Chess
Bayegan Pendik and Monte-Carlo Take the 2026 European Club Cup — and the Story Stops There2026-10-25At two in the morning I opened my phone and read a headline: Bayegan Pendik a...
ChessBase Magazine #225: 27 Miniatures and an Editorial Decision Worth Studying2026-10-22In 2026 I mislabelled an SHB Da Nang video reel, and from that day I knew...
The Scotch Game, Kasparov 2026 and the Data Gap in a European Club Cup Report2026-10-22In a small apartment in Chengdu, I still keep a hard drive holding the...
Timur Turlov Is Not FIDE President: Decoding a False Headline and the FRITZ 20 Sales Pitch2026-10-21Opening: Fourteen Seconds At 6:47 a.m. on 29 August 2026, a link dropped into...
9...a5 and the Empty Queenside: Decoding the Low-Theory Antidote to the Bayonet Attack in the King's Indian Defense2026-10-17A pawn placed on a5 does not make anyone turn their head. No sound, no direct...
9...a5 and the Bayonet Problem: A Strategic Answer in the Mar del PlataThe chess club session in Nha Trang last Thursday ran until 10 p.m. At board...
Bayegan Pendik and Monte-Carlo Take the 2026 European Club Cup — and the Story Stops ThereAt two in the morning I opened my phone and read a headline: Bayegan Pendik a...
ChessBase Magazine #225: 27 Miniatures and an Editorial Decision Worth StudyingIn 2026 I mislabelled an SHB Da Nang video reel, and from that day I knew...
European Club Cup: Novy Bor and SuperChess 'perfect' — but the body is about the Scotch OpeningI opened the article at 22:00, right after rewinding the tape of the 2026 Wor...
The Scotch Game, Kasparov 2026 and the Data Gap in a European Club Cup ReportIn a small apartment in Chengdu, I still keep a hard drive holding the...
Timur Turlov Is Not FIDE President: Decoding a False Headline and the FRITZ 20 Sales PitchOpening: Fourteen Seconds At 6:47 a.m. on 29 August 2026, a link dropped into...
FIDE's President Is Arkady Dvorkovich, Not Timur Turlov — and That Is a Chess Journalism ProblemOn the evening of August 30, 2026, I opened a link that had been shared in on...
Elephant Gambit: A 60-Minute Package, a Points Promise and a Data GapA headline about the European Club Cup in Budva. A 60-minute opening video...
9...a5 and the Empty Queenside: Decoding the Low-Theory Antidote to the Bayonet Attack in the King's Indian DefenseA pawn placed on a5 does not make anyone turn their head. No sound, no direct...
Dortmund 2027 and the Scandinavian Defense: One Chess Sales Page, Two StoriesI opened the link on a January morning in Moscow. The headline read plainly:...
US Chess Championships: Woodward Takes Down Caruana, Lee Widens the Gap — and the Geometry of an Underrated MoveI reopened the game with the sound off. No commentators, no crowd, only the...
Atyrau Masters: The Top Two Seeds Fell Early, and the Body of the Report Contains Not a Single MoveI opened the report with a notebook and a pencil, ready to reconstruct every...
Double Agent and the 63-check problem: a proven limit, while chess remains openOn October 13, a short release about a system called Double Agent went out....
Atyrau Masters: Top Two Seeds Fall and the Unread NumbersIn Atyrau, Kazakhstan, the Atyrau Masters chess tournament saw the top two...
Endgames Without an Audience: When a Chess Expert Becomes a BrandMagnus Carlsen, the world chess champion, is said to have improved his endgam...
Episode 743 of Game of the Week: A Gaal vs Smeets Game and the Quiet Endurance of Chess ContentEvery Wednesday evening is the same. In Nha Trang, my city, by around nine at...
UzChess Cup: The Short Jacobson - Vakhidov Game and an Opening Called by the Wrong NameIn the promotional blurb for a game at the UzChess Cup, two lines sit side by...
Bayegan Pendik and Monte-Carlo Take the 2026 European Club Cup — and the Story Stops ThereAt two in the morning I opened my phone and read a headline: Bayegan Pendik a...
ChessBase Magazine #225: 27 Miniatures and an Editorial Decision Worth StudyingIn 2026 I mislabelled an SHB Da Nang video reel, and from that day I knew...
European Club Cup: Novy Bor and SuperChess 'perfect' — but the body is about the Scotch OpeningI opened the article at 22:00, right after rewinding the tape of the 2026 Wor...
The Scotch Game, Kasparov 2026 and the Data Gap in a European Club Cup ReportIn a small apartment in Chengdu, I still keep a hard drive holding the...
Timur Turlov Is Not FIDE President: Decoding a False Headline and the FRITZ 20 Sales PitchOpening: Fourteen Seconds At 6:47 a.m. on 29 August 2026, a link dropped into...
FIDE's President Is Arkady Dvorkovich, Not Timur Turlov — and That Is a Chess Journalism ProblemOn the evening of August 30, 2026, I opened a link that had been shared in on...
Elephant Gambit: A 60-Minute Package, a Points Promise and a Data GapA headline about the European Club Cup in Budva. A 60-minute opening video...
9...a5 and the Empty Queenside: Decoding the Low-Theory Antidote to the Bayonet Attack in the King's Indian DefenseA pawn placed on a5 does not make anyone turn their head. No sound, no direct...
Dortmund 2027 and the Scandinavian Defense: One Chess Sales Page, Two StoriesI opened the link on a January morning in Moscow. The headline read plainly:...
US Chess Championships: Woodward Takes Down Caruana, Lee Widens the Gap — and the Geometry of an Underrated MoveI reopened the game with the sound off. No commentators, no crowd, only the...
Atyrau Masters: The Top Two Seeds Fell Early, and the Body of the Report Contains Not a Single MoveI opened the report with a notebook and a pencil, ready to reconstruct every...
Double Agent and the 63-check problem: a proven limit, while chess remains openOn October 13, a short release about a system called Double Agent went out....
Atyrau Masters: Top Two Seeds Fall and the Unread NumbersIn Atyrau, Kazakhstan, the Atyrau Masters chess tournament saw the top two...
Endgames Without an Audience: When a Chess Expert Becomes a BrandMagnus Carlsen, the world chess champion, is said to have improved his endgam...
Episode 743 of Game of the Week: A Gaal vs Smeets Game and the Quiet Endurance of Chess ContentEvery Wednesday evening is the same. In Nha Trang, my city, by around nine at...
UzChess Cup: The Short Jacobson - Vakhidov Game and an Opening Called by the Wrong NameIn the promotional blurb for a game at the UzChess Cup, two lines sit side by...
