Chess
2026 Chess Olympiad: Nguyen Thi Mai Hung's Silver and Vietnam's Two Structural Gaps2026-09-27The home board has no grandstand. There is no applause, no spectator rising t...
The Scotch Opening: From Kasparov's Weapon to Mikhalchishin's Practical Advice2026-09-23In late 2026, in Lyon, during the World Chess Championship match, Garry...
2026 Chess Olympiad: India defends crown in the heart of Uzbekistan, Gukesh and Sindarov create the spotlight2026-09-04I still remember the cold September in Saint Petersburg, when I sat writing...
Global Chess League 2026: Carlsen Returns, India Carries Expectations, and a Crushing Schedule2026-09-04When Magnus Carlsen sits down at the board for the first game of the fourth...
Global Chess League 2026: Carlsen Returns, But the Schedule Is the Real Chess Game2026-09-04When data doesn't lie, we are the ones fooling ourselves. I learned this afte...
Carlsen Returns, But the Schedule Is the Most Notable Number2026-09-04When Tech Mahindra announced the participant list for the 2026 Global Chess...
ChessAI "Double Agent" and the 58-Year Chess Problem: When a Machine Proves Instead of GuessesHook I sat facing a chessboard in my apartment in Da Nang, placed a stopwatch...
ChessLiang Beats Niemann in US Championship Round 1: When a Chess Game Is Read Through a Catalog LensRound 1 of the US Championships closed with Awonder Liang defeating Hans...
Chess5.e5 — The Strange Comforts of Superstition and the Spatial Map of Romantic GambitsIn a club tournament hall, the game reached its fifteenth minute and the play...
ChessChessBase Magazine #225: The Promise of Bent Larsen and What Prague 2026 Really Left BehindMorning in Binh Duong, I opened my black coffee and the newest file from...
ChessChessBase Magazine 225: Prague 2026, Four Annotators and the Shadow of Bent LarsenA late-night chess club in a small alley in District 3, Saigon. Rain taps the...
ChessThe Scandinavian Defense: The Knight's Move and the Sixty-Minute PromiseOne Night in Da Nang Late in 2026, I sat in the commentary booth of a rapid...
ChessThe 9...a5 Move and the Strategic Trap: When Chess Stops Being a Memory GameWhen a chess opening DVD appeared with the claim that "computers often do not...
Chess2026 Chess Olympiad: Nguyen Thi Mai Hung's Silver and Vietnam's Two Structural GapsThe home board has no grandstand. There is no applause, no spectator rising t...
ChessErigaisi, Laohawirapap and the Italian Game Modern Variation: The Spatial Map After 5.e5!There is a moment on the chessboard that I always rewind several times, not t...
ChessThe Elephant Gambit and the Stray Name: Inside the Market That Sells Chess Moves to Club PlayersOn a Tuesday noon, I sat at my usual café on Nguyen Chi Thanh Street in Da...
ChessThe Elephant Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d5: Re-reading an Irregular Move Inside the Opening-Course MarketA chessboard in a small club on Kalbadevi Street, Mumbai, on a Thursday...
ChessThe Scotch Opening: From Kasparov's Weapon to Mikhalchishin's Practical AdviceIn late 2026, in Lyon, during the World Chess Championship match, Garry...
ChessThe Unresolved Move: Why Poland Remains the Achilles Heel of India Women's ChessThere is a silence in chess that no computer can measure. It is the moment...
ChessThe Night Before Round One: Four Hours Without a Room in SamarkandSrinath Narayanan posted when the Samarkand clocks had already passed midnigh...
ChessSamarkand Round 4: Eight-Way Tie and What the Headline Never Told YouA headline flickers across the feed: at the open section of the Samarkand che...
ChessLiang Beats Niemann in US Championship Round 1: When a Chess Game Is Read Through a Catalog LensRound 1 of the US Championships closed with Awonder Liang defeating Hans...
Chess5.e5 — The Strange Comforts of Superstition and the Spatial Map of Romantic GambitsIn a club tournament hall, the game reached its fifteenth minute and the play...
ChessChessBase Magazine #225: The Promise of Bent Larsen and What Prague 2026 Really Left BehindMorning in Binh Duong, I opened my black coffee and the newest file from...
ChessChessBase Magazine 225: Prague 2026, Four Annotators and the Shadow of Bent LarsenA late-night chess club in a small alley in District 3, Saigon. Rain taps the...
ChessThe Scandinavian Defense: The Knight's Move and the Sixty-Minute PromiseOne Night in Da Nang Late in 2026, I sat in the commentary booth of a rapid...
ChessThe 9...a5 Move and the Strategic Trap: When Chess Stops Being a Memory GameWhen a chess opening DVD appeared with the claim that "computers often do not...
Chess2026 Chess Olympiad: Nguyen Thi Mai Hung's Silver and Vietnam's Two Structural GapsThe home board has no grandstand. There is no applause, no spectator rising t...
ChessErigaisi, Laohawirapap and the Italian Game Modern Variation: The Spatial Map After 5.e5!There is a moment on the chessboard that I always rewind several times, not t...
ChessThe Elephant Gambit and the Stray Name: Inside the Market That Sells Chess Moves to Club PlayersOn a Tuesday noon, I sat at my usual café on Nguyen Chi Thanh Street in Da...
ChessThe Elephant Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d5: Re-reading an Irregular Move Inside the Opening-Course MarketA chessboard in a small club on Kalbadevi Street, Mumbai, on a Thursday...
ChessThe Scotch Opening: From Kasparov's Weapon to Mikhalchishin's Practical AdviceIn late 2026, in Lyon, during the World Chess Championship match, Garry...
ChessThe Unresolved Move: Why Poland Remains the Achilles Heel of India Women's ChessThere is a silence in chess that no computer can measure. It is the moment...
ChessThe Night Before Round One: Four Hours Without a Room in SamarkandSrinath Narayanan posted when the Samarkand clocks had already passed midnigh...
ChessSamarkand Round 4: Eight-Way Tie and What the Headline Never Told YouA headline flickers across the feed: at the open section of the Samarkand che...