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ChessBase Magazine #225: the headline promises a match, the body delivers a catalogueI read the headline three times. “European Club Cup: Comfortable wins for the...
ChessBase #225: Four Annotators, 27 Miniatures, and a Headline That Doesn't Match the BodyOn the evening of 12 November, sitting in a coffee shop on Nguyen Chi Thanh...
The Elephant Gambit and Andrew Martin's 60-Minute Video: Trap Density Is Not DataA weekend club tournament. Black sacrifices a pawn on move two: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3...
Benko Gambit in the Headline, FRITZ 20 in the Body: Anatomy of a Chess Product Page With Zero MovesThe product page opened at eleven at night. The headline hit first: The Moder...
The Forgotten Move in the Age of 30-Second Video: Why an Opening Book Still Took Me Three Months to ReadThe empty stadium, but the applause of 2026 still echoes in every old record....
9...a5 Against the Bayonet Attack: A 'Clean' Answer in the King's Indian Defense and the Line Between Analysis and MarketingIn a small room on Gogolevsky Street in Moscow, on a February evening, I sat...
King's Indian Defense: Re-reading 9...a5 against the Bayonet Attack and the Line Between a Practical Answer and a Sales PitchOne evening in Da Nang, I reopened a PGN file with forty games, all of them...
Atyrau Masters: Two Top Seeds Fall and the Noise Drowning Out the Chess SignalThe top two seeds at the Atyrau Masters both crashed out in the opening round...
6th Intercontinental Online Chess Championship for Prisoners Kicks Off with Record 140 TeamsThe 6th Intercontinental Online Chess Championship for Prisoners has official...
5.e5 and the Strange Comforts of Superstition in ChessThere is a man at the chess club near my home in Chengdu who always carries a...
Liang beats Niemann in Round 1 of the US Chess Championship: when reputation runs ahead of the movesI still remember the evening of July 1, 2026, when I sat writing about the...
Is Chess One of the Least Expressive Sports? A Controversial View from a Former Badminton AthleteIs chess one of the least expressive sports? That seemingly simple question w...
ChessBase Magazine Issue 225: 27 Miniatures, 10 Opening Articles, and the Missing Name of Bent LarsenIn the contents list of ChessBase Magazine Issue 225, I counted ten opening...
ChessBase Magazine #225: Bent Larsen on the Cover, Prague 2026 InsideInside the contents list of ChessBase Magazine issue 225, one line made me...
Chess in 2026: When Training Magazines Sell Star NamesIn 2026, a chess magazine launched with a headline inviting readers to “learn...
ChessBase Magazine #225: The Cover Says Bent Larsen, the Content Says Prague 2026When I opened the download package of ChessBase Magazine issue 225, the first...
The Najdorf Sicilian and Daniel King's 60-Minute Update: Inside the Endless Theory Machine of ChessInside the ChessBase studio, in front of an electronic board, Daniel King...
The Najdorf Sicilian and the periodic-update model: A view from Daniel King's 60-minute Power Play releaseIn the analysis room of a youth chess tournament in Da Nang in the closing da...
Daniel King's Najdorf Update: Sixty Minutes to Re-Read a Theoretical ContinentIn the third round of an open tournament last month, I stayed up until nearly...
The 14-Year-Old in Samarkand: 8/10 Points and Numbers Awaiting VerificationInside the tournament hall in Samarkand, where amber light fell across wooden...
The Scandinavian Defense: A 60-Minute Video and Three Claims Worth VerifyingIn a video exactly 60 minutes long, IM Andrew Martin — a British FIDE Senior...
Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş: The 2,731 Elo Record and the Verification Problem of Chess's Prodigy WaveSamarkand, 2026. At board one for the Turkish chess team, a fourteen-year-old...
ChessBase #225: Four Annotators, 27 Miniatures, and a Headline That Doesn't Match the BodyOn the evening of 12 November, sitting in a coffee shop on Nguyen Chi Thanh...
The Elephant Gambit and Andrew Martin's 60-Minute Video: Trap Density Is Not DataA weekend club tournament. Black sacrifices a pawn on move two: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3...
Benko Gambit in the Headline, FRITZ 20 in the Body: Anatomy of a Chess Product Page With Zero MovesThe product page opened at eleven at night. The headline hit first: The Moder...
The Forgotten Move in the Age of 30-Second Video: Why an Opening Book Still Took Me Three Months to ReadThe empty stadium, but the applause of 2026 still echoes in every old record....
9...a5 Against the Bayonet Attack: A 'Clean' Answer in the King's Indian Defense and the Line Between Analysis and MarketingIn a small room on Gogolevsky Street in Moscow, on a February evening, I sat...
King's Indian Defense: Re-reading 9...a5 against the Bayonet Attack and the Line Between a Practical Answer and a Sales PitchOne evening in Da Nang, I reopened a PGN file with forty games, all of them...
Atyrau Masters: Two Top Seeds Fall and the Noise Drowning Out the Chess SignalThe top two seeds at the Atyrau Masters both crashed out in the opening round...
6th Intercontinental Online Chess Championship for Prisoners Kicks Off with Record 140 TeamsThe 6th Intercontinental Online Chess Championship for Prisoners has official...
5.e5 and the Strange Comforts of Superstition in ChessThere is a man at the chess club near my home in Chengdu who always carries a...
Liang beats Niemann in Round 1 of the US Chess Championship: when reputation runs ahead of the movesI still remember the evening of July 1, 2026, when I sat writing about the...
Is Chess One of the Least Expressive Sports? A Controversial View from a Former Badminton AthleteIs chess one of the least expressive sports? That seemingly simple question w...
ChessBase Magazine Issue 225: 27 Miniatures, 10 Opening Articles, and the Missing Name of Bent LarsenIn the contents list of ChessBase Magazine Issue 225, I counted ten opening...
ChessBase Magazine #225: Bent Larsen on the Cover, Prague 2026 InsideInside the contents list of ChessBase Magazine issue 225, one line made me...
Chess in 2026: When Training Magazines Sell Star NamesIn 2026, a chess magazine launched with a headline inviting readers to “learn...
ChessBase Magazine #225: The Cover Says Bent Larsen, the Content Says Prague 2026When I opened the download package of ChessBase Magazine issue 225, the first...
The Najdorf Sicilian and Daniel King's 60-Minute Update: Inside the Endless Theory Machine of ChessInside the ChessBase studio, in front of an electronic board, Daniel King...
The Najdorf Sicilian and the periodic-update model: A view from Daniel King's 60-minute Power Play releaseIn the analysis room of a youth chess tournament in Da Nang in the closing da...
Daniel King's Najdorf Update: Sixty Minutes to Re-Read a Theoretical ContinentIn the third round of an open tournament last month, I stayed up until nearly...
The 14-Year-Old in Samarkand: 8/10 Points and Numbers Awaiting VerificationInside the tournament hall in Samarkand, where amber light fell across wooden...
The Scandinavian Defense: A 60-Minute Video and Three Claims Worth VerifyingIn a video exactly 60 minutes long, IM Andrew Martin — a British FIDE Senior...
Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş: The 2,731 Elo Record and the Verification Problem of Chess's Prodigy WaveSamarkand, 2026. At board one for the Turkish chess team, a fourteen-year-old...
