Chess
Rachel Li, the U.S. Women's Championship and a 60-Minute Video: A Headline Without a Crosstable
Elephant Gambit: 60 Minutes, Four Promises and a Mismatched Title
Total Chess Opens Budapest 2026: The Unified Rating System Still Has No Body
Decoding the Scandinavian Defense Course Page: 60 Minutes, Carlsen's Name, and a Dortmund Headline That Does Not Exist
Liang Beats Niemann in US Championship Round One: A Beautiful Headline, a Missing Game
The Scotch Opening, Kasparov 2026, and a Chess Lesson Wearing the Wrong Label
Online Chess Championship for Prisoners: 77 Teams, Five Continents and a Data GapBig tournaments often begin with a moment that gets skipped. For me, that...
Wesley So and a Fourth U.S. Title: When a Tiebreak Decides a Classical CrownOn an evening when the United States classical crown was decided by faster...
Rachel Li, the U.S. Women's Championship and a 60-Minute Video: A Headline Without a CrosstableAt 10:40 p.m. on a Tuesday, I opened a link a friend in my analysis group had...
Elephant Gambit: 60 Minutes, Four Promises and a Mismatched TitleThe product page opens with a very loud name: the Poisoned Queen variation of...
The Scotch, Kasparov 2026 and a 60-Minute Video: What a Chess News Item Really SaidIn October 2026 I replayed an old tape of the 2026 world championship match...
Carlsen, AI and the Twentyfold Gap: The Chess Power Map Is Splitting in TwoA single number appeared in the interview with AS in October, quoted by Marca...
When the FIDE President's Name Was Written Wrong: The Empty Chair in the Chess NewsroomAt 1:12 in the morning, a link landed in a group chat of people who work in...
European Club Cup 2026: Bayegan Pendik's 2715 Elo and the 3.5–3.5 Problem in BudvaThe open standings in Budva after two rounds form an almost perfect flat line...
From HDBank 2026 to Budapest: the Scandinavian Defense and the gap in a one-hour opening lessonIn March 2026, in the analysis room of the HDBank international chess...
Total Chess Opens Budapest 2026: The Unified Rating System Still Has No BodyThe dispatch arrived from Budapest on August 29, 2026, and I read it three...
A Book on the Benko Gambit, and the Ghost of Misaligned CopyThere was an evening when I reopened an old draft on my blog Co May and found...
Elephant Gambit: The 60-Minute Trap and the Price of SurpriseIn the second round of a summer 2026 Thai open tournament, I sat behind a...
Decoding the Scandinavian Defense Course Page: 60 Minutes, Carlsen's Name, and a Dortmund Headline That Does Not ExistOn a Thursday evening at a small chess cafe on Link Road in Andheri, Mumbai, ...
The Bayonet Attack and the Move 9...a5: When the King's Indian Defense Chooses the Strategic PathThere was an evening at a small chess club tucked deep inside an alley in the...
The Scandinavian Defense and Carlsen's Shadow: When a Chess Opening Course Is Sold on Borrowed TrustI opened a chess news page with the headline "Dortmund Sparkassen Trophy 2027...
A US Championship Headline, the Body of a 60-Minute Opening CourseOn Tuesday night, the newsroom inbox in Saint Petersburg lit up with a...
Atyrau Masters and the Real Story of the Chess World: When the News Lies in DistributionI sat before the screen at 3 a.m., not to watch a game, but to read a headlin...
US Chess Championship: Woodward Takes Down Caruana, Lee Widens the Gap, and the Trap Called the Elephant GambitOn board three of the US Chess Championship, in the round scheduled for the...
Atyrau Masters: The Top Two Seeds Fell, and What Sits Behind the HeadlineI read the announcement for ChessBase's newest magazine issue on a quiet...
The Scandinavian Defense, the FIDE Resolution, and the Time-Saving Equation: When a Headline Strays From the BoardI remember that exact moment. Not because it was dramatic, but because it was...
The Scandinavian Defense and the Time-Saving Race in Amateur ChessIn the summer of 2026, at a youth chess tournament in Da Nang, I sat behind a...
