Chess
FIDE President Timur Turlov and a King's Indian DVD: A Mislabelled Headline
ChessBase Magazine #225: Ten Opening Articles, Twenty-Seven Miniatures, and One Sicilian from Prague
Samarkand Round 4: U.S. Women Lead With 15/16 Board Points, and the Rest of the Story Is Still Unwritten
Samarkand and the Double-Crown Gamble: India Enters the Largest Chess Olympiad in History
ChessBase #225: A European Club Cup Headline, a Training Catalogue InsideOn an October morning I sat in a café on Tran Phu Street in Nha Trang and...
The Reckless Move of the Forgotten: Elephant Gambit and the Battle of Unremembered PawnsIn a small studio on the outskirts of London, a man sits before a chessboard...
King's Indian Defense: How the 9...a5 Move Forces Players to Think for ThemselvesOn the ninth move, when White pushes the pawn to b4, the whole board seems to...
FIDE President Timur Turlov and a King's Indian DVD: A Mislabelled HeadlineA short headline, one paragraph of promotional copy, and a name given the wro...
The Bottomless a6: Daniel King and a 60-Minute Update to the Najdorf Theory OceanOn the fifth move, the black pawn nudges one square to a6. Just one square. N...
ChessBase Magazine Issue #225: Prague Chess Festival 2026 and the Chess Event in Saint LouisChessBase Magazine issue #225 launched on October 8, carrying two names stron...
The 5.e5 Gamble: When the Italian Game Becomes a Memory TestA small chess club on Malleswaram Road, Bangalore, a Thursday evening at the...
After 1.d4 d5: When White Avoids Theory, Black Must Carry a Whole RepertoireIn a rapid chess tournament in Saigon last March, I sat beside board four and...
Kasparov, the 2026 Scotch Opening, and a Training Video Short on DataIn my archive in Hai Phong, I still keep a box of tapes recording the 2026...
ChessBase Magazine #225: Ten Opening Articles, Twenty-Seven Miniatures, and One Sicilian from PragueThe product page opens with the word Sicilian and a very big name: Olympiad....
9...a5 against the Bayonet Attack: A Practical Sideline and Its PriceThe Black player's clock starts burning after move nine, and most of that...
The 9...a5 Move in the King's Indian Defense: A Practical Escape from the Bayonet AttackLate at night in Nha Trang, I stayed alone in my study, the screen still...
From Goa to Geneva: Sindarov's Scoresheet and the India-Uzbekistan Chess DiplomacyThat scoresheet is not thick. A single ruled page following the standard...
Samarkand Round 4: U.S. Women Lead With 15/16 Board Points, and the Rest of the Story Is Still UnwrittenInside the playing hall in Samarkand, the only thing that truly moves is...
Gukesh on Board 4 at the Samarkand Chess Olympiad: a team move and the trap of the live ratingSamarkand, late afternoon. On the notice board in the corridor of the chess...
9...a5 in the Mar del Plata: The Line Between Strategy and Sales CopyThree in the morning in Hai Phong. Reopening the files for a chess documentar...
Nine 4-0 Wins in Samarkand and the Silence Behind the ScoreboardIn Samarkand, when the clock on board four stopped, there was no applause lou...
Samarkand and the Double-Crown Gamble: India Enters the Largest Chess Olympiad in HistoryIn Budapest in the autumn of 2026, I sat in the seventh row above the playing...
Chess Power in 2026 Has Left the Elo Threshold BehindIn December 2026, in Singapore, the fourteenth game of the world championship...
The Reckless Move of the Forgotten: Elephant Gambit and the Battle of Unremembered PawnsIn a small studio on the outskirts of London, a man sits before a chessboard...
King's Indian Defense: How the 9...a5 Move Forces Players to Think for ThemselvesOn the ninth move, when White pushes the pawn to b4, the whole board seems to...
FIDE President Timur Turlov and a King's Indian DVD: A Mislabelled HeadlineA short headline, one paragraph of promotional copy, and a name given the wro...
The Bottomless a6: Daniel King and a 60-Minute Update to the Najdorf Theory OceanOn the fifth move, the black pawn nudges one square to a6. Just one square. N...
ChessBase Magazine Issue #225: Prague Chess Festival 2026 and the Chess Event in Saint LouisChessBase Magazine issue #225 launched on October 8, carrying two names stron...
The 5.e5 Gamble: When the Italian Game Becomes a Memory TestA small chess club on Malleswaram Road, Bangalore, a Thursday evening at the...
After 1.d4 d5: When White Avoids Theory, Black Must Carry a Whole RepertoireIn a rapid chess tournament in Saigon last March, I sat beside board four and...
Kasparov, the 2026 Scotch Opening, and a Training Video Short on DataIn my archive in Hai Phong, I still keep a box of tapes recording the 2026...
ChessBase Magazine #225: Ten Opening Articles, Twenty-Seven Miniatures, and One Sicilian from PragueThe product page opens with the word Sicilian and a very big name: Olympiad....
9...a5 against the Bayonet Attack: A Practical Sideline and Its PriceThe Black player's clock starts burning after move nine, and most of that...
The 9...a5 Move in the King's Indian Defense: A Practical Escape from the Bayonet AttackLate at night in Nha Trang, I stayed alone in my study, the screen still...
From Goa to Geneva: Sindarov's Scoresheet and the India-Uzbekistan Chess DiplomacyThat scoresheet is not thick. A single ruled page following the standard...
Samarkand Round 4: U.S. Women Lead With 15/16 Board Points, and the Rest of the Story Is Still UnwrittenInside the playing hall in Samarkand, the only thing that truly moves is...
Gukesh on Board 4 at the Samarkand Chess Olympiad: a team move and the trap of the live ratingSamarkand, late afternoon. On the notice board in the corridor of the chess...
9...a5 in the Mar del Plata: The Line Between Strategy and Sales CopyThree in the morning in Hai Phong. Reopening the files for a chess documentar...
Nine 4-0 Wins in Samarkand and the Silence Behind the ScoreboardIn Samarkand, when the clock on board four stopped, there was no applause lou...
Samarkand and the Double-Crown Gamble: India Enters the Largest Chess Olympiad in HistoryIn Budapest in the autumn of 2026, I sat in the seventh row above the playing...
Chess Power in 2026 Has Left the Elo Threshold BehindIn December 2026, in Singapore, the fourteenth game of the world championship...
