Chess
ChessA false FIDE president and the FRITZ 20 advert behind it: a crack in chess mediaOn a morning in Nha Trang, I opened my laptop with the coffee still hot and...
ChessDaniel King's Najdorf Update: When Opening Theory Becomes a Maintenance IndustryIn the world of elite chess, no opening consumes as much ink, as many engine...
ChessFritz 20 Launches Behind a False Headline About the FIDE PresidentSaturday morning, in a coffee shop on Nguyen Thien Thuat Street in Nha Trang,...
ChessEuropean Club Cup: the 2715 rating line and a 115-point gap per boardIn Budva, after two rounds, 25 teams sit level on a perfect score. The thing...
ChessThe Scandinavian in 60 Minutes: Andrew Martin, the Promise of Safety and the Middlegame Blind SpotBoard seven at a weekend open. Black pushed the pawn to d5 right after White'...
ChessThe Scandinavian in 60 Minutes: IM Andrew Martin's Promise and the Gap After Move ThreeMove two, and the black queen leaves home. The man across from me places it o...
ChessTotal Chess, the Budapest pilot and the data gap behind a unified rating proposalOn 29 August 2026 a short trade brief about a new chess event circulated acro...
ChessTwo Stories in One Chess Course: Bodhana Sivanandan in the Title, 5 e5! in the BodyOn the landing page of a chess course, two lines of text sit fewer than two...
ChessTotal Chess and the Unified Rating Proposal: Budapest 2026 as a Format Test Before the Rules ExistFour names, twelve days, three formats, and a headline with no body underneat...
ChessKing's Indian 9...a5: The 'Antidote' Promise and the Two Missing MovesA King's Indian DVD opens its sales pitch with a move sequence offered as...
ChessThe Elephant Gambit and the Art of Selling Surprise: When a Second Move Is Worth 60 MinutesThere is a moment in team tournaments in India that I still keep intact in...
ChessThe Elephant's Gambit: How Andrew Martin Revived a Forgotten OpeningOn a winter evening in 2026, I sat in a small apartment in Binh Duong,...
ChessThe Elephant's Gamble: When the Elephant Gambit Is Inflated Into a WeaponThe home pitch had no stands, but every time the ball rolled, an entire sky o...
ChessWoodward Takes Down Caruana: A Game of Generations and the Ghost of a Forgotten OpeningIn the open section of the United States Chess Championship, a name that had...
ChessThe Scotch Opening: The Abandoned Move and the Night Kasparov Relit the FlameIn a small commentary booth at Da Nang Radio and Television, the screen in...
ChessDouble Agent and 63 Checking Moves: A 58-Year Chess Problem and the Trap of the HeadlineIn a position where every piece is tied down, the side to move has only one...
ChessThe d5 Thrust in the Heart of the Bundesliga: The Elephant Gambit and a Dispute That Never EndsThere is a moment in chess that the camera almost never captures: Black's han...
ChessKarsten Müller: Selling Chess Endgames with Authority, Not with EloA sentence has been repeated across chess product pages for over a decade:...
ChessPerfect Scores at the US Chess Championship and What the Standings Do Not Tell YouA national championship always begins with probing moves, and the standings —...
ChessThe Scotch Opening and the Munich 2026 Title Mismatch: A Test of Data VerificationIn my notes there is a file labeled “suspicious.” It contains a title: “The...
ChessWesley So, Awonder Liang and the 'perfect score' trap: when chess is sold as an opening productI read that headline three times. "Wesley So and Awonder Liang remain on...
ChessUzChess Cup 2026: Jacobson's 'Miniature' Game, a Contested Opening, and a Lesson About DataAt the UzChess Cup board, the game between Brandon Jacobson and Jakhongir...
ChessGame of the Week #743: Fourteen Years, One Game a WeekOn a Wednesday evening, I reopened episode 743 of Game of the Week, produced ...
