Chess
Wesley So, a Fourth US Title and the Course That Hijacked the Headline
A European Club Cup Headline, a 60-Minute Scotch Video: Where Chess Data Exposes Itself
A 60-Minute Patch for the Najdorf: Opening Theory Has Become a Maintenance Job
6th Intercontinental Online Chess Championship for Prisoners: When Sports Become a Bridge of Humanity
Bodhana Sivanandan, the 3.Bc4 Move and the 2504 Number: What the Data Really Says
ChessBayegan Pendik and Monte-Carlo Win the 2026 European Club Cup: The Match Record Is Still BlankOn the day the 2026 European Club Cup story went live, I sat and counted. Two...
ChessBayegan Pendik and Monte-Carlo win 2026 European Club Cup: Champions without a source, product with onePeople call it a shock; I call it unread data. When ChessBase published...
ChessWesley So, a Fourth US Title and the Course That Hijacked the HeadlineI opened the chess news late at night, after the final game of the day had...
ChessA European Club Cup Headline, a 60-Minute Scotch Video: Where Chess Data Exposes ItselfOn a Tuesday night in Shenzhen I opened a chess news page and read the headli...
ChessThe Scotch Game: how Kasparov revived a 'harmless' opening, and a crack in a news reportNew York, October 2026. Garry Kasparov pushed the pawn to e4, then Nf3, then...
ChessThe Najdorf and the Silent War: When Daniel King Updates Black's ArsenalI replayed my most recent Najdorf game at eleven at night, muted, just to hea...
ChessA 60-Minute Patch for the Najdorf: Opening Theory Has Become a Maintenance JobThe game ended on move eleven, and the man who lost had no idea what had just...
ChessTotal Chess Proposes a Unified Rating System: The Budapest Pilot and the Gaps Behind the HeadlineOn 29 August 2026, in Nha Trang, I opened my computer at six in the morning a...
ChessThe Move of the Forgotten: The Elephant Gambit and a 60-Minute Bet on MemoryIn a press room in Budva, where electronic boards hang above the players' hea...
Chess9...a5 Against the Bayonet Attack: A Practical Sideline or an Unverified Sales Pitch?In a chess club on the second floor of an old market in Bengaluru, a slow...
Chess6th Intercontinental Online Chess Championship for Prisoners: When Sports Become a Bridge of HumanityIn the context of sports activities in prisons increasingly being viewed as a...
ChessBodhana Sivanandan, the 3.Bc4 Move and the 2504 Number: What the Data Really SaysOn September 24, 2026, in Samarkand, the seventh round of the Chess Olympiad...
Chess3.Bc4 against the Sicilian: 11-year-old Bodhana Sivanandan is redrawing the space map at the 2026 Samarkand OlympiadOn September 24, 2026, in the city of Samarkand, a girl born in 2026 walked o...
ChessBodhana Sivanandan, 11, posts 2504 performance after seven rounds on board one at the 2026 Samarkand Chess OlympiadOn September 24, 2026, as the Chess Olympiad in Samarkand, Uzbekistan passed...
ChessIs chess really inexpressive? Read the spatial map instead of watching facesShe never mentioned a single move. Naganethra Reddy, a former Indian badminto...
ChessThe Italian Game, Modern Variation: The 5.e5 Push and the Space Question for Club PlayersI remember a game at a small chess club on Lo Duc Street in Hanoi, on a...
ChessChessBase Magazine #225: The Promise Named Bent Larsen and the Silence No One NamesOn my desk in Da Nang, a product file finished downloading on Monday morning....
ChessSamarkand and the Double Crown: When Chess Learns to Become a Team SportTwo years ago, in Budapest, I sat in a packed hall and watched the Indian tea...
ChessDaniel King's 60-Minute Najdorf Update: How Chess Theory Gets PackagedI remember an evening in March 2026, when the pandemic swept every tournament...
ChessDaniel King and the Art of the Najdorf Update: When Chess Theory Becomes a Living ProductThe field is not only grass and ball, but also the calluses of human life. An...
Chess2026 Chess Olympiad: India Win 3.5-0.5, But the Real Leak Is on Boards 1-2India's individual scorecard at the 2026 Chess Olympiad in Samarkand reads...
ChessChessBase Magazine #225: When Elite Analysis Becomes a Packaged CurriculumTwenty-seven miniatures. That was the first thing I wrote in my notebook when...
ChessThe Abandoned Pawn and the Gamble Called 5.e5In a small tournament hall tucked deep in an alley in Binh Duong, I sat behin...
Chess5.e5! in the Italian Game: Erigaisi – Laohawirapap and an Opening Lesson for Club PlayersLaohawirapap's clock dropped from twelve minutes to four in the space of thre...
