Chess
Atyrau Masters and the Content Machine: When a Defeat Becomes a Commodity
1.d4 d5 and the Games That Dodge Theory: When White Refuses to Climb the Mountain
UzChess Cup: Brandon Jacobson's 'Miniature' and an Unresolved Opening Contradiction
Bodhana Sivanandan, 11, scores 6/7 and a 2504 performance at the 2026 Samarkand Olympiad
The Hour of the Seconds: When an Old Move Is Resold as a Secret WeaponIn a small recording room in Nha Trang, I inserted the DVD a friend had sent...
The King's Indian DVD and 9...a5: Selling Surprise, Not SuperiorityThe game I logged at an open tournament in Chiang Mai earlier this year: a...
Atyrau Masters and the Content Machine: When a Defeat Becomes a CommodityIn this month's chess news flow, one headline caught my eye immediately:...
AI Solves a 58-Year-Old Chess Problem: 63 Checking Moves Is a Closed Claim, 364 Is Only Half the TruthA Beautiful Headline and a Smaller Truth On October 13, when the news about a...
6th Prison Chess Championship: 140 Teams and the Spatial Question Behind a Record NumberThere is no grandstand at a chess board. No roaring crowd, no slow-motion...
The Scandinavian Defense: A Time-Saving Weapon for Club PlayersIn an era where chess opening theory has become increasingly vast and complex...
London, Colle, Trompowsky, Torre: Black's 'Sideline' Burden After 1.d4 d5When Wesley So and Awonder Liang both held perfect scores in the middle phase...
1.d4 d5 and the Games That Dodge Theory: When White Refuses to Climb the MountainThree in the morning in Chengdu, the desk lamp still on, and I am replaying a...
UzChess Cup: Brandon Jacobson's 'Miniature' and an Unresolved Opening ContradictionOn June 25, 2026, Robert Ris — a Dutch International Master, opening-book...
Bodhana Sivanandan, 11, scores 6/7 and a 2504 performance at the 2026 Samarkand OlympiadAt board one of England's women's team, an eleven-year-old girl sits motionle...
Chess 'Least Expressive'? Look at the Data Before JudgingWhen a former professional badminton athlete declares chess is 'one of the...
ChessBase Magazine Issue 225: A Headline Promising Bent Larsen, a Contents Page Delivering a Training BundleLast week, a chess coach in Saigon messaged me a short line: "Have you read...
Chess Magazine and Squad Dynamics: When Saint Louis Isn't Just About the StarsOn October 8, ChessBase Magazine issue #225 hits the shelves. But the story...
The Scotch and the Trap of Memory: How a 'Harmless' Opening Became a WeaponThere is a move that beginners are often told to avoid. It is 3.d4 in the...
9...a5 in the King's Indian Defense: A Strategic Solution or an Overstated Promise?One July night, I sat in front of a screen with a sixteen-year-old student in...
India Wins the Chess Olympiad for the First Time: When Nearly a Century of History Shifts CourseIn September 2026, I sat in front of a screen in Da Nang, watching the live...
Samarkand, Round Nine: Gukesh's Great Escape and the Cracks Behind the MedalInside the cramped press room of the Samarkand Chess Centre, the air...
King's Indian Defense: The 9...a5 Sideline and the Low-Memorization Strategic Path Against the Bayonet AttackThere are nights when I sit alone in a small room in Hanoi, mute the computer...
Fritz 20 and the chess training revolution inside Vietnam's small training roomsAt 5:40 in the morning inside a youth sports academy south of Hanoi, the...
