Chess
European Club Cup: Seeds Converting Perfectly, and Why the Final Round Will Be Decided on Boards 3 and 4At board one of round four at the European Club Cup, the pairing projected by...
The Scotch Is No Longer Harmless: From Kasparov's 2026 Move to Mikhalchishin's 60-Minute LessonThe headline hit me mid-morning in Da Nang: European Club Cup, Novy Bor and...
FRITZ 20 and the Chess Media Hoax: When Data Goes UnreadOn August 31, 2026, a headline circulated through regional chess groups: "FID...
Bodhana Sivanandan, 3.Bc4 and a 2504 Performance at the Samarkand 2026 OlympiadIn Samarkand, there was a move that took barely two seconds to play but eleve...
Erdoğmuş's Undefeated 8/10 at the 2026 Chess Olympiad: Real Talent and Claims Still Awaiting VerificationEight points from ten games. Not a single loss. That is the mark Yağız Kaan...
ChessBase Magazine 225: A Sicilian Symphony Between Memory and TacticsMorning in Saint Petersburg: late snow still blankets the birch trees outside...
King's Indian Defence: When 9...a5 Becomes an 'Antidote' on the Opening MarketIn my opening database — accumulated over more than two decades of tracking...
Erigaisi, the 5.e5! Move, and the Modern Variation of the Italian GameErigaisi pushed his pawn to e5. No fireworks, no red flags, no screaming...
Samarkand 15/16 and ChessBase #225: When a Scoreline Becomes a Cover StoryLate last weekend I reopened the product page for ChessBase Magazine issue 22...
Poland strikes India women's chess Achilles heel again at the OlympiadI remember the home pitch without stands, but every time the ball rolled, a...
When the Spatial Map Comes Up Empty: Chess's Verification TestIn Chiang Mai, August rain falls on the tin roof at a rhythm you can count, a...
Master Class Vol. 20 – Bent Larsen: The Scandinavian, 60 Minutes, and Two Names Behind One ShieldI opened the video, set a stopwatch beside the screen, and let it run to the...
9...a5: King's Indian's Escape Route and the Blind Spot Inside an Opening ProductThe spatial map of an opening never lies — it only exposes what the seller...
King's Indian Defense: When 9...a5 Speaks Amid the Noise of the BayonetA training DVD has arrived with an ambitious promise: to neutralize the Bayon...
9...a5 and the Bayonet Problem: A Strategic Promise With No Games AttachedThe headline in the file pointed to round two of a team event staged in...
Samarkand R2 Open: 9...a5, the King's Indian, and a Game of Mismatched DataOPENING On the second day of play in Samarkand, as the strongest teams record...
9...a5 in the King's Indian: The Silent Move and the Promise of No MemorisationThe black pawn slides from a7 to a5. No check. No capture. No threat visible ...
When the Queen Falls: The Data Story Behind Day 2 in Hong KongMagnus Carlsen, the man the chess world defaults to as the symbol of...
India Stranded Without Hotel Rooms in Samarkand: When Logistics Becomes a Variable Before Round 1 of the 2026 Chess OlympiadThe night before Round 1 of the 2026 Chess Olympiad, in the lobby of the Silk...
Not the Hotel: Why India's Lost Rooms in Samarkand Is Really a Story About an Endgame About to BeginWhen Srinath Narayanan, captain of the Indian chess team, posted a status...
Stronger Than When They Won the Olympiad: Coach Misra's Claim and Four Measurements Nobody Has MadeInside the press room of a converted factory hall in Budapest, during the...
Chess Olympiad 2026 in Samarkand: India Defends a Double Crown and a Data Gap No One Has FilledA promotional article promising to tell readers where and how to watch the 20...
