Chess
Unlocking the Power of the Scotch Opening: From Kasparov's Weapon to Modern Defensive Solutions2026-10-15In the world of chess, there are openings that seem forgotten, but with a...
Bodhana Sivanandan: Eleven Years Old, Board One, and a Move Nobody Taught2026-10-09In Samarkand, among hundreds of boards running along theory, one board makes...
A Headline That Lost Its Way: Bodhana Sivanandan, the Age-11 WGM Record and a 60-Minute Elephant Gambit Course2026-09-29A Headline That Lost Its Way: Bodhana Sivanandan, the Age-11 WGM Record and a...
Samarkand and Hong Kong: When the Scoreboard Tells a Truer Story Than Names2026-09-18Samarkand and Hong Kong: When the Scoreboard Tells a Truer Story Than Names I...
Three in Four Female Chess Players Faced Bias or Harassment, FIDE Survey Finds — and the Gap Behind a HeadlineBack when I was still organizing junior chess events in Nha Trang, I had a...
Bayegan Pendik and Monte-Carlo are 2026 European Club Cup champions: A chess news item or a promotional hook?Bayegan Pendik and Monte-Carlo have been named the 2026 European Club Cup...
Atyrau Masters: Two Seeds Fall and the Echo from a MagazineOn my desk in Da Nang, next to a wooden King that has faded from being touche...
Unlocking the Power of the Scotch Opening: From Kasparov's Weapon to Modern Defensive SolutionsIn the world of chess, there are openings that seem forgotten, but with a...
The d5 Move in the Bundesliga: When the Forgotten Elephant Becomes a Rebel's WeaponIn the winter of 2026, in a small apartment in Bangalore, I watched a game fr...
US Chess Championship: Two Perfect Scores and One Self-Contradicting Feed ItemWesley So and Awonder Liang both sit on perfect scores at the US Chess...
Bodhana Sivanandan: Eleven Years Old, Board One, and a Move Nobody TaughtIn Samarkand, among hundreds of boards running along theory, one board makes...
The Scandinavian Defense: A Time-Saving Promise and the Gaps That Still Need VerificationThe game took place on the second floor of a small chess club on a crowded...
A Headline That Lost Its Way: Bodhana Sivanandan, the Age-11 WGM Record and a 60-Minute Elephant Gambit CourseA Headline That Lost Its Way: Bodhana Sivanandan, the Age-11 WGM Record and a...
An 11-Year-Old Headline, a 60-Minute Body: The Editorial Fracture in a Chess StoryOpening I opened the story near midnight in Delhi. The headline was tight,...
The "theory tax" exodus in club chess and the gap in how the industry sells solutionsAt a club tournament in Chengdu in June 2026, I watched 40 games in the...
Timur Turlov in the Headline, Valeri Lilov in the Body: An Attribution Failure in d4-Sideline ContentOPENING: A NAME OUT OF PLACE On the evening of Thursday, August 13, 2026, I...
Elephant Gambit: A 60-Minute Opening Course, a Borrowed Name and an Evidence GapThe reader clicks the link because of a name. Bodhana Sivanandan, the English...
The 5.e5! Move and the Samarkand Lesson: When an Old Bird Does Not LandSamarkand, the city of blue domes, witnessed a quiet revolution on a...
Jobava's 5.e5! in Samarkand: A Club Weapon or an Oversold Promise?Baadur Jobava won beautifully in Samarkand. Daniel King spent nearly an entir...
The 9...a5 Branch in the King's Indian: A Strategic Promise and a Data GapI remember an evening at a chess club on Tverskaya Street in Moscow, winter...
Samarkand and Hong Kong: When the Scoreboard Tells a Truer Story Than NamesSamarkand and Hong Kong: When the Scoreboard Tells a Truer Story Than Names I...
ChessBase Magazine #225 and Prague Chess Festival 2026: 27 Miniatures Worth More Than Any Long GameI opened ChessBase Magazine #225 and read the "Special" section before I even...
Samarkand and Hong Kong: One Lone Upset and an Unbeaten Chinese LineupThe last game of the opening day at the Samarkand Open, June 18, 2026, made t...
Chess Olympiad 2026: The Torch Reaches Samarkand and Three Claims Worth RecheckingA flame passes from one hand to another, under the lights of a hall. That is...
The Gap Between World No.1 and World Champion: Where Vietnamese Chess StandsOn the night of December 31, 2026, in New York, the electronic clock on board...
