Chess
The Headline Says Türkiye, the Data Says Najdorf: Daniel King's 60 Minutes
Kostya Kavutskiy Joins FritzTrainer: Chess Is Now Competing on Teachers
Liang Beats Niemann in Round One of the US Championships: The Game, the Name, and the Gap in Between
The Empty Board: When Elite Chess Data Returns Zero
ChessBase Magazine #225: Inside the Training Bundle Bearing Bent Larsen's Name
Scotch and Kasparov 2026: How One Player's Prestige Priced an Entire Opening
The Headline Says Türkiye, the Data Says Najdorf: Daniel King's 60 MinutesI opened the file at 1:47 in the morning, reading the headline first out of...
The 5 e5! Thrust in the Modern Italian: A Club-Tier Weapon and Its Shelf LifeA game on board seven, round four of a weekend open in Moscow. White was a...
The Modern Italian's 5.e5!: Three Critical Replies and One Data GapIn the analysis room of a small chess club, a nineteen-year-old student place...
Atyrau Masters: Two Seeds Fall and the Magazine That Sells the SurpriseOne late-autumn morning in Nha Trang, I sat by the window overlooking the bay...
The Controversial Second Move at the Bundesliga: The Elephant Gambit Bet and a Lesson in Trusting DataIn a Bundesliga round, one board kept spectators glued after the clocks...
Kostya Kavutskiy Joins FritzTrainer: Chess Is Now Competing on TeachersEleven at night in Hai Phong, I opened a FritzTrainer demo video and muted it...
Liang Beats Niemann in Round One of the US Championships: The Game, the Name, and the Gap in BetweenThree in the morning in Nha Trang, and the sea is down to a single breath. On...
After 1.d4 d5: When White Avoids Theory, Black Needs a Space Map of His OwnThere was a moment in the analysis room in Nha Trang that made me put my pen...
Bodhana Sivanandan: Age 11, Board One, 2504 Performance at the 2026 Samarkand OlympiadAt the 2026 Samarkand Chess Olympiad, amid hundreds of professional players,...
When Chess Is Called Unexpressive: The Drama of a Sport You Cannot See With Your EyesAt a round of a national chess championship I followed a few years ago, there...
The Empty Board: When Elite Chess Data Returns Zero3:12 a.m. Chengdu time. The analysis screen in front of me returned a blank...
The 5.e5 Move and the Unverified Silence of Chess TheoryIn the winter of 2026, in a small tournament room tucked deep inside an alley...
The Italian Game Center Gambit 5.e5!: A Club Player's Opening Weapon and the Legacy of Evgeny SveshnikovIn the world of chess, building a personal opening system is one of the harde...
ChessBase Magazine #225: 27 Miniatures, Four Big Names and an Unverified LabelI opened the introduction page for ChessBase Magazine No. 225 on an evening i...
ChessBase Magazine #225: Inside the Training Bundle Bearing Bent Larsen's NameBent Larsen died on September 9, 2026, in Buenos Aires, at the age of 75. He...
Daniel King's Najdorf Update: 60 Minutes, Five Line-Complexes, and a Headline That Misses Its ContentIn 2026, at fourteen, I sat at the wooden corner of a small chess club and...
9...a5 Against the Bayonet: The King's Indian Defense and an Escape from the Engine MazeFourteen seconds. That is the span I clocked in a classical King's Indian...
The Scandinavian Defense: Carlsen's Move or an Unverified 60-Minute Lesson?In the winter of Delhi in 2026, I sat behind the glass of an open tournament...
The Scandinavian Defense: A 60-Minute Video and Promises That Need VerifyingIn a small café tucked down an alley near Malleswaram, Bangalore, I sat acros...
5.e5 — The Pawn That Redraws the Map: Decoding the Modern Variation of the Italian GameAfter the moves 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d4 exd4, White stands at a choi...
Scotch and Kasparov 2026: How One Player's Prestige Priced an Entire OpeningOn an afternoon at the Nguyen Hue street chess club in Da Nang, I sat beside ...
The 5 e5! Thrust in the Modern Italian: A Club-Tier Weapon and Its Shelf LifeA game on board seven, round four of a weekend open in Moscow. White was a...
The Modern Italian's 5.e5!: Three Critical Replies and One Data GapIn the analysis room of a small chess club, a nineteen-year-old student place...
Atyrau Masters: Two Seeds Fall and the Magazine That Sells the SurpriseOne late-autumn morning in Nha Trang, I sat by the window overlooking the bay...
The Controversial Second Move at the Bundesliga: The Elephant Gambit Bet and a Lesson in Trusting DataIn a Bundesliga round, one board kept spectators glued after the clocks...
Kostya Kavutskiy Joins FritzTrainer: Chess Is Now Competing on TeachersEleven at night in Hai Phong, I opened a FritzTrainer demo video and muted it...
Liang Beats Niemann in Round One of the US Championships: The Game, the Name, and the Gap in BetweenThree in the morning in Nha Trang, and the sea is down to a single breath. On...
After 1.d4 d5: When White Avoids Theory, Black Needs a Space Map of His OwnThere was a moment in the analysis room in Nha Trang that made me put my pen...
Bodhana Sivanandan: Age 11, Board One, 2504 Performance at the 2026 Samarkand OlympiadAt the 2026 Samarkand Chess Olympiad, amid hundreds of professional players,...
When Chess Is Called Unexpressive: The Drama of a Sport You Cannot See With Your EyesAt a round of a national chess championship I followed a few years ago, there...
The Empty Board: When Elite Chess Data Returns Zero3:12 a.m. Chengdu time. The analysis screen in front of me returned a blank...
The 5.e5 Move and the Unverified Silence of Chess TheoryIn the winter of 2026, in a small tournament room tucked deep inside an alley...
The Italian Game Center Gambit 5.e5!: A Club Player's Opening Weapon and the Legacy of Evgeny SveshnikovIn the world of chess, building a personal opening system is one of the harde...
ChessBase Magazine #225: 27 Miniatures, Four Big Names and an Unverified LabelI opened the introduction page for ChessBase Magazine No. 225 on an evening i...
ChessBase Magazine #225: Inside the Training Bundle Bearing Bent Larsen's NameBent Larsen died on September 9, 2026, in Buenos Aires, at the age of 75. He...
Daniel King's Najdorf Update: 60 Minutes, Five Line-Complexes, and a Headline That Misses Its ContentIn 2026, at fourteen, I sat at the wooden corner of a small chess club and...
9...a5 Against the Bayonet: The King's Indian Defense and an Escape from the Engine MazeFourteen seconds. That is the span I clocked in a classical King's Indian...
The Scandinavian Defense: Carlsen's Move or an Unverified 60-Minute Lesson?In the winter of Delhi in 2026, I sat behind the glass of an open tournament...
The Scandinavian Defense: A 60-Minute Video and Promises That Need VerifyingIn a small café tucked down an alley near Malleswaram, Bangalore, I sat acros...
5.e5 — The Pawn That Redraws the Map: Decoding the Modern Variation of the Italian GameAfter the moves 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d4 exd4, White stands at a choi...
Scotch and Kasparov 2026: How One Player's Prestige Priced an Entire OpeningOn an afternoon at the Nguyen Hue street chess club in Da Nang, I sat beside ...
