Chess
Wesley So's Fourth US Title: When Rapid Chess Decides a Classical Championship
Decoding 5.e5! in the Italian Game: the Erigaisi – Laohawirapap Game and Its Lessons for Club Players
Master Class Vol. 20 – Bent Larsen: 60 Minutes of the Scandinavian Defense and a Hook Named Magnus Carlsen
Unveiling Speed: A Journey into the Nameless Territory of Vietnamese Athletics
GCL 2026: Nepomniachtchi gives Carlsen a scare before beating Sindarov on time
Champions Without Games: The 2026 European Club Cup and the Silence Behind the MedalThere are news items I have to read three times, not because they are...
Wesley So's Fourth US Title: When Rapid Chess Decides a Classical ChampionshipThe board that decided the United States chess championship was not the long...
"Dortmund Sparkassen Trophy 2027": When a Chess Headline Stops Being DataI opened that page at two in the morning, following my habit of checking...
Karsten Müller and the Authority-Borrowing Machine: What a Promotional Profile Doesn't SayI stopped at a line in Karsten Müller's product-introduction profile: his boo...
"FIDE President Timur Turlov" and the King's Indian Defense DVD: Decoding a Mismatched Chess ReportINTRODUCTION: ONE HEADLINE, TWO STORIES On August 13, 2026, a chess news item...
Decoding 5.e5! in the Italian Game: the Erigaisi – Laohawirapap Game and Its Lessons for Club PlayersBoard seven, third game of the day, finished in nineteen moves. The player wi...
Samarkand Round 4: U.S. Women Close In on a Perfect Score, and the Gap Behind the ScoreboardSaint Petersburg, two in the morning. Outside the window the Neva still carri...
Master Class Vol. 20 – Bent Larsen: 60 Minutes of the Scandinavian Defense and a Hook Named Magnus CarlsenOn the screen, the timer stops at minute sixty. That is the entire length of...
June 18, 2026: Two FIDE Events, One Upset in Samarkand, and the Trap of the Standings BoardIn Samarkand, Round 1 closed with most of the top seeds advancing safely. Onl...
Chess Olympiad 2026: The Torch Reaches Samarkand, and Three Data Points Nobody VerifiedIn my notebook, September 15, 2026 began with a question that had nothing to ...
The 5.e5 Move in 'Knight Magic': A Club Weapon and the Unverified GapOn a Thursday evening at a chess club on Nguyen Chi Thanh Street in Da Nang, ...
When White Declines 2.c4: IM Valeri Lilov's Defensive Map and the Gaps That Need VerificationOn a weekend evening, after a grassroots chess tournament in Thu Dau Mot had...
FRITZ 20 and the Echo from the Empty Stand of the Chess WorldThe blue plastic box of Fritz 8 still sits in my desk drawer, next to a...
"The Taimanov Sicilian" and the Move That Isn't Its Own: When a Chess Course Misnames Its PieceOne October morning, I opened three tabs side by side on my screen as I have...
Karsten Müller and 25 Years of Saving the EndgameOPENING I remember an evening in March 2026, sitting in front of a screen in ...
Prague 2026 and the new global chess equation: When the world chessboard no longer has a centerIn the final days of February 2026, at the Don Giovanni Hotel in Prague, four...
The Moment from the Opening: Why the Elephant Gambit Awakened Vietnam's Chess CommunityOn the international chess stage, there are moments of breathless silence. A...
When a chess opening review reveals more than it intends: Deep analysis of the Elephant Gambit phenomenon and the chess education product marketA chess opening review reveals more than it intends: Deep analysis of the...
Gukesh Dommaraju and Game 14 in Singapore: The Youngest World Chess Champion in HistoryOn the second floor of the Equarius Hotel on Sentosa Island, Singapore, Ding...
Carlsen Points Toward Sindarov: The Favourite Tag and the Ceiling Nobody Can Measure in GukeshCarlsen Points Toward Sindarov: The Favourite Tag and the Ceiling Nobody Can...