25 Years of Karsten Müller and the Endgame Revolution: When the Chessboard Learns to InteractI remember with striking clarity a late August afternoon in 2026, at a small...
Spatial Pressure: How Hanoi FC Dismantled Song Lam Nghe An's Defensive BlockI stood on the Hàng Đẫy stands last Sunday, scribbling in my notebook. The...
Behind the headline "Carlsen beats Vachier-Lagrave": A 60-minute course and an unverified ElephantIn a report I read again one evening in Da Nang, there was an unusual void...
Bayegan Pendik and Monte-Carlo are 2026 European Club Cup champions: A chess news item or a promotional hook?Bayegan Pendik and Monte-Carlo have been named the 2026 European Club Cup...
Atyrau Masters: Two Seeds Fall and the Echo from a MagazineOn my desk in Da Nang, next to a wooden King that has faded from being touche...
Unlocking the Power of the Scotch Opening: From Kasparov's Weapon to Modern Defensive SolutionsIn the world of chess, there are openings that seem forgotten, but with a...
The d5 Move in the Bundesliga: When the Forgotten Elephant Becomes a Rebel's WeaponIn the winter of 2026, in a small apartment in Bangalore, I watched a game fr...
US Chess Championship: Two Perfect Scores and One Self-Contradicting Feed ItemWesley So and Awonder Liang both sit on perfect scores at the US Chess...
Bodhana Sivanandan: Eleven Years Old, Board One, and a Move Nobody TaughtIn Samarkand, among hundreds of boards running along theory, one board makes...
The Scandinavian Defense: A Time-Saving Promise and the Gaps That Still Need VerificationThe game took place on the second floor of a small chess club on a crowded...
A Headline That Lost Its Way: Bodhana Sivanandan, the Age-11 WGM Record and a 60-Minute Elephant Gambit CourseA Headline That Lost Its Way: Bodhana Sivanandan, the Age-11 WGM Record and a...
An 11-Year-Old Headline, a 60-Minute Body: The Editorial Fracture in a Chess StoryOpening I opened the story near midnight in Delhi. The headline was tight,...
The "theory tax" exodus in club chess and the gap in how the industry sells solutionsAt a club tournament in Chengdu in June 2026, I watched 40 games in the...
Timur Turlov in the Headline, Valeri Lilov in the Body: An Attribution Failure in d4-Sideline ContentOPENING: A NAME OUT OF PLACE On the evening of Thursday, August 13, 2026, I...
Elephant Gambit: A 60-Minute Opening Course, a Borrowed Name and an Evidence GapThe reader clicks the link because of a name. Bodhana Sivanandan, the English...
The 5.e5! Move and the Samarkand Lesson: When an Old Bird Does Not LandSamarkand, the city of blue domes, witnessed a quiet revolution on a...
Jobava's 5.e5! in Samarkand: A Club Weapon or an Oversold Promise?Baadur Jobava won beautifully in Samarkand. Daniel King spent nearly an entir...
The 9...a5 Branch in the King's Indian: A Strategic Promise and a Data GapI remember an evening at a chess club on Tverskaya Street in Moscow, winter...
Samarkand and Hong Kong: When the Scoreboard Tells a Truer Story Than NamesSamarkand and Hong Kong: When the Scoreboard Tells a Truer Story Than Names I...
ChessBase Magazine #225 and Prague Chess Festival 2026: 27 Miniatures Worth More Than Any Long GameI opened ChessBase Magazine #225 and read the "Special" section before I even...
Samarkand and Hong Kong: One Lone Upset and an Unbeaten Chinese LineupThe last game of the opening day at the Samarkand Open, June 18, 2026, made t...
Chess Olympiad 2026: The Torch Reaches Samarkand and Three Claims Worth RecheckingA flame passes from one hand to another, under the lights of a hall. That is...
The Gap Between World No.1 and World Champion: Where Vietnamese Chess StandsOn the night of December 31, 2026, in New York, the electronic clock on board...
25 Years of Karsten Müller and the Endgame Revolution: When the Chessboard Learns to InteractI remember with striking clarity a late August afternoon in 2026, at a small...
Spatial Pressure: How Hanoi FC Dismantled Song Lam Nghe An's Defensive BlockI stood on the Hàng Đẫy stands last Sunday, scribbling in my notebook. The...
Behind the headline "Carlsen beats Vachier-Lagrave": A 60-minute course and an unverified ElephantIn a report I read again one evening in Da Nang, there was an unusual void...
