Chess
The Pawn Sacrifice on Move Two: When the 'Elephant Trap' Returns to the Bundesliga
The Elephant Gambit: When a Dubious Move Is Sold as a Secret Weapon
FRITZ 20 and Vietnam's Women's Chess Training Revolution: A Patient Machine for a Rising Generation
Kasparov's Scotch Game and a Title That Lost Its Way
Six Videos for Seven Opening Systems: Black's Defensive Map After 1.d4 d5
Magnus Carlsen Draws with Javokhir Sindarov in Global Chess League 2026
The Swapped Game: When an Advertisement Wears a Review's ClothesI read an article labeled a review. The headline advertised a Benko Gambit...
The 9...a5 Move: When Black Chooses Understanding Over MemoryIn a tournament hall at an open chess event in Da Nang last summer, I sat...
6th Prison Chess Championship: A Record 140 Teams and an Unverified Data GapI read the bulletin about the 6th Intercontinental Online Chess Championship...
The Pawn Sacrifice on Move Two: When the 'Elephant Trap' Returns to the BundesligaThe team chess season in Germany is entering its final stretch, and amid game...
Bodhana Sivanandan, 11, and the 3.Bc4 Shock at the Samarkand 2026 Chess OlympiadSamarkand, Uzbekistan, September 24, 2026. When round seven of the 2026 Chess...
The Najdorf Sicilian and the Theory-Update Machine: Reading Daniel King's 60-Minute Repertoire RefreshTHE NAJDORF SICILIAN AND THE THEORY-UPDATE MACHINE: READING DANIEL KING'S...
Move Nine in the Mar del Plata: 9...a5 and the Limits of the 'Computers Don't Understand' ArgumentA game at an amateur chess club on Nguyen Thi Minh Khai Street, Saigon, on a...
The Move 9...a5: When Chess Tries to Escape the Memory of the MachineOpening: An Afternoon in Tsaghkadzor Tsaghkadzor is a small town on the...
ChessBase Magazine #225: The Cover Promises a Sicilian, the Contents Promise a CatalogueI read the title three times. "Hidden highlights from the Olympiad: A Sicilia...
The Elephant Gambit: When a Dubious Move Is Sold as a Secret WeaponThe Elephant Gambit: When a Dubious Move Is Sold as a Secret Weapon In the...
FRITZ 20 and Vietnam's Women's Chess Training Revolution: A Patient Machine for a Rising GenerationA move that paused for twenty minutes In November 2026, in a small training...
Savitha Shri's 5/5 and the Weight Falling on India's Boards 3-4Board four. Move forty-seven. No roar from the stands, no camera zooming in o...
Kasparov's Scotch Game and a Title That Lost Its WayI opened that old opening file again one morning in Binh Duong, while the mis...
9...a5 — The Quiet Move Inside the King's Indian Cathedral9...a5 — The Quiet Move Inside the King's Indian Cathedral On a Thursday...
FIDE Election on September 26: The Pledge to Bring Carlsen Back and the Conflict-of-Interest DilemmaOn a September evening, I sat before my screen, rewinding and replaying Wadim...
ChessBase August Roundup: Petroff Defence, Two Positional Play Courses, and the Release Rhythm of Training ContentOn the last Saturday of August, I sat in the corner of a chess club on Nguyen...
Six Videos for Seven Opening Systems: Black's Defensive Map After 1.d4 d5A late June evening at a chess club on the second floor of an old house on...
Headphones, Play Along and Festival Zone: Chess Tries to Buy Back Its Audience With ExperienceIn a frame I have replayed many times from a recent elite tournament, there i...
When the Board Is Empty: Anatomy of a Chess Analysis With No DataWhen the Board Is Empty: Anatomy of a Chess Analysis With No Data Three in th...
The 9...a5 Move: When Black Chooses Understanding Over MemoryIn a tournament hall at an open chess event in Da Nang last summer, I sat...
6th Prison Chess Championship: A Record 140 Teams and an Unverified Data GapI read the bulletin about the 6th Intercontinental Online Chess Championship...
The Pawn Sacrifice on Move Two: When the 'Elephant Trap' Returns to the BundesligaThe team chess season in Germany is entering its final stretch, and amid game...
Bodhana Sivanandan, 11, and the 3.Bc4 Shock at the Samarkand 2026 Chess OlympiadSamarkand, Uzbekistan, September 24, 2026. When round seven of the 2026 Chess...
The Najdorf Sicilian and the Theory-Update Machine: Reading Daniel King's 60-Minute Repertoire RefreshTHE NAJDORF SICILIAN AND THE THEORY-UPDATE MACHINE: READING DANIEL KING'S...
Move Nine in the Mar del Plata: 9...a5 and the Limits of the 'Computers Don't Understand' ArgumentA game at an amateur chess club on Nguyen Thi Minh Khai Street, Saigon, on a...
The Move 9...a5: When Chess Tries to Escape the Memory of the MachineOpening: An Afternoon in Tsaghkadzor Tsaghkadzor is a small town on the...
ChessBase Magazine #225: The Cover Promises a Sicilian, the Contents Promise a CatalogueI read the title three times. "Hidden highlights from the Olympiad: A Sicilia...
The Elephant Gambit: When a Dubious Move Is Sold as a Secret WeaponThe Elephant Gambit: When a Dubious Move Is Sold as a Secret Weapon In the...
FRITZ 20 and Vietnam's Women's Chess Training Revolution: A Patient Machine for a Rising GenerationA move that paused for twenty minutes In November 2026, in a small training...
Savitha Shri's 5/5 and the Weight Falling on India's Boards 3-4Board four. Move forty-seven. No roar from the stands, no camera zooming in o...
Kasparov's Scotch Game and a Title That Lost Its WayI opened that old opening file again one morning in Binh Duong, while the mis...
9...a5 — The Quiet Move Inside the King's Indian Cathedral9...a5 — The Quiet Move Inside the King's Indian Cathedral On a Thursday...
FIDE Election on September 26: The Pledge to Bring Carlsen Back and the Conflict-of-Interest DilemmaOn a September evening, I sat before my screen, rewinding and replaying Wadim...
ChessBase August Roundup: Petroff Defence, Two Positional Play Courses, and the Release Rhythm of Training ContentOn the last Saturday of August, I sat in the corner of a chess club on Nguyen...
Six Videos for Seven Opening Systems: Black's Defensive Map After 1.d4 d5A late June evening at a chess club on the second floor of an old house on...
Headphones, Play Along and Festival Zone: Chess Tries to Buy Back Its Audience With ExperienceIn a frame I have replayed many times from a recent elite tournament, there i...
When the Board Is Empty: Anatomy of a Chess Analysis With No DataWhen the Board Is Empty: Anatomy of a Chess Analysis With No Data Three in th...
