Chess
Clutch Chess in the Headline, an Opening Course in the Body
A 60-Minute Patch for the Najdorf: Daniel King and Five White Approaches
When "Dortmund Sparkassen Trophy 2027" Sells a Chess Course: Carlsen, the Scandinavian Defense, and the Data Void
"Dortmund Sparkassen Trophy 2027": The Tournament That Never Was and the Sixty-Minute Promise
Clutch Chess in the Headline, an Opening Course in the BodyFour names sit side by side at the top of the page: Caruana, Nakamura,...
Clutch Chess Saint Louis: Four Generational Names, One Opening Course, and the Gap Between Headline and ContentOn a chess news page, the headline appeared neat and compact: Clutch Chess in...
Two Champion Names and a Data Vacuum: What the 2026 European Club Cup Actually Tells UsAt 1:47 in the morning, I pasted a headline into an empty cell of my...
Bayegan Pendik and Monte-Carlo win 2026 European Club Cup: Big headline, empty dataTwo names are announced. No game, no score, no venue, no lineup. ChessBase's...
A 60-Minute Patch for the Najdorf: Daniel King and Five White ApproachesI set a stopwatch on the desk, opened the video, and logged every marker. Six...
A Fake FIDE Headline and the FRITZ 20 Pitch Behind It: Anatomy of a Low-Integrity Chess ArticleOn the morning of 30 August, an unfamiliar link appeared in my analysis group...
5.e5 in the Modern Italian: A Club-Tier Weapon and the Price of a Memorised PositionNine o'clock on a Sunday morning, inside a community hall in Binh Duong, I...
Total Chess and the Unified Rating System: A Headline Without a BodyBudapest, 10 November 2026. Four players. Three formats. Twelve days. One...
Elephant Gambit: The 60-Minute Shock Weapon And The Trap Of ImpatienceI sat through a recording of a game my opponent lost because of a gamble on...
9...a5 in the King's Indian: a small sideline and the price of a 'no memorisation' promiseI stood behind a young player in a Shanghai tournament hall for seventeen...
When "Dortmund Sparkassen Trophy 2027" Sells a Chess Course: Carlsen, the Scandinavian Defense, and the Data VoidI opened that page on a June morning, while sorting notes for a commentary on...
"Dortmund Sparkassen Trophy 2027": The Tournament That Never Was and the Sixty-Minute PromiseI opened that page on an April evening, when Shanghai had already gone to sle...
US Chess Championships: Woodward Takes Down Caruana, Lee Widens the Gap — and the Story Behind a HeadlineFabiano Caruana stared at the board. His clock had dropped below twenty minut...
6th Intercontinental Online Chess Championship for Prisoners: 140 Teams, One Record, and the Gaps Nobody Has FilledI sat in front of the screen at 11 p.m., reopening the scoreboard of a chess...
The Elephant Gambit in the Bundesliga: The Second Move and a Gamble Nobody Wants to NameOn board three of a Bundesliga round, the player with the black pieces pushed...
Wesley So, Awonder Liang and the Gray Zone of a Merged Chess News ItemI have a habit of opening a spreadsheet before opening a game. That morning I...
Perfect Scores at the US Chess Championship: Wesley So, Awonder Liang, and Black's Problem After 1.d4 d5Wesley So's game ended after more than four hours, and on the scoreboard the...
743 Wednesday Nights and the Man Who Keeps Retelling Every GameOn a Wednesday afternoon, the Amsterdam sky settled into its characteristic...
When White Turns Its Back on Theory: IM Valeri Lilov's Defensive Map for BlackThe home board has no grandstand, yet every time a piece touches the board, a...
Bodhana Sivanandan and 3.Bc4 — When Eleven Years Old Challenges Sicilian TheoryInside the playing hall of the Chess Olympiad in Samarkand, under the cold...
ChessBase Magazine Issue 225: The Promise of Bent LarsenIn the chess world, a "miniature" is what we call a very short game, usually...