Chess
Liang Beats Niemann in the US Championship Opener: The Headline, the Position, and a Coaching Industry
Kostya Kavutskiy Joins FritzTrainer: ChessBase Is Buying the Author's Audience
9...a5 and the Bayonet: When the King's Indian Finds Its Old Path Again
Daniel King and the Najdorf Update: Five Line Clusters, Sixty Minutes and a Date-Shaped Hole
Carlsen: When AI Reveals Humans Are Not That GoodIn an interview with Spanish newspaper AS in October, Magnus Carlsen said...
The Scandinavian Defense: From Carlsen's Blitz Games to a 60-Minute Club CourseThere is a move I have followed for over two decades, and it always appears a...
5.e5 in the Scotch Gambit: A Club Weapon and the Limits of BeliefI was sitting in the third row of a weekend club tournament, my notebook open...
US Opener: Liang Beats Niemann and the Gap No One MeasuredUS Opener: Liang Beats Niemann and the Gap No One Measured When Awonder Liang...
Liang Beats Niemann in the US Championship Opener: The Headline, the Position, and a Coaching IndustryI read that headline on a morning in Da Nang, while the coffee was still too...
Kostya Kavutskiy Joins FritzTrainer: ChessBase Is Buying the Author's AudienceTwo new names appeared on ChessBase's digital shelf at once: "Mastering...
Bodhana Sivanandan and 3.Bc4: Board One, Age Eleven, and the Limits of a NumberIn Samarkand, in the playing hall of the 2026 Chess Olympiad, there was one...
ChessBase Magazine #225: Prague 2026, a Training Catalogue, and the Gap Between Cover and ContentI opened the table of contents of ChessBase Magazine issue #225 and started...
Daniel King and the Najdorf Sicilian Update: Sixty Minutes, Five Line Complexes, One Mislabelled HeadlineMoscow, one October evening. I opened Daniel King's sixty-minute download, th...
9...a5 in the King's Indian Defense: A Strategic Side Road Against the Bayonet AttackMove nine. White pushes the pawn to b4 — a short, tidy gesture, yet enough to...
The 2700 Tier Breaks: How Elite Chess Is Restructuring After Gukesh's TitleMove 55 of Game 14. Ding Liren pushed his rook to the fourth file, and in tha...
India's Third Gaprindashvili Cup: Two-Section Depth and a Gap at the SummitIn a corner of Cubbon Park, Bangalore, stone chess tables sit scattered under...
Chess Olympiad Round 9: Gukesh Pulls Off a Houdini Act, India Still Do Not Control Their Own DestinyAt 20:40 local time in Samarkand, only one game remained unfinished on the ma...
ChessBase Magazine #225: What Lies Behind the Samarkand 15/16 HeadlineOn the product page for ChessBase Magazine issue 225, the headline sits at th...
FRITZ 20: When the Chess Engine Switches Sides, From Opponent to CoachThree in the morning, mid-January, in a small chess club on Vasilyevsky Islan...
Savitha Shri 5/5: The Depth Puzzle of India's Women's Team at Samarkand OlympiadRound 6 of the Samarkand Chess Olympiad ended with a memorable moment....
Egon Mattaaq and the Scotch Game: An Opening Revived by Memory, Not by DataEgon Mattaaq and the Scotch Game: An Opening Revived by Memory, Not by Data A...
Chess Olympiad 2026 Round 5: India Men Beat Netherlands 3-1, India Women Fall to PolandOn board four, D Gukesh signed his fourth win in five rounds. On board one, R...
Eight-Way Tie in Samarkand and the Machinery Behind a Tournament HeadlineIn the autumn of 2026, at an open tournament in Hanoi, I stood in front of th...
Rosenstein, Carlsen and the Samarkand Ticket: The Power Position of World ChessThe Empty Chair in Samarkand In Samarkand, in the hall where the FIDE General...
9...a5 and the Bayonet: When the King's Indian Finds Its Old Path AgainI opened the analysis board on a Da Nang morning, sea mist still clinging to...
Daniel King and the Najdorf Update: Five Line Clusters, Sixty Minutes and a Date-Shaped HoleThere is a hole sitting right in the middle of this product's heading: the...
Praggnanandhaa Beats Carlsen: Which Data Survives Once Formats Are SeparatedIn August 2026, in Baku, the final game of the FIDE World Cup final ended and...
Carlsen Beats Vachier-Lagrave at the Global Chess League: Decoding an Opening Packaged as a ProductAt the Global Chess League, Magnus Carlsen defeated Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in...
