Score Hides an Analytical GapIn the playing hall of the Saint Louis Chess Club, on a July afternoon, I sat...
Kavutskiy Joins ChessBase: The Battle for Amateur Chess Players' Wallets Enters a New PhaseJochen Schwarz is a club player, a self-described "connoisseur" who never...