Carlsen Names Sindarov the Favourite Ahead of the World Chess ThroneMagnus Carlsen said one short sentence. He called Javokhir Sindarov the clear...
Unveiling Speed: A Journey into the Nameless Territory of Vietnamese AthleticsHook Da Nang, four in the afternoon. I sit in the empty stands of Hoa Xuan...
Wesley So's Fourth US Title: When Rapid Chess Decides a Classical ChampionshipThe board that decided the United States chess championship was not the long...
"Dortmund Sparkassen Trophy 2027": When a Chess Headline Stops Being DataI opened that page at two in the morning, following my habit of checking...
Karsten Müller and the Authority-Borrowing Machine: What a Promotional Profile Doesn't SayI stopped at a line in Karsten Müller's product-introduction profile: his boo...
"FIDE President Timur Turlov" and the King's Indian Defense DVD: Decoding a Mismatched Chess ReportINTRODUCTION: ONE HEADLINE, TWO STORIES On August 13, 2026, a chess news item...
Decoding 5.e5! in the Italian Game: the Erigaisi – Laohawirapap Game and Its Lessons for Club PlayersBoard seven, third game of the day, finished in nineteen moves. The player wi...
Samarkand Round 4: U.S. Women Close In on a Perfect Score, and the Gap Behind the ScoreboardSaint Petersburg, two in the morning. Outside the window the Neva still carri...
Master Class Vol. 20 – Bent Larsen: 60 Minutes of the Scandinavian Defense and a Hook Named Magnus CarlsenOn the screen, the timer stops at minute sixty. That is the entire length of...
June 18, 2026: Two FIDE Events, One Upset in Samarkand, and the Trap of the Standings BoardIn Samarkand, Round 1 closed with most of the top seeds advancing safely. Onl...
Chess Olympiad 2026: The Torch Reaches Samarkand, and Three Data Points Nobody VerifiedIn my notebook, September 15, 2026 began with a question that had nothing to ...
The 5.e5 Move in 'Knight Magic': A Club Weapon and the Unverified GapOn a Thursday evening at a chess club on Nguyen Chi Thanh Street in Da Nang, ...
When White Declines 2.c4: IM Valeri Lilov's Defensive Map and the Gaps That Need VerificationOn a weekend evening, after a grassroots chess tournament in Thu Dau Mot had...
FRITZ 20 and the Echo from the Empty Stand of the Chess WorldThe blue plastic box of Fritz 8 still sits in my desk drawer, next to a...
"The Taimanov Sicilian" and the Move That Isn't Its Own: When a Chess Course Misnames Its PieceOne October morning, I opened three tabs side by side on my screen as I have...
Karsten Müller and 25 Years of Saving the EndgameOPENING I remember an evening in March 2026, sitting in front of a screen in ...
Prague 2026 and the new global chess equation: When the world chessboard no longer has a centerIn the final days of February 2026, at the Don Giovanni Hotel in Prague, four...
The Moment from the Opening: Why the Elephant Gambit Awakened Vietnam's Chess CommunityOn the international chess stage, there are moments of breathless silence. A...
When a chess opening review reveals more than it intends: Deep analysis of the Elephant Gambit phenomenon and the chess education product marketA chess opening review reveals more than it intends: Deep analysis of the...
Gukesh Dommaraju and Game 14 in Singapore: The Youngest World Chess Champion in HistoryOn the second floor of the Equarius Hotel on Sentosa Island, Singapore, Ding...
Carlsen Points Toward Sindarov: The Favourite Tag and the Ceiling Nobody Can Measure in GukeshCarlsen Points Toward Sindarov: The Favourite Tag and the Ceiling Nobody Can...
Carlsen Names Sindarov the Favourite Ahead of the World Chess ThroneMagnus Carlsen said one short sentence. He called Javokhir Sindarov the clear...
Unveiling Speed: A Journey into the Nameless Territory of Vietnamese AthleticsHook Da Nang, four in the afternoon. I sit in the empty stands of Hoa Xuan...
