Chess
European Chess 2026: Bayegan Pendik and Monte-Carlo Crowned, But Their Memory Was Abandoned in the Headline
A False FIDE Headline, a FRITZ 20 Ad, and the Source Test Chess Media Keeps Skipping
The Scandinavian Defense in 60 Minutes: A Club Chess Promise and the Gap After Move Ten
Atyrau Masters and ChessBase Magazine #225: When News Accounts for Just 1 of 13 Data Points
Eleven Years Old on Board One: The Eccentric Sicilian and the Girl Who Silenced Samarkand
ChessClutch Chess in Saint Louis: One Headline, Two Stories, and a Data Gap Nobody CheckedI replayed the entire broadcast footage to look for what nobody mentioned: th...
ChessEuropean Chess 2026: Bayegan Pendik and Monte-Carlo Crowned, But Their Memory Was Abandoned in the HeadlineOn a February evening, I sat in a small apartment in Shanghai, opened...
ChessThe Scotch Game: A Forgotten Opening Returns to Vietnamese BoardsThe 60-minute tape travelled from table to table in a chess club in Da Nang i...
ChessCarlsen at 35: AI Has Levelled the Field, and the Champion Is Learning to Win FasterIn late October, in an interview with AS published on 21 October and...
ChessDaniel King and 60 Minutes of Najdorf Patching: When Opening Theory Never Lets You StopThree in the morning, and I stopped at minute 41 of a video file exactly 60...
ChessA False FIDE Headline, a FRITZ 20 Ad, and the Source Test Chess Media Keeps SkippingIn July 2026, inside the commentary booth in Nizhny Novgorod, I kept my eyes ...
ChessIM Andrew Martin's 60-Minute Scandinavian Defense Course: Practical Value and a Crack in the HeadlineAt 11 p.m., after closing the final-round file on the national championship, ...
ChessThe Scandinavian Defense in 60 Minutes: A Club Chess Promise and the Gap After Move TenEight in the morning on a Saturday, a coffee shop at the end of Phu Loi stree...
ChessThe Ninth Move and the Half-Life of SurpriseThe DVD box has no author's name. No release date. No product code, no sample...
ChessAndrew Martin's Bold Move: Why the Elephant Gambit Still Survives in the Engine EraIn a hotel in Budva, Montenegro, an electronic chessboard displays 2...d5....
Chess9...a5 Against the Bayonet Attack: A Strategic Answer and the Limits of an Opening PromiseTwo in the morning, and I replay the game with the sound off. No commentary, ...
ChessBayonet 9.b4 and the 9...a5 Answer: When the King's Indian Defense Chooses Strategy Over MemorizationThere is a position I sat staring at for a long time on a morning in Da Nang,...
ChessDortmund 2027 Does Not Exist: Inside a Chess Course Page Borrowing Carlsen's Name21:47, a cafe on Nguyen Chi Thanh Street, Da Nang. A friend sends me a link...
Chess63 Checking Moves and the 364 Ceiling: AI Only Closed Half of a 58-Year-Old Chess ProblemA position in which the side to move has exactly 63 legal moves, and all 63 o...
ChessAtyrau Masters and ChessBase Magazine #225: When News Accounts for Just 1 of 13 Data PointsThe only headline in the ChessBase Magazine #225 release that can genuinely b...
ChessFIDE Shortens Time Controls: The Scandinavian Defense and Chess's Race to Save TimeA chess clock gives off a dry, single click. In a silent tournament hall, tha...
ChessA Dispute in the German Chess Bundesliga: The Second-Move Pawn Sacrifice and the Promise of a CourseBoard seven in the playing hall of the German Chess Bundesliga team...
ChessNajdorf: When Theory Won't Stand Still — Daniel King and the Maintenance of a Dark WeaponThere is a moment in the analysis room that I always remember. In 2026, after...
ChessLiang Beats Niemann: One Headline, Two Names, and an Empty BoardOpening my inbox this morning, I came across the headline: "Liang beats Niema...
