Chess
Chess5.e5, Sveshnikov, and the Strange Comforts of Superstition in Chess2026-10-11At a café corner on Nguyễn Chí Thanh Street in Đà Nẵng, there is a middle-age...
ChessKing's Indian: How 9...a5 Opens an Escape from Computer Theory2026-10-04I remember that evening at a small chess club on Tan Lac Road, Shanghai. An...
ChessThe 9...a5 Move and the Strategic Gamble Against the Bayonet: When the King's Indian Defense Searches for a Way Out of the Machine2026-10-04On the ninth move, the board freezes. White has just pushed the b-pawn to b4 ...
ChessSamarkand 2026: When the Team Crown Stopped Measuring Strength2026-09-28The final match of the Women's section at the 2026 Chess Olympiad in Samarkan...
ChessTurlov, Cyprus and FRITZ 20: A False Headline Carrying a Software Sales PackageThere are headlines that, after eighteen years in this trade, make me want to...
ChessThe Scandinavian Defence in 60 Minutes: Where Convenience Ends and Illusion BeginsOn the online chess course shelf, a small thumbnail carries a familiar promis...
ChessEuropean Club Cup 2026 in Budva: Bayegan Pendik's 2715 Elo Average and the Four-Team ChaseBudva, Montenegro, October 2026. Two rounds into the European Club Cup, the...
ChessThe Chess Game Without Moves: When a Magazine Sells a Habit, Not a MoveFor the last three weeks of October, I have opened the ChessBase news page...
ChessThe Move Not On The Board: When An Opening Product Is Sold In The Voice Of A Different MachineOne Name On The Cover, An Entirely Different Body Inside In the chess product...
Chess9...a5 and the Bayonet Attack: When a Single Pawn Forces Chess Players to Choose Between Understanding and MemoryOn a Saturday afternoon at the Da Nang Chess Club, I sat behind a young playe...
ChessDeep Analysis of the Scandinavian Defense Instructional Video: IM Andrew Martin and the Strategy of Building a Solid Repertoire for Club PlayersThe Scandinavian Defense (also known as the Center Counter Defense, 1.e4 d5)...
Chess5.e5, Sveshnikov, and the Strange Comforts of Superstition in ChessAt a café corner on Nguyễn Chí Thanh Street in Đà Nẵng, there is a middle-age...
ChessKostya Kavutskiy Debuts Two FritzTrainer Courses: ChessBase Expands Its Author RosterIn ChessBase's FritzTrainer catalogue, a new name has just appeared alongside...
ChessChessBase and the Race to Sign Teachers: When Chess Sells Personal BrandsRead quickly, and ChessBase's announcement of two new FritzTrainer courses...
ChessBrandon Jacobson, Jakhongir Vakhidov and the Model Game at the UzChess Cup: The Paradox of a Theory-Avoiding OpeningRobert Ris calls the game he is about to commentate a 'model game' and...
ChessBodhana Sivanandan, 11, Scores 6/7 with a 2504 Performance at the Samarkand 2026 Olympiad: Can 3.Bc4 Really Beat the Sicilian?Bodhana Sivanandan, 11, Scores 6/7 with a 2504 Performance at the Samarkand...
ChessChess and the Wrong Definition of Expressiveness: What Actually Keeps Viewers at the BoardOn a board in Singapore, on December 12, 2026, Ding Liren and Gukesh Dommaraj...
ChessA former badminton athlete calls chess one of the least expressive sports: the debate over chess watchabilityA personal commentary by Naganethra Reddy, a former badminton athlete now...
Chess5.e5 in the Modern Italian Game: A Practical Weapon and the Hidden Obligation of the Club PlayerThere is a moment in the Italian Game when the position changes hands without...
ChessThe 5.e5 Gamble: An Italian Game Weapon and the Data Gap Behind ItThe white pawn advances to e5 on move five. On the board, no piece is capture...
ChessKing's Indian: How 9...a5 Opens an Escape from Computer TheoryI remember that evening at a small chess club on Tan Lac Road, Shanghai. An...
ChessThe 9...a5 Move and the Strategic Gamble Against the Bayonet: When the King's Indian Defense Searches for a Way Out of the MachineOn the ninth move, the board freezes. White has just pushed the b-pawn to b4 ...
ChessErdoğmuş Goes Undefeated 8/10 at the 2026 Chess Olympiad: A Teenage Feat and a Verification ProblemOn the final night of the 2026 Chess Olympiad, I sat alone in my office in...
