Chess
ChessPerfect Scores at the US Chess Championship: The Pretty Scoreboard and What It Hides2026-10-12I reopened the US Chess Championship standings on an October evening, as the...
ChessPerfect Scores in the US and the Fear Being Sold on the Board2026-10-11At night in Saint Petersburg, I opened the feed of the US Chess Championship....
Chess9...a5 against the Bayonet Attack: The King's Indian Defense and a Strategic Path in the Engine Era2026-10-04Move nine. White pushes the pawn to b4. A single square. A pawn leaves the...
ChessThe 9...a5 Move and the Fateful Battle: When Chess No Longer Has Room for Machines2026-10-01When a Move Becomes a Manifesto In the chess world, there are moves that are...
The King's Indian DVD and 9...a5: What Is Being Sold Is Delay, Not AdvantageThe player put the leaflet on the table, tapped the bold line and asked me...
The 9...a5 Move in the King's Indian: The 'Don't Memorize' Promise and Its PriceOn a Saturday morning, at a chess club on Nguyen Thi Minh Khai Street, I sat...
The 2...d5 Pawn Sacrifice and the Swapped Headline at the US Chess ChampionshipsThe second move of the game is a pawn push. After 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3, Black sends...
Perfect Scores at the US Chess Championship: The Pretty Scoreboard and What It HidesI reopened the US Chess Championship standings on an October evening, as the...
Perfect Scores in the US and the Fear Being Sold on the BoardAt night in Saint Petersburg, I opened the feed of the US Chess Championship....
5.e5 and the Strange Comforts of Superstition in ChessA Da Nang summer, a small cafe on Nguyen Chi Thanh Street, the ceiling fan...
Kavutskiy and FritzTrainer: When Chess Sells Voices Instead of MovesThere is a course in ChessBase's catalogue titled "The Fundamentals of...
After 1.d4 d5: A Defensive Map for Black Against the Retreat from TheoryI remember that evening at a small chess club by the Huangpu River. The clock...
UzChess Cup: Jacobson's 'Miniature' and the Data Gap Behind an Opening TrendOpening: a result that cannot be verified The game ended before the spectator...
Game of the Week #743: Gaal vs Smeets – A Game Not Yet Opened, Yet the Content Map Has Already Revealed ItselfWednesday night, episode 743 of Game of the Week appeared with the label Gaal...
9...a5 against the Bayonet Attack: The King's Indian Defense and a Strategic Path in the Engine EraMove nine. White pushes the pawn to b4. A single square. A pawn leaves the...
9...a5 in the King's Indian: Black's Strategic Escape Route Against the Bayonet AttackA Tuesday evening at a chess club on Malaya Bronnaya Street in Moscow, minus...
ChessBase Issue 225: 27 Miniatures, 10 Opening Articles, and the Question of How to Learn Chess in the Digital AgeOn the night of October 8, I opened the release of ChessBase Magazine issue 2...
Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş and the 2,730 Milestone: When Data Demands Proof Before History Is WrittenIn Shanghai, at 2:47 in the morning, I sat in front of a screen with three...
9...a5 Against the Bayonet Attack: An Opening DVD, an Overstated Promise, and the Case for VerificationOn a Thursday evening at a small chess cafe on Nguyen Dinh Chieu Street in...
The 9...a5 Move and the Fateful Battle: When Chess No Longer Has Room for MachinesWhen a Move Becomes a Manifesto In the chess world, there are moves that are...
India Wins Its First Chess Olympiad in 2026: A Board Set in 2026Budapest, September 2026. Board one, round eleven. I was sitting in the seven...
The Scandinavian in 60 Minutes: Andrew Martin, Magnus Carlsen and the Real Cost of SimplicityOn a Wednesday evening, in a small chess club on the second floor of an old...
The 9...a5 Move in the King's Indian: The 'Don't Memorize' Promise and Its PriceOn a Saturday morning, at a chess club on Nguyen Thi Minh Khai Street, I sat...
The 2...d5 Pawn Sacrifice and the Swapped Headline at the US Chess ChampionshipsThe second move of the game is a pawn push. After 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3, Black sends...
Perfect Scores at the US Chess Championship: The Pretty Scoreboard and What It HidesI reopened the US Chess Championship standings on an October evening, as the...
Perfect Scores in the US and the Fear Being Sold on the BoardAt night in Saint Petersburg, I opened the feed of the US Chess Championship....
5.e5 and the Strange Comforts of Superstition in ChessA Da Nang summer, a small cafe on Nguyen Chi Thanh Street, the ceiling fan...
Kavutskiy and FritzTrainer: When Chess Sells Voices Instead of MovesThere is a course in ChessBase's catalogue titled "The Fundamentals of...
After 1.d4 d5: A Defensive Map for Black Against the Retreat from TheoryI remember that evening at a small chess club by the Huangpu River. The clock...
UzChess Cup: Jacobson's 'Miniature' and the Data Gap Behind an Opening TrendOpening: a result that cannot be verified The game ended before the spectator...
Game of the Week #743: Gaal vs Smeets – A Game Not Yet Opened, Yet the Content Map Has Already Revealed ItselfWednesday night, episode 743 of Game of the Week appeared with the label Gaal...
9...a5 against the Bayonet Attack: The King's Indian Defense and a Strategic Path in the Engine EraMove nine. White pushes the pawn to b4. A single square. A pawn leaves the...
9...a5 in the King's Indian: Black's Strategic Escape Route Against the Bayonet AttackA Tuesday evening at a chess club on Malaya Bronnaya Street in Moscow, minus...
ChessBase Issue 225: 27 Miniatures, 10 Opening Articles, and the Question of How to Learn Chess in the Digital AgeOn the night of October 8, I opened the release of ChessBase Magazine issue 2...
Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş and the 2,730 Milestone: When Data Demands Proof Before History Is WrittenIn Shanghai, at 2:47 in the morning, I sat in front of a screen with three...
9...a5 Against the Bayonet Attack: An Opening DVD, an Overstated Promise, and the Case for VerificationOn a Thursday evening at a small chess cafe on Nguyen Dinh Chieu Street in...
The 9...a5 Move and the Fateful Battle: When Chess No Longer Has Room for MachinesWhen a Move Becomes a Manifesto In the chess world, there are moves that are...
India Wins Its First Chess Olympiad in 2026: A Board Set in 2026Budapest, September 2026. Board one, round eleven. I was sitting in the seven...
The Scandinavian in 60 Minutes: Andrew Martin, Magnus Carlsen and the Real Cost of SimplicityOn a Wednesday evening, in a small chess club on the second floor of an old...
