Chess
9...a5 and a Disc That Calls Itself an Antidote: When the Cover Title Doesn't Match the PositionOn the cover of the disc, in the most prominent type: King's Indian Attack. T...
Clutch Chess Saint Louis: When a Match Headline Hides an Opening Video BundleA headline names Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura, Javokhir Sindarov and...
A 60-Minute Patch for the Najdorf: Daniel King and the Trade of Opening-Theory MaintenanceTwenty-eight minutes. That is how long a sixteen-year-old student of mine...
European Club Cup: When a 2715 Elo Average Stops Being Just a PromiseI once believed in emotion, until a number knocked on my door at 3 a.m. That...
The 5.e5 Thrust and the Shelf Life of a Trap: When the Modern Italian Becomes a Weekend WeaponDa Nang, a Friday evening at the end of July. A café on Bach Dang street, a...
The Scandinavian Defense and the Halo Borrowed from Magnus CarlsenIn a video exactly 60 minutes long, an international master sits before a...
ChessBase Recruits Kostya Kavutskiy: The New Board of the Chess Instruction MarketJochen Schwarz holds no grandmaster title. He is a club player who calls...
The 9...a5 Move, the DVD, and the Trust Gap in ChessOne night in Da Nang, I rebuilt the position after the ninth move on my...
The 9...a5 Move, a Chess DVD, and the Name Placed in the Wrong FIDE President's ChairOne night, with the screen still glowing and the tea gone cold, I came across...
Is Chess Really the Least Expressive? A Debate From Outside the BoardIn August 2026, a personal commentary on an international sports outlet stirr...
Daniel King and the 60-Minute Najdorf Update: When Chess Theory Refuses to Let Anyone SleepThe ChessBase studio in Hamburg has no window looking out to the sea. But...
Najdorf 2026: A 60-Minute Update and the Data Gap in the Chess Theory MarketWhen the data file for the latest release in the ChessBase Power Play series...
9...a5 in the King's Indian Defense: An Escape from the Bayonet and the Limits of a PromiseOn move nine, White's pawn advances to b4. On the board it is only a small...
The 9...a5 Move in the King's Indian: A Strategic Escape in the Age of Engine TheoryThe board stopped at move nine. White had just pushed the pawn to b4 — the...
Erdoğmuş, 2,731 Elo and a Generation's Door Still Awaiting VerificationThis month, at the 2026 Chess Olympiad held in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, one nam...
The Scandinavian Defense: A Low-Theory Opening and Its Clash with the EliteThat day, in a small chess club tucked in an alley near the Dragon Bridge, I...
The Gap in the Title: When the Spatial Map Exposes the Mismatch Between FIDE Ratings and the Scotch LessonThe title reads "FIDE Ratings - October 2026". But opening the five-page...
Nguyen Anh Duc: Nine Minutes of Silence and the Calluses of an Old SoldierIn the last three matches in V-League, Becamex Binh Duong's PPDA dropped from...
Bodhana Sivanandan, Age 11, and the WGM Expectation: When the Headline Walks Away from the BoardEmpty stadiums, but the applause of 2026 still echoes through every old recor...
Bodhana Sivanandan and the Elephant Gambit: The Gap Between the Headline and the BoardBodhana Sivanandan and the Elephant Gambit: The Gap Between the Headline and...
Samarkand and the Shadow of Budapest: When a Gold Standard Overshadows India's Chess SilverOn board four, D Gukesh entered the final round with seven wins in ten games....
Samarkand 2026: India Takes Open Silver, Women's Bronze and the Nona Gaprindashvili Cup — Lessons From an Unsustainable Gold StandardSamarkand, the final round. On board four, D Gukesh — the reigning world...
The Empty Scoreboard: Chess's Silent Data CrisisThe Empty Scoreboard: Chess's Silent Data Crisis I. A blank page in East Asia...
ChessBase Magazine #225: The Olympiad Sicilian and a Test of Buyer TrustOn my desk in Guangzhou there is a press release printed from the office...
Savitha Shri B rejects a draw on move 45 as India hold China 2-2 at the 2026 Chess OlympiadBoard three of the Indian women's team, round 10 of the 2026 Chess Olympiad i...
2026 Chess Olympiad in Samarkand: Uzbekistan Keeps Gold at Home, India Loses the Title on a Board Four DefeatAt Samarkand, in round 11 of the 2026 Chess Olympiad, my eyes were fixed on...
Savitha Rejects Draw, Rescues India Against China in Penultimate Round of 2026 Chess OlympiadThe board had been silent for four hours. Savitha Shri B sat motionless, eyes...
