Chess
ChessThe Modern Italian Game: Sveshnikov's Central Gamble 5.e5! and the Lesson of Verification2026-10-07I was rewinding footage of a game from an open tournament in Hai Phong last...
ChessDaniel King Updates the Najdorf in 60 Minutes: Chess Theory Is Now Patched Like Software2026-10-05In athletics, a coach can spend an entire afternoon adjusting a single detail...
ChessMove 9...a5 and the Space Piece: The King's Indian Defense Faces the Bayonet Attack2026-10-04At move nine of a King's Indian Defense game, White pushes the pawn from b2 t...
European Club Cup 2026: The 2715 Average and the Gap the Scoreboard Never ExplainsEuropean Club Cup 2026: The 2715 Average and the Gap the Scoreboard Never...
European Club Cup 2026: The 2715 Elo Gap That Decides the Title RaceA chess team with a 2715 average Elo. Four rivals clustered at 2600. Between...
The Elephant Gambit: Andrew Martin's 60-Minute Video and the Real Limits of a Surprise WeaponHook The page opens with a single line: "The European Club Cup kicks off in...
The Reckless Pawn: Elephant Gambit and the Trust Deficit in Elite ChessThere is a moment in chess when every calculation loses meaning: when the...
The 11-Year-Old, the 3.Bc4 Move, and the Question Mark in SamarkandI rewatched the game at two in the morning, headphones muted, leaving only th...
Bodhana Sivanandan, 11, on England Women's Board One: 6/7 and a 2504 Performance at the Samarkand 2026 OlympiadSamarkand, round seven. Board one of England's women's team. After 1.e4 c5...
Misidentifying the FIDE President and the 9...a5 Move: When a Sports Report Loses Its Own FilterIn the international chess world, some mistakes look small yet cut deep into...
FIDE Has No President Named Timur Turlov: How the Chess World Verifies a False HeadlineOn Tuesday night, in a small apartment in Moscow, I reread a chess news item...
Chess's Expressiveness Doesn't Live on the Player's FaceOn the night of August 3, 2026, at Japan's national stadium, Karsten Warholm...
The Modern Italian Game: Sveshnikov's Central Gamble 5.e5! and the Lesson of VerificationI was rewinding footage of a game from an open tournament in Hai Phong last...
Daniel King Updates the Najdorf in 60 Minutes: Chess Theory Is Now Patched Like SoftwareIn athletics, a coach can spend an entire afternoon adjusting a single detail...
The King's Indian Defense and the 9...a5 Detour in the Engine EraIt was a weekend evening in a small roadside club, where the chess clock tick...
Move 9...a5 and the Space Piece: The King's Indian Defense Faces the Bayonet AttackAt move nine of a King's Indian Defense game, White pushes the pawn from b2 t...
When White Refuses 2.c4: A Black Player's Guide to the Colle, London, Trompowsky and TorreOne winter evening in Moscow, after the game had ended, I stayed behind alone...
Savitha and the 45.Rd1 Move: When a Nineteen-Year-Old Refused a Draw to Rescue IndiaMove 45. On a wooden board in Samarkand, Savitha Shri B saw a draw opening up...
FIDE Election on September 26, 2026 in Samarkand: Rosenstein, the Promise to Bring Carlsen Back, and the Real Structure of Classical ChessOn September 26, 2026, in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, the FIDE General Assembly wi...
ChessBase August Releases: Petroff Defence Returns, and the Real Question Behind the Training CatalogueIn a Petroff Defence there is a moment when the position looks like a mirror:...
The 5.e5 Move and the Echo from Forgotten ChessboardsThe 5.e5 Move and the Echo from Forgotten Chessboards Hook On a late November...
Chess Olympiad 2026: The Torch Reaches Samarkand and the Three Titles That Still Need VerificationNo move was played at that ceremony. In Samarkand, the city that will host th...
