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ChessThe Scandinavian Defense in 60 Minutes: A Promise That Holds in the Opening and Fails in the Middlegame2026-10-20A chess club on Lach Tray Street, Hai Phong, a November evening. Black is a...
ChessThe Elephant in the Opening: Andrew Martin and the 60-Minute Gambit2026-10-18In the last three games I sat through in full from a European team event in...
ChessThe Elephant Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d5!? and the Data Gap Behind the Headline 'Woodward Takes Down Caruana'2026-10-16On the US Chess Championships news feed, the headline “Woodward takes down...
ChessAI proves 63 checking moves is the maximum: a 58-year-old chess problem and the half-truth left behind2026-10-16On the board, there is a kind of position in which every legal move is forced...
The Scandinavian Defense in 60 Minutes: A Promise That Holds in the Opening and Fails in the MiddlegameA chess club on Lach Tray Street, Hai Phong, a November evening. Black is a...
A 60-minute Scandinavian Defense course: practical value and a credibility gapMoscow, a winter evening, in a small room filled with the clatter of plastic...
European Club Cup 2026: Bayegan's 2715 Elo and the 65-Point Gap on Every BoardOnly one human being appears anywhere in the European Club Cup briefing. His...
Scandinavian Defense 1.e4 d5 in 60 Minutes: Andrew Martin, the 'Play It Today' Promise and the Gap After Move 12In November, at a small open tournament in the cramped room of a chess club o...
Scandinavian Defense: A 60-Minute Course, Carlsen's Name, and a Headline That Does Not Match the BodyA Game at a Moscow Club Moscow in winter, a small chess club in the central...
The 5 e5! thrust: a club-tier weapon and a headline out of tuneDa Nang, a cafe on Nguyen Chi Thanh street, early March. I sat watching two...
The Elephant in the Opening: Andrew Martin and the 60-Minute GambitIn the last three games I sat through in full from a European team event in...
The Scandinavian Defense in 60 Minutes: Decoding the Structure Behind the 'Dortmund Sparkassen Trophy 2027' HeadlineThe subway ride home from Novoslobodskaya on a Thursday evening, I opened my...
King's Indian Defense: The 9...a5 Sideline and the Path for Those Who Choose to UnderstandThe tournament hall fell silent when the board reached move nine. White pushe...
The Elephant Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d5!? and the Data Gap Behind the Headline 'Woodward Takes Down Caruana'On the US Chess Championships news feed, the headline “Woodward takes down...
AI proves 63 checking moves is the maximum: a 58-year-old chess problem and the half-truth left behindOn the board, there is a kind of position in which every legal move is forced...
The 6th Intercontinental Online Chess Championship for Prisoners: A 140-Team Board and the Gaps No One Has FilledIt was an afternoon with no spectators. Inside a cell, the blue glow of a...
6th Intercontinental Online Chess Championship for Prisoners: A Record 140 Teams and the Gaps Left UnfilledOn a screen in Da Nang, a game begins with a mouse click, not applause. No...
When the Clock Rewrites the Standings: A Rules Lesson from the 2026/87 BundesligaThe clock is the first thing I check whenever I step into a chess hall. Not t...
Bodhana and the 2026 Bundesliga Ghost: When a Single Scoresheet Relegated a Whole TeamThe arbiter's clock read 19:42. Not a single piece had been touched. No...
Board Three in the Bundesliga: The Elephant Gambit and the Cost of a Promise Without DataIn the fourth game of a Bundesliga evening, on board three, a player with the...
5.e5 – The Strange Comforts of Superstition on the ChessboardThere is a sound I still hear on sleepless nights: the click of a pawn placed...
The 9...a5 Move in the King's Indian: A Practical Weapon or an Inflated Sales Pitch?On the cover of a chess-instruction DVD, the bold text reads: an antidote to...
ChessBase Magazine #225: Prague 2026 and the Lessons of 27 MiniaturesOne winter evening in Nha Trang, I opened an international chess bulletin and...
A 60-minute Scandinavian Defense course: practical value and a credibility gapMoscow, a winter evening, in a small room filled with the clatter of plastic...
European Club Cup 2026: Bayegan's 2715 Elo and the 65-Point Gap on Every BoardOnly one human being appears anywhere in the European Club Cup briefing. His...
Scandinavian Defense 1.e4 d5 in 60 Minutes: Andrew Martin, the 'Play It Today' Promise and the Gap After Move 12In November, at a small open tournament in the cramped room of a chess club o...
Scandinavian Defense: A 60-Minute Course, Carlsen's Name, and a Headline That Does Not Match the BodyA Game at a Moscow Club Moscow in winter, a small chess club in the central...
The 5 e5! thrust: a club-tier weapon and a headline out of tuneDa Nang, a cafe on Nguyen Chi Thanh street, early March. I sat watching two...
The Elephant in the Opening: Andrew Martin and the 60-Minute GambitIn the last three games I sat through in full from a European team event in...
The Scandinavian Defense in 60 Minutes: Decoding the Structure Behind the 'Dortmund Sparkassen Trophy 2027' HeadlineThe subway ride home from Novoslobodskaya on a Thursday evening, I opened my...
King's Indian Defense: The 9...a5 Sideline and the Path for Those Who Choose to UnderstandThe tournament hall fell silent when the board reached move nine. White pushe...
The Elephant Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d5!? and the Data Gap Behind the Headline 'Woodward Takes Down Caruana'On the US Chess Championships news feed, the headline “Woodward takes down...
AI proves 63 checking moves is the maximum: a 58-year-old chess problem and the half-truth left behindOn the board, there is a kind of position in which every legal move is forced...
The 6th Intercontinental Online Chess Championship for Prisoners: A 140-Team Board and the Gaps No One Has FilledIt was an afternoon with no spectators. Inside a cell, the blue glow of a...
6th Intercontinental Online Chess Championship for Prisoners: A Record 140 Teams and the Gaps Left UnfilledOn a screen in Da Nang, a game begins with a mouse click, not applause. No...
When the Clock Rewrites the Standings: A Rules Lesson from the 2026/87 BundesligaThe clock is the first thing I check whenever I step into a chess hall. Not t...
Bodhana and the 2026 Bundesliga Ghost: When a Single Scoresheet Relegated a Whole TeamThe arbiter's clock read 19:42. Not a single piece had been touched. No...
Board Three in the Bundesliga: The Elephant Gambit and the Cost of a Promise Without DataIn the fourth game of a Bundesliga evening, on board three, a player with the...
5.e5 – The Strange Comforts of Superstition on the ChessboardThere is a sound I still hear on sleepless nights: the click of a pawn placed...
The 9...a5 Move in the King's Indian: A Practical Weapon or an Inflated Sales Pitch?On the cover of a chess-instruction DVD, the bold text reads: an antidote to...
ChessBase Magazine #225: Prague 2026 and the Lessons of 27 MiniaturesOne winter evening in Nha Trang, I opened an international chess bulletin and...