Samarkand 2026: India and the Fateful DrawsThe game on Board 4 ended at 7:40 PM local time. Gukesh D, the 18-year-old...
Clutch Chess Saint Louis: When a Match Headline Hides an Opening Video BundleA headline names Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura, Javokhir Sindarov and...
A 60-Minute Patch for the Najdorf: Daniel King and the Trade of Opening-Theory MaintenanceTwenty-eight minutes. That is how long a sixteen-year-old student of mine...
European Club Cup: When a 2715 Elo Average Stops Being Just a PromiseI once believed in emotion, until a number knocked on my door at 3 a.m. That...
The 5.e5 Thrust and the Shelf Life of a Trap: When the Modern Italian Becomes a Weekend WeaponDa Nang, a Friday evening at the end of July. A café on Bach Dang street, a...
The Scandinavian Defense and the Halo Borrowed from Magnus CarlsenIn a video exactly 60 minutes long, an international master sits before a...
ChessBase Recruits Kostya Kavutskiy: The New Board of the Chess Instruction MarketJochen Schwarz holds no grandmaster title. He is a club player who calls...
The 9...a5 Move, the DVD, and the Trust Gap in ChessOne night in Da Nang, I rebuilt the position after the ninth move on my...
The 9...a5 Move, a Chess DVD, and the Name Placed in the Wrong FIDE President's ChairOne night, with the screen still glowing and the tea gone cold, I came across...
Is Chess Really the Least Expressive? A Debate From Outside the BoardIn August 2026, a personal commentary on an international sports outlet stirr...
Daniel King and the 60-Minute Najdorf Update: When Chess Theory Refuses to Let Anyone SleepThe ChessBase studio in Hamburg has no window looking out to the sea. But...
Najdorf 2026: A 60-Minute Update and the Data Gap in the Chess Theory MarketWhen the data file for the latest release in the ChessBase Power Play series...
9...a5 in the King's Indian Defense: An Escape from the Bayonet and the Limits of a PromiseOn move nine, White's pawn advances to b4. On the board it is only a small...
The 9...a5 Move in the King's Indian: A Strategic Escape in the Age of Engine TheoryThe board stopped at move nine. White had just pushed the pawn to b4 — the...
Erdoğmuş, 2,731 Elo and a Generation's Door Still Awaiting VerificationThis month, at the 2026 Chess Olympiad held in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, one nam...
The Scandinavian Defense: A Low-Theory Opening and Its Clash with the EliteThat day, in a small chess club tucked in an alley near the Dragon Bridge, I...
The Gap in the Title: When the Spatial Map Exposes the Mismatch Between FIDE Ratings and the Scotch LessonThe title reads "FIDE Ratings - October 2026". But opening the five-page...
Nguyen Anh Duc: Nine Minutes of Silence and the Calluses of an Old SoldierIn the last three matches in V-League, Becamex Binh Duong's PPDA dropped from...
Bodhana Sivanandan, Age 11, and the WGM Expectation: When the Headline Walks Away from the BoardEmpty stadiums, but the applause of 2026 still echoes through every old recor...
Bodhana Sivanandan and the Elephant Gambit: The Gap Between the Headline and the BoardBodhana Sivanandan and the Elephant Gambit: The Gap Between the Headline and...
Samarkand and the Shadow of Budapest: When a Gold Standard Overshadows India's Chess SilverOn board four, D Gukesh entered the final round with seven wins in ten games....
Samarkand 2026: India Takes Open Silver, Women's Bronze and the Nona Gaprindashvili Cup — Lessons From an Unsustainable Gold StandardSamarkand, the final round. On board four, D Gukesh — the reigning world...
The Empty Scoreboard: Chess's Silent Data CrisisThe Empty Scoreboard: Chess's Silent Data Crisis I. A blank page in East Asia...
ChessBase Magazine #225: The Olympiad Sicilian and a Test of Buyer TrustOn my desk in Guangzhou there is a press release printed from the office...
Savitha Shri B rejects a draw on move 45 as India hold China 2-2 at the 2026 Chess OlympiadBoard three of the Indian women's team, round 10 of the 2026 Chess Olympiad i...
2026 Chess Olympiad in Samarkand: Uzbekistan Keeps Gold at Home, India Loses the Title on a Board Four DefeatAt Samarkand, in round 11 of the 2026 Chess Olympiad, my eyes were fixed on...
Savitha Rejects Draw, Rescues India Against China in Penultimate Round of 2026 Chess OlympiadThe board had been silent for four hours. Savitha Shri B sat motionless, eyes...
Samarkand 2026: India and the Fateful DrawsThe game on Board 4 ended at 7:40 PM local time. Gukesh D, the 18-year-old...
