Chess
9...a5 and the Data Debt of an Anti-Bayonet DVD2026-10-19On the sales page of a King's Indian DVD, I counted four assertions and not a...
The b5 Pawn Never Returns: Benko Gambit, Sipke Ernst, and a Review With No Moves2026-10-17In a chess club tucked inside an old alley in northern Shanghai, on a Wednesd...
Yu Yangyi Defeats Ding Liren at Shenzhen Masters: A Silent Predator's Triumph or a Warning Signal for the King?2026-10-14In the Shenzhen summer, I sat before the screen, silently following each move...
UzChess Cup: Jacobson's Miniature, a Crack in Opening Theory, and the Cost of a Wrong Label2026-10-10The chessboard in the corner of a small tea shop in Bangalore has no clock, n...
Bodhana Sivanandan and the 3.Bc4 Move: When an 11-Year-Old Sits on Board One2026-10-09In Samarkand, inside a playing hall with no spectators, an 11-year-old girl s...
Chess9...a5 and the Data Debt of an Anti-Bayonet DVDOn the sales page of a King's Indian DVD, I counted four assertions and not a...
Chess9...a5 in the King's Indian: A Real Move, A False Sales PitchIn four years of chess commentary for VTC, I learned one thing about lost...
ChessThe 9...a5 Move: When a Chess DVD Sells Confusion Instead of AdvantageOn a November evening at a small chess club in District 3, I watched a practi...
ChessThe 2...d5 Move in Budva: Andrew Martin and the 60-Minute Gamble Inside European Club ChessBoard seven, round four, Budva. The player with the white pieces rests his...
ChessThe b5 Pawn Never Returns: Benko Gambit, Sipke Ernst, and a Review With No MovesIn a chess club tucked inside an old alley in northern Shanghai, on a Wednesd...
ChessUS Chess Championship: Woodward Takes Down Caruana and the Real Limits of a "Surprise Weapon"On the second move of the game, when the black pawn advanced to d5, most...
ChessAI Double Agent solves a 58-year-old chess problem: 63 checking moves is the maximum, 364 remains openI remember that night. Rain in Nha Trang, and me sitting in front of a board...
ChessYu Yangyi Defeats Ding Liren at Shenzhen Masters: A Silent Predator's Triumph or a Warning Signal for the King?In the Shenzhen summer, I sat before the screen, silently following each move...
ChessThe Second Move in the Bundesliga: The Elephant Gambit and the Battle to Redraw the Spatial MapIn the Bundesliga, the game reached its second move. The black pawn left d7,...
ChessYu Yangyi Beats Ding Liren in Shenzhen: Read the Result Before the StoryThat evening I reopened the news feed and found exactly one line: Yu Yangyi...
ChessChess Bundesliga 2026: Viernheim, Baden-Baden and the Pace of Najdorf TheoryIn January 2026, in a hall in Germany, eight chessboards were set in a straig...
Chess5.e5 and the Strange Comfort: When an Opening Move Has Not a Single NumberIn my personal archive there is a folder named “openings without numbers.” It...
ChessUzChess Cup: Jacobson's Miniature, a Crack in Opening Theory, and the Cost of a Wrong LabelThe chessboard in the corner of a small tea shop in Bangalore has no clock, n...
ChessAge 11, Board One: Bodhana Sivanandan's 3.Bc4 Message to the Chess WorldIn Samarkand, on a Saturday night, the Olympiad hall was still ringing with...
ChessThe 11-Year-Old on Board One at Samarkand: 6/7 and a 2504 Figure That Needs Re-ReadingOn board one of a Chess Olympiad, every team places its strongest player. Eve...
ChessBodhana Sivanandan and the 3.Bc4 Move: When an 11-Year-Old Sits on Board OneIn Samarkand, inside a playing hall with no spectators, an 11-year-old girl s...
ChessA Shocking Error in Chess News: Timur Turlov Is Not the FIDE PresidentA Headline That Draws Attention and an Error on the Very First Line In the...
ChessIs Chess the Least Expressive Sport? Notes from a Saigon ArenaFrom the stands of an international chess tournament held in Ho Chi Minh City...
ChessChessBase Magazine Issue 225: Bent Larsen on the Cover, Prague 2026 Inside, and a Promise Worth VerifyingIn the autumn of 2026, while I was still organizing chess tournaments in Da...
ChessChess Olympiad 2026 Opens in Samarkand: India Defends Double Gold and the Trap of a Locked Board OrderOn the electronic board at the Silk Road International Exhibition Centre in...
ChessThe 60-Minute Najdorf, a Misplaced Headline and the Data Gap Behind ItOn my desk in Moscow there is a note file labelled "FIDE General Assembly...
ChessThe 9...a5 Move and the Strategic Gamble in the King's Indian DefenseIn 2026, inside the small analysis room of Sanna Khanh Hoa BVN Club in Nha...
