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ChessDaniel King's 60-Minute Najdorf Patch: An Update From a Man Who Admits the Gap2026-10-24In the opening of the update, Daniel King says he made it because viewers...
ChessWhen a European Club Cup headline does not match the body: the Scotch, Mikhalchishin and a lesson in chess data verification2026-10-23I opened a chess news item and the first line hit me: “European Club Cup: Nov...
ChessThe Scandinavian in 60 Minutes: A Promise of Safety and the Middlegame Left Behind2026-10-20A chessboard in the corner of a small cafe on a Hanoi street. A player in his...
ChessUS Chess Championship: A Round-One Game Packaged as an Advertisement, and the Cost of Reading Only Headlines2026-10-11I have kept the habit of reviewing games with the sound off. No commentators,...
Clutch Chess Saint Louis: When the Headline Names Four Players and the Body Sells Six VideosJune, at the Saint Louis Chess Club. Caruana places his hand on the knight,...
The 9...a5 Answer to the Bayonet Attack: A Pragmatic Escape in the King's Indian, and a Capablanca Title That Does Not BelongOn a wooden shelf in a small chess club on Nguyen Dinh Chieu Street, District...
The 9...a5 Move and the War Against the Bayonet: Inside the King's Indian Opening MarketDa Nang, a rainy evening in September. The cafe at the end of Nguyen Chi Than...
Daniel King's 60-Minute Najdorf Patch: An Update From a Man Who Admits the GapIn the opening of the update, Daniel King says he made it because viewers...
Rachel Li Wins US Women's Championship: When a Chess Report Has No GameA headline asserts that Rachel Li has just stunningly won the US Women's...
When a European Club Cup headline does not match the body: the Scotch, Mikhalchishin and a lesson in chess data verificationI opened a chess news item and the first line hit me: “European Club Cup: Nov...
Carlsen at 35: How AI Flattened the Edge, the Body Declined, and the $20 Million MarkerIn October 2026, Magnus Carlsen sat down with the Spanish outlet AS and dropp...
European Club Cup: Bayegan Pendik and the 115-Elo Gap the Standings Do Not ExplainIn Budva the click of pieces on wooden boards is thick enough that you have t...
The Scandinavian in 60 Minutes: A Promise of Safety and the Middlegame Left BehindA chessboard in the corner of a small cafe on a Hanoi street. A player in his...
US Chess Championship: A Round-One Game Packaged as an Advertisement, and the Cost of Reading Only HeadlinesI have kept the habit of reviewing games with the sound off. No commentators,...
US Chess Championship Round 1: Liang Beats Niemann, and the Void Where the Moves Should Have BeenOpening: an empty board This morning I reopened the report on the first round...
Game of the Week #743: When a Chess Analysis Show Outlives the Games It AnnotatesThere is a number I have kept in my notebook for years: 743. It is not a...
2026 U.S. Chess Championship: Caruana Defends, and a Generational Handover Staged in SilenceIn the autumn of 2026, when the pandemic erased every fixture from the sports...
ChessBase Magazine #225: Seven Pens, Twenty-Seven Miniatures, and the Gap Named Bent LarsenThe cover bears the name Bent Larsen. I opened the table of contents of...
Daniel King's 60-Minute Najdorf Update and the Question of Who Owns Opening MemoryDaniel King's 60-Minute Najdorf Update and the Question of Who Owns Opening...
9...a5 and the Human Escape Route in the Era of Chess EnginesOn a weekend evening in Binh Duong, I reopened my chess software on an old...
After 1.d4 d5: Six Plans for Black When White Turns Away from TheoryAt the final round of an open tournament in Da Nang, I sat behind a...
Samarkand and the Landing of India's Old BirdAutumn in Samarkand. Inside the playing hall, the air was thick with the smel...
Samarkand and the Shadow of Budapest 2026: When India Won Silver and Still Heard BoosI was sitting in a small room in Delhi at 1:47 AM, the screen split into four...
India Wins the Chess Olympiad for the First Time: Budapest 2026 and a Historic Double GoldThe Children in the Front Row The children seated in the front row of the...
ChessBase Magazine #225: Between the 'Olympiad Highlight' and What Is Actually Inside the PagesAt a small chess club deep in an alley off Nguyen Thi Minh Khai Street,...
