Chess
The FIDE President, FRITZ 20, and a Headline That Swapped the Pieces
9...a5 and White's Bayonet: A Side Road for Players Who Want to Understand the King's Indian
9...a5 and the Bayonet Storm: Black's Strategic Escape in the King's Indian Defense
US Championships: The Gap Between the Woodward–Caruana Headline and the Real Content
Savitha Shri Remains Unbeaten After Five Games as India Keep Medal Hopes Alive at the Chess Olympiad
The Ninth Move Against Fashion: 9...a5 and the Memory Problem in Mar del PlataDa Nang, a Saturday evening late in the month. In a small chess club on Nguye...
One Headline, Two Stories: A Scotch Opening Video and the Silence Around the European Club CupThe page opens with a club name: Novy Bor. Those words promise a European...
The FIDE President, FRITZ 20, and a Headline That Swapped the PiecesOn the morning of August 31, I was sitting in a coffee shop on Nguyen Chi Tha...
9...a5 and White's Bayonet: A Side Road for Players Who Want to Understand the King's IndianIn 2026 I was fifteen, sitting about two metres from a black-and-white...
9...a5 and the Bayonet Storm: Black's Strategic Escape in the King's Indian DefenseThe board sits in the corner of the room; Black's clock shows eleven minutes....
US Championships: The Gap Between the Woodward–Caruana Headline and the Real ContentOn the feed of a chess platform, a headline appears: "US Championships:...
ChessBase Magazine Issue 225 and the Filter of 27 Miniatures from Prague 2026I rewound the footage of a game from the Prague Chess Festival and stopped at...
2026 Chess Olympiad Round 9: Gukesh's Great Escape and the Forgotten Women's Board in Samarkand2026 Chess Olympiad Round 9 in Samarkand: D Gukesh escapes a lost position...
FRITZ 20: When the Chess Machine Switches Roles from Opponent to TrainerBonn, November 2026. The second game of the match between Vladimir Kramnik an...
Three Moves After +2: Nihal Sarin, the 'Player of the Day' Card, and How India Learned to Count Wins DifferentlyThirty minutes. An evaluation of +2. Nihal Sarin sat there, Black's pieces...
Savitha Shri Remains Unbeaten After Five Games as India Keep Medal Hopes Alive at the Chess OlympiadSamarkand — Savitha Shri has become the unexpected pillar of India’s women’s...
When Data Goes Silent: The Crisis of Modern Chess AnalysisAt 2:17 a.m. in Chengdu, I received a data file named Stage-2 Deep Profession...
One Headline, Two Stories: A Scotch Opening Video and the Silence Around the European Club CupThe page opens with a club name: Novy Bor. Those words promise a European...
The FIDE President, FRITZ 20, and a Headline That Swapped the PiecesOn the morning of August 31, I was sitting in a coffee shop on Nguyen Chi Tha...
9...a5 and White's Bayonet: A Side Road for Players Who Want to Understand the King's IndianIn 2026 I was fifteen, sitting about two metres from a black-and-white...
9...a5 and the Bayonet Storm: Black's Strategic Escape in the King's Indian DefenseThe board sits in the corner of the room; Black's clock shows eleven minutes....
US Championships: The Gap Between the Woodward–Caruana Headline and the Real ContentOn the feed of a chess platform, a headline appears: "US Championships:...
ChessBase Magazine Issue 225 and the Filter of 27 Miniatures from Prague 2026I rewound the footage of a game from the Prague Chess Festival and stopped at...
2026 Chess Olympiad Round 9: Gukesh's Great Escape and the Forgotten Women's Board in Samarkand2026 Chess Olympiad Round 9 in Samarkand: D Gukesh escapes a lost position...
FRITZ 20: When the Chess Machine Switches Roles from Opponent to TrainerBonn, November 2026. The second game of the match between Vladimir Kramnik an...
Three Moves After +2: Nihal Sarin, the 'Player of the Day' Card, and How India Learned to Count Wins DifferentlyThirty minutes. An evaluation of +2. Nihal Sarin sat there, Black's pieces...
Savitha Shri Remains Unbeaten After Five Games as India Keep Medal Hopes Alive at the Chess OlympiadSamarkand — Savitha Shri has become the unexpected pillar of India’s women’s...
When Data Goes Silent: The Crisis of Modern Chess AnalysisAt 2:17 a.m. in Chengdu, I received a data file named Stage-2 Deep Profession...
