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Elephant Gambit in Budva: The Second-Move Pawn Sacrifice and a 60-Minute Gamble2026-10-18Round four of an open team event on the outskirts of Moscow, last November....
The Najdorf and Daniel King's 60-Minute Update: When Chess Theory Is Sold Like a Subscription2026-10-05Sixty minutes. That is the first number that struck me when I opened Daniel...
Samarkand and the Question of Medals That Need Not Be Gold2026-09-29On the eleventh day in Samarkand, with the clock still running on board four,...
The King Takes a Walk at the Olympiad: 5.e5 and an Opening Lesson for Club Players2026-09-27At a recent Olympiad, Alexei Sarana let the white king leave its corner, walk...
ChessElephant Gambit in Budva: The Second-Move Pawn Sacrifice and a 60-Minute GambleRound four of an open team event on the outskirts of Moscow, last November....
ChessWhen Chess Sells Its Teachers: ChessBase, Kostya Kavutskiy and the Instructional-Content EconomyI still remember the night of August 3, 2026, when Karsten Warholm flew acros...
ChessGame of the Week #743: When an analysis contains no chess moves, we fool ourselvesWhen data does not lie, it is we who fool ourselves. I wrote this sentence on...
ChessWhen a Headline Misnames the FIDE President: A View from a King's Indian Opening DVDOn some mornings I sit in front of the screen in Chengdu, my tea long gone...
Chess"FIDE President Timur Turlov" and a King's Indian Defense DVD: Decoding an Unreliable Chess ArticlePART 1 — A HEADLINE THAT REFUTES ITSELF In chess media, some articles are wor...
ChessThe Expressiveness of Chess Lies in the Silence No One SeesThere is a moment in chess that television cameras never capture in full: a...
Chess2026 U.S. Chess Championship: Caruana Defends, Twelve Players and the Board in Saint LouisTwelve chairs. Twelve boards. And a room in Saint Louis will stay silent for...
ChessSixty Minutes for Five Najdorf Lines: Daniel King's Opening UpdateOn the chessboard, the sixth move is sometimes just a small pawn step. In the...
ChessThe Najdorf and Daniel King's 60-Minute Update: When Chess Theory Is Sold Like a SubscriptionSixty minutes. That is the first number that struck me when I opened Daniel...
Chess9...a5 Against the Bayonet: The Chess DVD Selling an Escape From the EngineMistakes are not what frightens me. What makes a forecaster is bending down a...
ChessThe 9...a5 Move and the Gap Between Two HeadlinesI opened the file on a late-autumn afternoon in Shanghai, while outside the...
ChessThe Scandinavian Defense: The Gap Between Market Belief and Opening DataIn a product description less than a page long, one sentence made me pause...
ChessData behind the Modern Italian Gambit: When Vietnamese clubs face opening trapsIn the 2026 Vietnamese club chess season, I tracked 68 matches and found 47...
ChessSamarkand and the Question of Medals That Need Not Be GoldOn the eleventh day in Samarkand, with the clock still running on board four,...
Chess2026 Chess Olympiad: India Sweep 3.5–0.5 in Round 10, but Gold Will Be Decided on Boards 1 and 2Board 4 sits at the end of the row, farthest from the scoreboard and farthest...
ChessKing's Indian Defence: The 9...a5 Move and an Escape Route Not Meant for the MachineI read a news item whose headline was about a women's team tournament in...
ChessThe King Takes a Walk at the Olympiad: 5.e5 and an Opening Lesson for Club PlayersAt a recent Olympiad, Alexei Sarana let the white king leave its corner, walk...
ChessSamarkand Round 4: The U.S. Women's Team, a 15/16 Board Score, and a Spatial Map Not Yet DrawnOn the results board in Samarkand after Round 4, the only line worth stopping...
ChessUS Women's 15/16 at Samarkand: Real Signal or Content-Market Noise?Samarkand, round 4. The U.S. women's team scoreboard shows 15/16 – nearly...
Chess9...a5 Against the Bayonet Attack: A Strategic Antidote or a Crisis of Trust in the Chess World?On April 29, 2026, I sat in the analysis room of Chiang Mai FC and clocked a...
ChessFirouzja's 49-Move Win Over Carlsen: How the Clock Wrote the Final Round of GCL 2026Alireza Firouzja stayed in his chair a few seconds longer after Magnus Carlse...
