Chess
Rachel Li and the Title Without a Crosstable: When Chess News Becomes a Sales Page2026-10-23On 1 July 2026, at Luzhniki, I had the scoreline, the match report, the name ...
The Najdorf Never Stands Still: Daniel King and the 60-Minute Update in the Eye of a Theory Storm2026-10-21In a seventh-round game at an open tournament in Hamburg last summer, I sat...
The Move of a Half-Truth: When the Headline and the Board Are Not the Same Board2026-10-18There is a rule I learned after forty-eight years in the commentary booth....
ChessBase Magazine #225: The Hidden Sicilian and the Spatial Piece Problem at Prague 20262026-09-29On a chessboard, the most beautiful moments are rarely the loudest ones. A...
India Retains Gaprindashvili Cup for Third Time: Depth Over Dominance2026-09-28Samarkand, the final Sunday of the 2026 Chess Olympiad. Outside Registan...
Three Moves, Thirty Minutes and a Shaking Crown: Inside Nihal Sarin's Collapse in Samarkand2026-09-23Nihal Sarin's clock still showed thirty minutes when he settled back into his...
Rachel Li and the Title Without a Crosstable: When Chess News Becomes a Sales PageOn 1 July 2026, at Luzhniki, I had the scoreline, the match report, the name ...
The Najdorf Never Stands Still: Daniel King and the 60-Minute Update in the Eye of a Theory StormIn a seventh-round game at an open tournament in Hamburg last summer, I sat...
Scandinavian Defence in 60 Minutes: A Neat Promise and Two Data GapsThe board opens with 1.e4 d5. White takes the pawn, Black recaptures with the...
The 5 e5! thrust in the Modern Italian: a spatial map of a trap with a shelf lifeThe game turns on an empty square. White pushes the pawn to e5 on move five....
The Move of a Half-Truth: When the Headline and the Board Are Not the Same BoardThere is a rule I learned after forty-eight years in the commentary booth....
9...a5 against the Bayonet: A Strategic Sideline in the King's Indian Mar del PlataHook Three evenings, a cup of tea going cold, and a position I could not look...
Yu Yangyi Beats Ding Liren at Shenzhen Masters: A Real Result, But a Story Left UnfinishedThe game ended. Yu Yangyi rose from the board, while Ding Liren on the opposi...
Karsten Müller and the Art of the Endgame: The Credibility of a Man Who Never Sat on the ThroneInside the playing hall, when the clock has run down and only a few pieces...
US Chess Championship: Awonder Liang Beats Hans Niemann in Round One and the Geometry of a Misread ResultThe playing hall in Saint Louis was empty of voices. No roaring crowd, no...
Anatomy of 9...a5: A Strategic Escape from the Bayonet in the King's Indian DefenseIn my own database, there is a number I re-check whenever I want to understan...
ChessBase Magazine #225: The Hidden Sicilian and the Spatial Piece Problem at Prague 2026On a chessboard, the most beautiful moments are rarely the loudest ones. A...
India's 2026 Chess Olympiad Double Gold and the Real Lesson of Squad DepthOn September 22, 2026, in Budapest, the final round of the 45th Chess Olympia...
India Retains Gaprindashvili Cup for Third Time: Depth Over DominanceSamarkand, the final Sunday of the 2026 Chess Olympiad. Outside Registan...
The Scandinavian Defense in 60 Minutes: A Confidence Promise and a Data GapIn my most recent pass through my game database, it took me seven minutes to...
Three Moves, Thirty Minutes and a Shaking Crown: Inside Nihal Sarin's Collapse in SamarkandNihal Sarin's clock still showed thirty minutes when he settled back into his...
The Scotch Opening: From Underestimated to Kasparov's Weapon and Mikhalchishin's CounterIn Game 1 of the 2026 World Chess Championship between Garry Kasparov and...
The 9...a5 Move Against the Bayonet Attack: Reading a King's Indian Theory DVD Through DataOn a January evening in a small chess club on Petrovka Street in Moscow, I sa...
Round 1 of the Samarkand Women's Team Event: What a 4-0 Scoreline HidesOn the Round 1 results board of the women's team event in Samarkand, nine of...