Samarkand and Board Four: Why Uzbekistan Took Gold While India Settled for SilverThe game on board four ended before the arbiter had walked the full row of...
Fourteen Seconds That Redrew the Map: The Transition Lesson Southeast Asia Still Reads PoorlyThe clock at Rostov-on-Don stopped at 93 minutes and 40 seconds. Japan sent t...
Samarkand, the 15/16 Scoreline and the Chess Stands That Went DarkOn a product page, a headline ran across like a scoreboard: Samarkand, round ...
The 9...a5 Answer to the Bayonet Attack: A Pragmatic Escape in the King's Indian, and a Capablanca Title That Does Not BelongOn a wooden shelf in a small chess club on Nguyen Dinh Chieu Street, District...
The 9...a5 Move and the War Against the Bayonet: Inside the King's Indian Opening MarketDa Nang, a rainy evening in September. The cafe at the end of Nguyen Chi Than...
Daniel King's 60-Minute Najdorf Patch: An Update From a Man Who Admits the GapIn the opening of the update, Daniel King says he made it because viewers...
Rachel Li Wins US Women's Championship: When a Chess Report Has No GameA headline asserts that Rachel Li has just stunningly won the US Women's...
When a European Club Cup headline does not match the body: the Scotch, Mikhalchishin and a lesson in chess data verificationI opened a chess news item and the first line hit me: “European Club Cup: Nov...
Carlsen at 35: How AI Flattened the Edge, the Body Declined, and the $20 Million MarkerIn October 2026, Magnus Carlsen sat down with the Spanish outlet AS and dropp...
European Club Cup: Bayegan Pendik and the 115-Elo Gap the Standings Do Not ExplainIn Budva the click of pieces on wooden boards is thick enough that you have t...
The Scandinavian in 60 Minutes: A Promise of Safety and the Middlegame Left BehindA chessboard in the corner of a small cafe on a Hanoi street. A player in his...
US Chess Championship: A Round-One Game Packaged as an Advertisement, and the Cost of Reading Only HeadlinesI have kept the habit of reviewing games with the sound off. No commentators,...
US Chess Championship Round 1: Liang Beats Niemann, and the Void Where the Moves Should Have BeenOpening: an empty board This morning I reopened the report on the first round...
Game of the Week #743: When a Chess Analysis Show Outlives the Games It AnnotatesThere is a number I have kept in my notebook for years: 743. It is not a...
2026 U.S. Chess Championship: Caruana Defends, and a Generational Handover Staged in SilenceIn the autumn of 2026, when the pandemic erased every fixture from the sports...
ChessBase Magazine #225: Seven Pens, Twenty-Seven Miniatures, and the Gap Named Bent LarsenThe cover bears the name Bent Larsen. I opened the table of contents of...
Daniel King's 60-Minute Najdorf Update and the Question of Who Owns Opening MemoryDaniel King's 60-Minute Najdorf Update and the Question of Who Owns Opening...
9...a5 and the Human Escape Route in the Era of Chess EnginesOn a weekend evening in Binh Duong, I reopened my chess software on an old...
After 1.d4 d5: Six Plans for Black When White Turns Away from TheoryAt the final round of an open tournament in Da Nang, I sat behind a...
Samarkand and the Landing of India's Old BirdAutumn in Samarkand. Inside the playing hall, the air was thick with the smel...
Samarkand and the Shadow of Budapest 2026: When India Won Silver and Still Heard BoosI was sitting in a small room in Delhi at 1:47 AM, the screen split into four...
India Wins the Chess Olympiad for the First Time: Budapest 2026 and a Historic Double GoldThe Children in the Front Row The children seated in the front row of the...
ChessBase Magazine #225: Between the 'Olympiad Highlight' and What Is Actually Inside the PagesAt a small chess club deep in an alley off Nguyen Thi Minh Khai Street,...
Samarkand and Board Four: Why Uzbekistan Took Gold While India Settled for SilverThe game on board four ended before the arbiter had walked the full row of...
Fourteen Seconds That Redrew the Map: The Transition Lesson Southeast Asia Still Reads PoorlyThe clock at Rostov-on-Don stopped at 93 minutes and 40 seconds. Japan sent t...
Samarkand, the 15/16 Scoreline and the Chess Stands That Went DarkOn a product page, a headline ran across like a scoreboard: Samarkand, round ...
