Chess
ChessEuropean Club Cup Budva 2026: Bayegan Pendik at 2715 and the Crack in the Barcelona Headline2026-10-23Of the eight information points the European Club Cup bulletin sent back from...
ChessThe Elephant Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d5!? — Between a Surprise Weapon and a Data Void2026-10-14There was a headline that called it "a dispute in the Bundesliga." I opened i...
ChessChess Olympiad Round 9: Gukesh Pulls India Back from the Edge, but the Crack Runs Through the Other Three Boards2026-09-26The fifth hour in Samarkand. Inside the playing hall, the sound of pieces...
ChessBent Larsen, the Scandinavian Defence, and How an Opening Gets Sold to Club Players2026-09-19In 2026, in Belgrade, Bent Larsen pushed his b-pawn to b3 on the very first...
ChessThe Unplayed Move: The World Chess Olympiad and the Boycott in Samarkand2026-09-17In Samarkand, in the great hall where more than 390 national teams had...
ChessThe Empty Analysis Table and the Three-Source Discipline: What Chess Journalism Learns When Data Falls Silent2026-09-17At two in the morning on August 13, 2026, I opened an analysis file. The tabl...
Rachel Li and the Championship Without Games: A Verification Test in the Age of Digital HeadlinesI opened my spreadsheet on a Tuesday morning, following a habit that has stay...
European Club Cup Budva 2026: Bayegan Pendik at 2715 and the Crack in the Barcelona HeadlineOf the eight information points the European Club Cup bulletin sent back from...
The Battle of Moves: When a 60-Year-Old Grandmaster Still Patches Up the DreamThere is a moment in the chess world that always haunts me. It is when a...
US Chess Championships: Woodward Takes Down Caruana and the Gap Between Headline and DataIn the chess world, some headlines are enough to make anyone stop. "Woodward...
The Elephant Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d5!? — Between a Surprise Weapon and a Data VoidThere was a headline that called it "a dispute in the Bundesliga." I opened i...
Chess Olympiad Round 9: Gukesh Pulls India Back from the Edge, but the Crack Runs Through the Other Three BoardsThe fifth hour in Samarkand. Inside the playing hall, the sound of pieces...
Samarkand, the Scandinavian, and the Line Between Elite News and a Sixty-Minute ShortcutI remember an evening last September, in a coffee shop in Thu Dau Mot, a...
The 60-Minute Scandinavian Course: When Carlsen's Name Becomes the ProofIn a video that runs exactly 60 minutes, a chess course presents an idea in t...
Elephant Gambit: A 60-Minute Opening Course, a Prodigy's Name in the Headline, and a Data VacuumOn Tuesday evening I reopened a chess content page before going on air. The...
King's Indian Defense: When 9...a5 Becomes the Answer to the Bayonet AttackI still remember an evening at the Nha Trang chess club about ten years ago,...
Three Moves That Cost a Match: India, Nihal Sarin and the Morale Management Play at the Chess OlympiadThe clock showed exactly 30 minutes remaining, and the evaluation bar jumped ...
Gukesh and Board 4: When the World Champion Chose to Step Back at the Chess OlympiadAn empty stadium, yet the applause of 2026 still echoes in every old record. ...
European Club Cup Budva 2026: Bayegan Pendik at 2715 and the Crack in the Barcelona HeadlineOf the eight information points the European Club Cup bulletin sent back from...
The Battle of Moves: When a 60-Year-Old Grandmaster Still Patches Up the DreamThere is a moment in the chess world that always haunts me. It is when a...
US Chess Championships: Woodward Takes Down Caruana and the Gap Between Headline and DataIn the chess world, some headlines are enough to make anyone stop. "Woodward...
The Elephant Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d5!? — Between a Surprise Weapon and a Data VoidThere was a headline that called it "a dispute in the Bundesliga." I opened i...
Chess Olympiad Round 9: Gukesh Pulls India Back from the Edge, but the Crack Runs Through the Other Three BoardsThe fifth hour in Samarkand. Inside the playing hall, the sound of pieces...
Samarkand, the Scandinavian, and the Line Between Elite News and a Sixty-Minute ShortcutI remember an evening last September, in a coffee shop in Thu Dau Mot, a...
The 60-Minute Scandinavian Course: When Carlsen's Name Becomes the ProofIn a video that runs exactly 60 minutes, a chess course presents an idea in t...
Elephant Gambit: A 60-Minute Opening Course, a Prodigy's Name in the Headline, and a Data VacuumOn Tuesday evening I reopened a chess content page before going on air. The...
King's Indian Defense: When 9...a5 Becomes the Answer to the Bayonet AttackI still remember an evening at the Nha Trang chess club about ten years ago,...
Three Moves That Cost a Match: India, Nihal Sarin and the Morale Management Play at the Chess OlympiadThe clock showed exactly 30 minutes remaining, and the evaluation bar jumped ...
Gukesh and Board 4: When the World Champion Chose to Step Back at the Chess OlympiadAn empty stadium, yet the applause of 2026 still echoes in every old record. ...