Chess
The 9...a5 Move and the Data Void in the King's Indian Opening Market
FIDE Has No President Named Timur Turlov: Anatomy of a False Headline and the FRITZ 20 Lesson
9...a5 against the Bayonet: practical value and limits of a low-theory sideline
The Game Not on the Board: A US Championships Headline and an Elephant Gambit Flyer
When the Headline Says Clutch Chess, the Body Opens an Opening CourseA headline names Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura, Javokhir Sindarov and...
Capablanca on the cover, King's Indian inside: 9...a5 and the problem of meeting the Bayonet AttackThe opening DVD reached my mailbox on a January morning, when the temperature...
The 9...a5 Move and the Data Void in the King's Indian Opening MarketOn a club player's desk in Chengdu, the disc lies at an angle, Capablanca's...
Rachel Li and the US Women's Championship: A Headline Standing Alone, With No Crosstable Behind ItThe page opens with a tidy headline: Rachel Li stunningly wins the US Women's...
FIDE and the Fake-News Trap: When a Chess Article Puts the Wrong Man in the President's ChairIn more than thirteen years of watching chess from the stands, I have learned...
FIDE Has No President Named Timur Turlov: Anatomy of a False Headline and the FRITZ 20 LessonAt two in the morning on August 30, 2026, I opened my phone and read a...
The Hour of the Seconds: Why the Ninth Move Nobody Remembers Is the Real WeaponWhen I rewatched the footage of the third round at an open tournament in...
Andrew Martin's Bold Choice: Why the Elephant Gambit Still Survives in the Engine EraIn 2026, at a European club team event, I watched a German grandmaster lose i...
9...a5 against the Bayonet: practical value and limits of a low-theory sidelineOpening point I reopened the board at 2 a.m. after finishing a promotional te...
The 9...a5 Move in the King's Indian: A Practical Sideline or an Unverified Sales Pitch?Move nine. White pushes the pawn to b4, the queenside swings open like a door...
The Game Not on the Board: A US Championships Headline and an Elephant Gambit FlyerOn the board, a pawn is left behind. Not to open a file for a rook, but to bu...
US Chess Championships: Woodward Takes Down Caruana, Lee Widens the Gap — and the Trap Behind the HeadlineThere is a moment in American chess that I still remember vividly, even thoug...
The Scotch in 2026: A Forgotten Opening and the Hand That Woke It“1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4.” Those four moves rang out in the playing hall in Ne...
6th Intercontinental Online Chess Championship for Prisoners: Record 140 Teams ParticipateThe 6th Intercontinental Online Chess Championship for Prisoners has official...
Chess Bundesliga 2026/87: The Replayed Match and the Legal Fight Over RelegationThe clock on board one kept running. The hall was full, the arbiter had alrea...
Elephant Gambit: A Second-Move Dispute in the Bundesliga and the Limits of a Surprise WeaponMove two. In a Bundesliga playing hall, the black pawn leaves d7 and thrusts ...
The Scotch Game After 2026: Between Kasparov's Legend and a Course's PromiseFour moves. 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4. Just four moves, and the white pawn has...
5.e5: The Strange Comforts of Superstition on the 64-Square BoardThere is a move I have rewound and replayed more times than I can count: 5.e5...
US Chess Championship: Wesley So and Awonder Liang Stay Perfect, and the Data Error Worth VerifyingThat evening, I opened the results board of the US Chess Championship and rea...
UzChess Cup: the short game between Jacobson and Vakhidov, and a crack in the presentationThat night I stayed at the analysis desk later than usual, reopening the game...
ChessBase Recruits Kostya Kavutskiy: Reading the Move on the Chess Course MarketIn December 2026, the bulletin from ChessBase that landed in my inbox ran onl...
Capablanca on the cover, King's Indian inside: 9...a5 and the problem of meeting the Bayonet AttackThe opening DVD reached my mailbox on a January morning, when the temperature...
The 9...a5 Move and the Data Void in the King's Indian Opening MarketOn a club player's desk in Chengdu, the disc lies at an angle, Capablanca's...
Rachel Li and the US Women's Championship: A Headline Standing Alone, With No Crosstable Behind ItThe page opens with a tidy headline: Rachel Li stunningly wins the US Women's...
FIDE and the Fake-News Trap: When a Chess Article Puts the Wrong Man in the President's ChairIn more than thirteen years of watching chess from the stands, I have learned...
FIDE Has No President Named Timur Turlov: Anatomy of a False Headline and the FRITZ 20 LessonAt two in the morning on August 30, 2026, I opened my phone and read a...
The Hour of the Seconds: Why the Ninth Move Nobody Remembers Is the Real WeaponWhen I rewatched the footage of the third round at an open tournament in...
Andrew Martin's Bold Choice: Why the Elephant Gambit Still Survives in the Engine EraIn 2026, at a European club team event, I watched a German grandmaster lose i...
9...a5 against the Bayonet: practical value and limits of a low-theory sidelineOpening point I reopened the board at 2 a.m. after finishing a promotional te...
The 9...a5 Move in the King's Indian: A Practical Sideline or an Unverified Sales Pitch?Move nine. White pushes the pawn to b4, the queenside swings open like a door...
The Game Not on the Board: A US Championships Headline and an Elephant Gambit FlyerOn the board, a pawn is left behind. Not to open a file for a rook, but to bu...
US Chess Championships: Woodward Takes Down Caruana, Lee Widens the Gap — and the Trap Behind the HeadlineThere is a moment in American chess that I still remember vividly, even thoug...
The Scotch in 2026: A Forgotten Opening and the Hand That Woke It“1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4.” Those four moves rang out in the playing hall in Ne...
6th Intercontinental Online Chess Championship for Prisoners: Record 140 Teams ParticipateThe 6th Intercontinental Online Chess Championship for Prisoners has official...
Chess Bundesliga 2026/87: The Replayed Match and the Legal Fight Over RelegationThe clock on board one kept running. The hall was full, the arbiter had alrea...
Elephant Gambit: A Second-Move Dispute in the Bundesliga and the Limits of a Surprise WeaponMove two. In a Bundesliga playing hall, the black pawn leaves d7 and thrusts ...
The Scotch Game After 2026: Between Kasparov's Legend and a Course's PromiseFour moves. 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4. Just four moves, and the white pawn has...
5.e5: The Strange Comforts of Superstition on the 64-Square BoardThere is a move I have rewound and replayed more times than I can count: 5.e5...
US Chess Championship: Wesley So and Awonder Liang Stay Perfect, and the Data Error Worth VerifyingThat evening, I opened the results board of the US Chess Championship and rea...
UzChess Cup: the short game between Jacobson and Vakhidov, and a crack in the presentationThat night I stayed at the analysis desk later than usual, reopening the game...
ChessBase Recruits Kostya Kavutskiy: Reading the Move on the Chess Course MarketIn December 2026, the bulletin from ChessBase that landed in my inbox ran onl...