The Dash on an Empty ChessboardThe Dash on an Empty Chessboard Three in the morning, Shanghai, rain. On the...
Global Chess League: Carlsen Defeats Vachier-Lagrave – Routine Win or Course Bait?A critical analysis of a chess article that uses the Global Chess League...
The Scandinavian Defense: From Carlsen's Blitz Games to a 60-Minute Club CourseThere is a move I have followed for over two decades, and it always appears a...
5.e5 in the Scotch Gambit: A Club Weapon and the Limits of BeliefI was sitting in the third row of a weekend club tournament, my notebook open...
US Opener: Liang Beats Niemann and the Gap No One MeasuredUS Opener: Liang Beats Niemann and the Gap No One Measured When Awonder Liang...
Liang Beats Niemann in the US Championship Opener: The Headline, the Position, and a Coaching IndustryI read that headline on a morning in Da Nang, while the coffee was still too...
Kostya Kavutskiy Joins FritzTrainer: ChessBase Is Buying the Author's AudienceTwo new names appeared on ChessBase's digital shelf at once: "Mastering...
Bodhana Sivanandan and 3.Bc4: Board One, Age Eleven, and the Limits of a NumberIn Samarkand, in the playing hall of the 2026 Chess Olympiad, there was one...
ChessBase Magazine #225: Prague 2026, a Training Catalogue, and the Gap Between Cover and ContentI opened the table of contents of ChessBase Magazine issue #225 and started...
Daniel King and the Najdorf Sicilian Update: Sixty Minutes, Five Line Complexes, One Mislabelled HeadlineMoscow, one October evening. I opened Daniel King's sixty-minute download, th...
9...a5 in the King's Indian Defense: A Strategic Side Road Against the Bayonet AttackMove nine. White pushes the pawn to b4 — a short, tidy gesture, yet enough to...
The 2700 Tier Breaks: How Elite Chess Is Restructuring After Gukesh's TitleMove 55 of Game 14. Ding Liren pushed his rook to the fourth file, and in tha...
India's Third Gaprindashvili Cup: Two-Section Depth and a Gap at the SummitIn a corner of Cubbon Park, Bangalore, stone chess tables sit scattered under...
Chess Olympiad Round 9: Gukesh Pulls Off a Houdini Act, India Still Do Not Control Their Own DestinyAt 20:40 local time in Samarkand, only one game remained unfinished on the ma...
ChessBase Magazine #225: What Lies Behind the Samarkand 15/16 HeadlineOn the product page for ChessBase Magazine issue 225, the headline sits at th...
FRITZ 20: When the Chess Engine Switches Sides, From Opponent to CoachThree in the morning, mid-January, in a small chess club on Vasilyevsky Islan...
Savitha Shri 5/5: The Depth Puzzle of India's Women's Team at Samarkand OlympiadRound 6 of the Samarkand Chess Olympiad ended with a memorable moment....
Egon Mattaaq and the Scotch Game: An Opening Revived by Memory, Not by DataEgon Mattaaq and the Scotch Game: An Opening Revived by Memory, Not by Data A...
Chess Olympiad 2026 Round 5: India Men Beat Netherlands 3-1, India Women Fall to PolandOn board four, D Gukesh signed his fourth win in five rounds. On board one, R...
Eight-Way Tie in Samarkand and the Machinery Behind a Tournament HeadlineIn the autumn of 2026, at an open tournament in Hanoi, I stood in front of th...
Rosenstein, Carlsen and the Samarkand Ticket: The Power Position of World ChessThe Empty Chair in Samarkand In Samarkand, in the hall where the FIDE General...
9...a5 and the Bayonet: When the King's Indian Finds Its Old Path AgainI opened the analysis board on a Da Nang morning, sea mist still clinging to...
Daniel King and the Najdorf Update: Five Line Clusters, Sixty Minutes and a Date-Shaped HoleThere is a hole sitting right in the middle of this product's heading: the...
Praggnanandhaa Beats Carlsen: Which Data Survives Once Formats Are SeparatedIn August 2026, in Baku, the final game of the FIDE World Cup final ended and...
Carlsen Beats Vachier-Lagrave at the Global Chess League: Decoding an Opening Packaged as a ProductAt the Global Chess League, Magnus Carlsen defeated Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in...
The Dash on an Empty ChessboardThe Dash on an Empty Chessboard Three in the morning, Shanghai, rain. On the...
Global Chess League: Carlsen Defeats Vachier-Lagrave – Routine Win or Course Bait?A critical analysis of a chess article that uses the Global Chess League...
