Chess
The 9...a5 Move Against the Bayonet: Real Strategy or a Sales Pitch?
Liang Beats Niemann in the US Championship Opener: When a Chess Report Carries No Moves
Kavutskiy joins ChessBase: two new courses and the chess instructional content race
Liang Beats Niemann in Round 1 of the US Chess Championship: When a Headline Hides an Entire Promotional Catalog
Chess and the "Expressiveness" Problem: When the Board Stays Silent Amid Sporting Noise
ChessBase Magazine #225: The Prague Chess Festival 2026 and the Discipline of Curation in Training Content
Daniel King's Najdorf Update: When a Theory-Maintenance Product Gets MislabeledThere was a detail left behind in an article I read a few days ago, and it ma...
The Scandinavian Defense: 1...d5, 60 Minutes of Theory, and the Hardest Part the Course Never SellsThe fourth rapid game of the evening, board three by the window. Black pushed...
The Sacrifice Nobody Saw: When an Opening Book Gets Sold by a MachineFor the past three months I have made a habit of reopening the same chess...
Elephant Gambit 2...d5: The 60-Minute Weapon and the Limits of Surprise in Team EventsBoard four, round three of a team event. After 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3, Black pushes...
9...a5 in the King's Indian: a practical answer to the Bayonet, not a verdict on WhiteOn Tuesday evening, in a small analysis room in South Delhi, I sat behind a...
The 9...a5 Move and the Too-Pretty Promise of a King's Indian Opening ProductThere is a move being sold as a clean solution to the Bayonet problem: 9...a5...
The 9...a5 Move Against the Bayonet: Real Strategy or a Sales Pitch?Two in the morning. The screen still glowing. I was rewinding a club-level ga...
Scotch: The Forgotten Opening Kasparov Turned Into a WeaponIn 2026, in New York, Garry Kasparov sat behind the white pieces in a game fr...
6th Intercontinental Online Chess Championship for Prisoners: 140 Teams and the Gaps No One CountsOn a chessboard with no spectators, the pawn still moves one square at a time...
Liang Beats Niemann in the US Championship Opener: When a Chess Report Carries No MovesThe first round of the US Chess Championship closed with a single-sentence...
Kavutskiy joins ChessBase: two new courses and the chess instructional content raceOne December evening, I sat in the corner of a small chess club on a street...
Liang Beats Niemann in Round 1 of the US Chess Championship: When a Headline Hides an Entire Promotional CatalogAwonder Liang beat Hans Niemann in Round 1 of the United States Chess...
When White Skips 2.c4: A Plan Map for Black After 1.d4 d5That summer in V-League I learned something: a formation only looks beautiful...
Bodhana Sivanandan: Eleven Years Old on Board One and the Move That Made the Chess World Ask AgainIn Samarkand, board one of England's women's team was not occupied by a...
A Stray Headline: Turlov, Dvorkovich and the Misplaced Chess GameOn an afternoon in the middle of the regular season, I sat rereading old ches...
Chess and the "Expressiveness" Problem: When the Board Stays Silent Amid Sporting NoiseA remark as light as a feather has stirred the chess community: "Chess is one...
ChessBase Magazine #225: The Prague Chess Festival 2026 and the Discipline of Curation in Training ContentA game ended before the clock had a chance to tick into its second hour. The...
ChessBase Magazine #225: Short Chess Games and a Journey from Dusk till DawnWith the release of ChessBase Magazine #225, titled From Dusk till Dawn, the...
The Najdorf Sicilian: Five Opening Complexes Daniel King Updates, and the Limits of a 60-Minute VideoOn a Saturday morning at a small chess club on Nguyen Dinh Chieu Street in...
Daniel King's Najdorf Update: Five Key Theory Lines and a FIDE Headline Filed in the Wrong PlaceOne evening in March, I opened a document that a contact in the chess world h...
The Scandinavian Defense: 1...d5, 60 Minutes of Theory, and the Hardest Part the Course Never SellsThe fourth rapid game of the evening, board three by the window. Black pushed...
The Sacrifice Nobody Saw: When an Opening Book Gets Sold by a MachineFor the past three months I have made a habit of reopening the same chess...
Elephant Gambit 2...d5: The 60-Minute Weapon and the Limits of Surprise in Team EventsBoard four, round three of a team event. After 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3, Black pushes...
9...a5 in the King's Indian: a practical answer to the Bayonet, not a verdict on WhiteOn Tuesday evening, in a small analysis room in South Delhi, I sat behind a...
The 9...a5 Move and the Too-Pretty Promise of a King's Indian Opening ProductThere is a move being sold as a clean solution to the Bayonet problem: 9...a5...
The 9...a5 Move Against the Bayonet: Real Strategy or a Sales Pitch?Two in the morning. The screen still glowing. I was rewinding a club-level ga...
Scotch: The Forgotten Opening Kasparov Turned Into a WeaponIn 2026, in New York, Garry Kasparov sat behind the white pieces in a game fr...
6th Intercontinental Online Chess Championship for Prisoners: 140 Teams and the Gaps No One CountsOn a chessboard with no spectators, the pawn still moves one square at a time...
Liang Beats Niemann in the US Championship Opener: When a Chess Report Carries No MovesThe first round of the US Chess Championship closed with a single-sentence...
Kavutskiy joins ChessBase: two new courses and the chess instructional content raceOne December evening, I sat in the corner of a small chess club on a street...
Liang Beats Niemann in Round 1 of the US Chess Championship: When a Headline Hides an Entire Promotional CatalogAwonder Liang beat Hans Niemann in Round 1 of the United States Chess...
When White Skips 2.c4: A Plan Map for Black After 1.d4 d5That summer in V-League I learned something: a formation only looks beautiful...
Bodhana Sivanandan: Eleven Years Old on Board One and the Move That Made the Chess World Ask AgainIn Samarkand, board one of England's women's team was not occupied by a...
A Stray Headline: Turlov, Dvorkovich and the Misplaced Chess GameOn an afternoon in the middle of the regular season, I sat rereading old ches...
Chess and the "Expressiveness" Problem: When the Board Stays Silent Amid Sporting NoiseA remark as light as a feather has stirred the chess community: "Chess is one...
ChessBase Magazine #225: The Prague Chess Festival 2026 and the Discipline of Curation in Training ContentA game ended before the clock had a chance to tick into its second hour. The...
ChessBase Magazine #225: Short Chess Games and a Journey from Dusk till DawnWith the release of ChessBase Magazine #225, titled From Dusk till Dawn, the...
The Najdorf Sicilian: Five Opening Complexes Daniel King Updates, and the Limits of a 60-Minute VideoOn a Saturday morning at a small chess club on Nguyen Dinh Chieu Street in...
Daniel King's Najdorf Update: Five Key Theory Lines and a FIDE Headline Filed in the Wrong PlaceOne evening in March, I opened a document that a contact in the chess world h...
