Chess
5.e5: The Strange Comfort of the Superstitious Chess Player
"FIDE President Timur Turlov" and a King's Indian Defense DVD: Fact-Checking a Misleading Headline
ChessBase Magazine #225: A Sicilian on the Cover, the Data Somewhere Else
King's Indian Mar del Plata: The Spatial Map of the Battle Between 9...Nh5 and 9...a5 Against the Bayonet Attack
An Unusual Night in the King's Indian: The Move 9...a5 and the Bayonet in the Dark
The 5.e5 Thrust in the Modern Italian: A Practical Weapon and Its PriceOn a late October afternoon in 2026, in a small chess room on Hang Bai Street...
The 5.e5 thrust and a misplaced headline: lessons from a 60-minute video on the Modern Italian1. A mouse click at 2:47 a.m. At 2:47 in the morning, in an online room with...
5.e5: The Strange Comfort of the Superstitious Chess PlayerOn a Thursday evening at a chess club in Binh Duong, I watched a man past six...
Kostya Kavutskiy Joins ChessBase: Chess Is Selling Teachers, Not MovesTwo titles, not a single new move. “Mastering Calculation” and “The...
When White Avoids Theory: Seven Faces After 1.d4 d5There is a moment I always wait for at every tournament. White pushes the paw...
Bodhana Sivanandan, 11, Scores 6/7 with a 2504 Performance: A Generation Knocks at the Chess Olympiad Samarkand 2026I remember the night I sat in front of the screen, the clock in Da Nang readi...
"FIDE President Timur Turlov" and a King's Indian Defense DVD: Fact-Checking a Misleading HeadlineAn article circulating on content-aggregation channels carries a headline...
ChessBase Magazine #225: Bent Larsen's Legacy and the Real Equation of Chess Training ContentEvery night I keep a strange habit. I open a chessboard, switch off every...
An Achilles Heel Named Poland: India Women's Recurring Problem at the Chess OlympiadThe corridor of a Chess Olympiad hall always has its own soundtrack: the stea...
The 5.e5 Move in the Italian Game: A Practical Weapon for Club Players or a Marketing Trap in the Chess Content Industry?I sat in the corner of the analysis room after the fourth game of the regiona...
9...a5: The Price of a Move Put Up for SaleI sat in Delhi, put an opening DVD into the drive at two in the morning, and...
Echoes of Empty Stands: When Vietnamese Chess Faces a Crossroads of SurvivalIn the last three matches I attended at the national chess tournament, I sat ...
Vietnamese Chess and the 2700 Ceiling: Lê Quang Liêm's Legacy and the Question of the Next GenerationIn the summer of 2026, in Khanty-Mansiysk, the electronic clock in the playin...
The Scotch Opening: From 'Harmless' to Kasparov's Weapon and the Paradox of a 60-Minute VideoTHE BOARD THAT NEVER FORGETS I have followed elite chess for thirty-two years...
ChessBase Magazine #225: A Sicilian on the Cover, the Data Somewhere ElseAt night in Hai Phong, I keep the habit of setting up a position on the board...
The 5.e5 thrust and a misplaced headline: lessons from a 60-minute video on the Modern Italian1. A mouse click at 2:47 a.m. At 2:47 in the morning, in an online room with...
5.e5: The Strange Comfort of the Superstitious Chess PlayerOn a Thursday evening at a chess club in Binh Duong, I watched a man past six...
Kostya Kavutskiy Joins ChessBase: Chess Is Selling Teachers, Not MovesTwo titles, not a single new move. “Mastering Calculation” and “The...
When White Avoids Theory: Seven Faces After 1.d4 d5There is a moment I always wait for at every tournament. White pushes the paw...
Bodhana Sivanandan, 11, Scores 6/7 with a 2504 Performance: A Generation Knocks at the Chess Olympiad Samarkand 2026I remember the night I sat in front of the screen, the clock in Da Nang readi...
"FIDE President Timur Turlov" and a King's Indian Defense DVD: Fact-Checking a Misleading HeadlineAn article circulating on content-aggregation channels carries a headline...
ChessBase Magazine #225: Bent Larsen's Legacy and the Real Equation of Chess Training ContentEvery night I keep a strange habit. I open a chessboard, switch off every...
An Achilles Heel Named Poland: India Women's Recurring Problem at the Chess OlympiadThe corridor of a Chess Olympiad hall always has its own soundtrack: the stea...
The 5.e5 Move in the Italian Game: A Practical Weapon for Club Players or a Marketing Trap in the Chess Content Industry?I sat in the corner of the analysis room after the fourth game of the regiona...
9...a5: The Price of a Move Put Up for SaleI sat in Delhi, put an opening DVD into the drive at two in the morning, and...
Echoes of Empty Stands: When Vietnamese Chess Faces a Crossroads of SurvivalIn the last three matches I attended at the national chess tournament, I sat ...
Vietnamese Chess and the 2700 Ceiling: Lê Quang Liêm's Legacy and the Question of the Next GenerationIn the summer of 2026, in Khanty-Mansiysk, the electronic clock in the playin...
The Scotch Opening: From 'Harmless' to Kasparov's Weapon and the Paradox of a 60-Minute VideoTHE BOARD THAT NEVER FORGETS I have followed elite chess for thirty-two years...
ChessBase Magazine #225: A Sicilian on the Cover, the Data Somewhere ElseAt night in Hai Phong, I keep the habit of setting up a position on the board...