Chess
When a Wrong Headline Blurs the Board: FIDE, FRITZ 20 and the Habit of Not Verifying Sources2026-10-21I once loaded the wrong SHB Da Nang tape back in the day, and that taught me...
The 5 e5 Thrust and the Lifespan of a Trap2026-10-20On a Sunday morning at a small café on Nguyen Dinh Chieu Street, a man replay...
Benko Gambit in the Headline, FRITZ 20 in the Body: When an Opening Review Turns Into a Shop Page2026-10-17In August 2026, during a stretch of social distancing, a reader in Da Nang...
Decoding Strategy from Bent Larsen: When Chess Legacy Becomes a Commercial Product2026-10-06I remember sitting in a small cafe in Bandra, Mumbai, staring at my computer...
ChessDaniel King Patches the Najdorf in 60 Minutes: A Theory Update and the Price of ReassuranceA 60-minute file and a board with no audience It is 11 p.m. in Da Nang and th...
ChessWhen a Wrong Headline Blurs the Board: FIDE, FRITZ 20 and the Habit of Not Verifying SourcesI once loaded the wrong SHB Da Nang tape back in the day, and that taught me...
ChessEuropean Club Cup: Bayegan Pendik's 2715 Elo and the 65-Point Gap Per BoardBudva, Montenegro, October 19, 2026. More than 600 chessboards fill the...
ChessModern Italian 5 e5!: a club-tier weapon and the crack inside a 60-minute analysis packageThe white pawn lands on e5. The black knight on f6 loses its two best squares...
ChessIM Andrew Martin's 60-Minute Scandinavian Course: 1...d5, Marketing Promises and the Gap After the OpeningA board in the corner of a club room in Chiang Mai, and Black's clock reads...
ChessThe 5 e5 Thrust and the Lifespan of a TrapOn a Sunday morning at a small café on Nguyen Dinh Chieu Street, a man replay...
ChessChessBase Magazine #225: European Club Cup Headline, Prague 2026 Content and a Test of Data CredibilityChessBase Magazine #225 opens its promotional text with the European Club Cup...
ChessBenko Gambit in the Headline, FRITZ 20 in the Body: When an Opening Review Turns Into a Shop PageIn August 2026, during a stretch of social distancing, a reader in Da Nang...
ChessUS Chess Championship: Woodward Takes Down Caruana, Lee Widens the Gap — and the Mismatch Between Headline and BodyA headline strong enough to stop anyone who follows chess: “US Chess...
ChessAtyrau Masters: Two Top Seeds Fall — and the Product Catalogue Behind the HeadlineTwo top seeds at the Atyrau Masters lost in the opening rounds. That is the...
ChessIntercontinental Online Chess Championship for Prisoners: A Record 140 Teams and the Gaps Behind ItOn the morning of March 15, 2026, in prisons scattered across five continents...
ChessOne Late Arrival and a Whole Season Upset: The 2026/87 Bundesliga Chess Dispute FileThe clock on board one had been running for several minutes. Spectators in th...
ChessGame of the Week #743: The Wednesday Rhythm, the Archive, and Chess's Evergreen Content ProblemWednesday evening. A chessboard, a screen, a man sitting between the two. He ...
ChessBodhana Sivanandan and the 3.Bc4 Move: Rereading the 2504 of an 11-Year-OldThere are moves we remember not because they are good, but because they are...
ChessBodhana Sivanandan – England's 11-Year-Old Chess Prodigy: 6/7, a 2504 Performance and the Unorthodox 3.Bc4 Anti-SicilianSAMARKAND, UZBEKISTAN — SEPTEMBER 24, 2026. When the chess Olympiad organiser...