When the Clock Rewrote the Table: The Rule Shock of the 2026/87 Chess BundesligaInside the playing hall, a chess clock was pressed for a game that had not ye...
The Late Clock of the 2026/87 Bundesliga: A Dossier Abandoned by Its Own HeadlineTHE LATE CLOCK OF THE 2026/87 BUNDESLIGA: A DOSSIER ABANDONED BY ITS OWN...
Wesley So and a Fourth U.S. Title: When a Tiebreak Decides a Classical CrownOn an evening when the United States classical crown was decided by faster...
Rachel Li, the U.S. Women's Championship and a 60-Minute Video: A Headline Without a CrosstableAt 10:40 p.m. on a Tuesday, I opened a link a friend in my analysis group had...
Elephant Gambit: 60 Minutes, Four Promises and a Mismatched TitleThe product page opens with a very loud name: the Poisoned Queen variation of...
The Scotch, Kasparov 2026 and a 60-Minute Video: What a Chess News Item Really SaidIn October 2026 I replayed an old tape of the 2026 world championship match...
Carlsen, AI and the Twentyfold Gap: The Chess Power Map Is Splitting in TwoA single number appeared in the interview with AS in October, quoted by Marca...
When the FIDE President's Name Was Written Wrong: The Empty Chair in the Chess NewsroomAt 1:12 in the morning, a link landed in a group chat of people who work in...
European Club Cup 2026: Bayegan Pendik's 2715 Elo and the 3.5–3.5 Problem in BudvaThe open standings in Budva after two rounds form an almost perfect flat line...
From HDBank 2026 to Budapest: the Scandinavian Defense and the gap in a one-hour opening lessonIn March 2026, in the analysis room of the HDBank international chess...
Total Chess Opens Budapest 2026: The Unified Rating System Still Has No BodyThe dispatch arrived from Budapest on August 29, 2026, and I read it three...
A Book on the Benko Gambit, and the Ghost of Misaligned CopyThere was an evening when I reopened an old draft on my blog Co May and found...
Elephant Gambit: The 60-Minute Trap and the Price of SurpriseIn the second round of a summer 2026 Thai open tournament, I sat behind a...
Decoding the Scandinavian Defense Course Page: 60 Minutes, Carlsen's Name, and a Dortmund Headline That Does Not ExistOn a Thursday evening at a small chess cafe on Link Road in Andheri, Mumbai, ...
The Bayonet Attack and the Move 9...a5: When the King's Indian Defense Chooses the Strategic PathThere was an evening at a small chess club tucked deep inside an alley in the...
The Scandinavian Defense and Carlsen's Shadow: When a Chess Opening Course Is Sold on Borrowed TrustI opened a chess news page with the headline "Dortmund Sparkassen Trophy 2027...
A US Championship Headline, the Body of a 60-Minute Opening CourseOn Tuesday night, the newsroom inbox in Saint Petersburg lit up with a...
Atyrau Masters and the Real Story of the Chess World: When the News Lies in DistributionI sat before the screen at 3 a.m., not to watch a game, but to read a headlin...
US Chess Championship: Woodward Takes Down Caruana, Lee Widens the Gap, and the Trap Called the Elephant GambitOn board three of the US Chess Championship, in the round scheduled for the...
Atyrau Masters: The Top Two Seeds Fell, and What Sits Behind the HeadlineI read the announcement for ChessBase's newest magazine issue on a quiet...
The Scandinavian Defense, the FIDE Resolution, and the Time-Saving Equation: When a Headline Strays From the BoardI remember that exact moment. Not because it was dramatic, but because it was...
The Scandinavian Defense and the Time-Saving Race in Amateur ChessIn the summer of 2026, at a youth chess tournament in Da Nang, I sat behind a...
When the Clock Rewrote the Table: The Rule Shock of the 2026/87 Chess BundesligaInside the playing hall, a chess clock was pressed for a game that had not ye...
The Late Clock of the 2026/87 Bundesliga: A Dossier Abandoned by Its Own HeadlineTHE LATE CLOCK OF THE 2026/87 BUNDESLIGA: A DOSSIER ABANDONED BY ITS OWN...