ChessThe Empty Board: When the Data Never Arrives, a Chess Writer Chooses Between Silence and InventionThe file opened at two in the morning, and there was nothing inside. The...
ChessFritz 20 and the Generation Battle: When Chess Software Aims to Replace CoachesOn a Monday morning in a small rented room in Binh Duong, Vietnam, the...
ChessWhen Chess Sells Its Teachers: ChessBase, Kostya Kavutskiy and the Instructional-Content EconomyI still remember the night of August 3, 2026, when Karsten Warholm flew acros...
ChessGame of the Week #743: When an analysis contains no chess moves, we fool ourselvesWhen data does not lie, it is we who fool ourselves. I wrote this sentence on...
ChessWhen a Headline Misnames the FIDE President: A View from a King's Indian Opening DVDOn some mornings I sit in front of the screen in Chengdu, my tea long gone...
Chess"FIDE President Timur Turlov" and a King's Indian Defense DVD: Decoding an Unreliable Chess ArticlePART 1 — A HEADLINE THAT REFUTES ITSELF In chess media, some articles are wor...
ChessThe Expressiveness of Chess Lies in the Silence No One SeesThere is a moment in chess that television cameras never capture in full: a...
Chess2026 U.S. Chess Championship: Caruana Defends, Twelve Players and the Board in Saint LouisTwelve chairs. Twelve boards. And a room in Saint Louis will stay silent for...
ChessSixty Minutes for Five Najdorf Lines: Daniel King's Opening UpdateOn the chessboard, the sixth move is sometimes just a small pawn step. In the...
ChessThe Najdorf and Daniel King's 60-Minute Update: When Chess Theory Is Sold Like a SubscriptionSixty minutes. That is the first number that struck me when I opened Daniel...
Chess9...a5 Against the Bayonet: The Chess DVD Selling an Escape From the EngineMistakes are not what frightens me. What makes a forecaster is bending down a...
ChessThe 9...a5 Move and the Gap Between Two HeadlinesI opened the file on a late-autumn afternoon in Shanghai, while outside the...
ChessThe Scandinavian Defense: The Gap Between Market Belief and Opening DataIn a product description less than a page long, one sentence made me pause...
ChessData behind the Modern Italian Gambit: When Vietnamese clubs face opening trapsIn the 2026 Vietnamese club chess season, I tracked 68 matches and found 47...
ChessSamarkand and the Question of Medals That Need Not Be GoldOn the eleventh day in Samarkand, with the clock still running on board four,...
Chess2026 Chess Olympiad: India Sweep 3.5–0.5 in Round 10, but Gold Will Be Decided on Boards 1 and 2Board 4 sits at the end of the row, farthest from the scoreboard and farthest...
ChessKing's Indian Defence: The 9...a5 Move and an Escape Route Not Meant for the MachineI read a news item whose headline was about a women's team tournament in...
ChessThe King Takes a Walk at the Olympiad: 5.e5 and an Opening Lesson for Club PlayersAt a recent Olympiad, Alexei Sarana let the white king leave its corner, walk...
ChessSamarkand Round 4: The U.S. Women's Team, a 15/16 Board Score, and a Spatial Map Not Yet DrawnOn the results board in Samarkand after Round 4, the only line worth stopping...
ChessUS Women's 15/16 at Samarkand: Real Signal or Content-Market Noise?Samarkand, round 4. The U.S. women's team scoreboard shows 15/16 – nearly...
Chess9...a5 Against the Bayonet Attack: A Strategic Antidote or a Crisis of Trust in the Chess World?On April 29, 2026, I sat in the analysis room of Chiang Mai FC and clocked a...
ChessFirouzja's 49-Move Win Over Carlsen: How the Clock Wrote the Final Round of GCL 2026Alireza Firouzja stayed in his chair a few seconds longer after Magnus Carlse...
ChessThe Empty Board: When the Data Never Arrives, a Chess Writer Chooses Between Silence and InventionThe file opened at two in the morning, and there was nothing inside. The...
ChessFritz 20 and the Generation Battle: When Chess Software Aims to Replace CoachesOn a Monday morning in a small rented room in Binh Duong, Vietnam, the...
