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Atyrau Masters Top Seeds Fall, and What the Magazine Is Really Selling You
After 1.d4 d5: When White Closes the Theory Book
The Scotch Is No Longer a Boogeyman: Mikhalchishin's Blueprint for Post-Kasparov Generations
Scandinavian in 60 Minutes: Carlsen's Borrowed Credibility and a Product Built for Club Players
9...a5 in the Mar del Plata: The Underrated Move and the Price of UnderstandingBlack's clock showed eleven minutes when the board reached move nine. White...
Atyrau Masters Top Seeds Fall, and What the Magazine Is Really Selling YouAt Atyrau, the oil city on the Ural River in Kazakhstan, the top two seeds of...
After 1.d4 d5: When White Closes the Theory BookLate at night in Nha Trang, I reopened an old game on my laptop. The board...
ChessBase Magazine #225: Bent Larsen on the Cover, Prague 2026 InsideOn my desk in Shanghai lies a magazine cover. The name Bent Larsen is printed...
Najdorf Sicilian: When Opening Theory Must Be Updated Like SoftwareIn ChessBase's library of chess training products, there is a file that runs...
The King's Indian Defense and the Move 9...a5: An Escape Route for Players Who Refuse to MemorizeA June night in Nha Trang, the ceiling fan groaning like an old train crawlin...
2,731 and the 15-Year-Old: When a Federation Tells the Story Before the Board SpeaksAt the tenth game of the 2026 Chess Olympiad, when Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş scored...
FIDE Ratings October 2026: When the Headline Lies and the Board Still Tells the TruthWhen I sat before the chessboard in the eastern corridor of the Metropol Hote...
Kasparov and the Scotch Opening of 2026: How a 'Harmless' Opening Had Its Reputation ReversedGarry Kasparov pushed his d-pawn to d4 on the third move. For a world champio...
The Pitch Doesn't Wait: Tactical Signals and the Rise of Women's Football in VietnamThat day I was sitting in the stands, unaware that I would step onto the pitc...
The Scotch Is No Longer a Boogeyman: Mikhalchishin's Blueprint for Post-Kasparov GenerationsThey call me the fearless prediction machine because they are not ready for a...
Samarkand's 15/16 scoreline and the blurred line between chess news and the shop windowThree in the morning, and I opened a game again with the sound off. No...
Savitha Shri's 5/5 and the Bottom-Board Math of India's Women's TeamThe game ended after 47 moves. On board 4, Savitha Shri — 19 years old, an IM...
Samarkand: The U.S. Women's 15/16 Board Points and a Najdorf Update Sharing the Same HeadlineI reopened the Round 4 results of the women's team event in Samarkand, pushed...
Eight-Way Tie at Samarkand Round 4: One Competitive Headline, Ten Commercial Information PointsOn 29 April 2026, I sat in the seventh row of a small stand at a Thai League ...
King's Indian Mar del Plata: A DVD Selling 9...a5 and the Gap Behind the PitchThursday evening at a chess cafe on Nguyen Dinh Chieu Street, District 3,...
Atyrau Masters Top Seeds Fall, and What the Magazine Is Really Selling YouAt Atyrau, the oil city on the Ural River in Kazakhstan, the top two seeds of...
After 1.d4 d5: When White Closes the Theory BookLate at night in Nha Trang, I reopened an old game on my laptop. The board...
ChessBase Magazine #225: Bent Larsen on the Cover, Prague 2026 InsideOn my desk in Shanghai lies a magazine cover. The name Bent Larsen is printed...
Najdorf Sicilian: When Opening Theory Must Be Updated Like SoftwareIn ChessBase's library of chess training products, there is a file that runs...
The King's Indian Defense and the Move 9...a5: An Escape Route for Players Who Refuse to MemorizeA June night in Nha Trang, the ceiling fan groaning like an old train crawlin...
2,731 and the 15-Year-Old: When a Federation Tells the Story Before the Board SpeaksAt the tenth game of the 2026 Chess Olympiad, when Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş scored...
FIDE Ratings October 2026: When the Headline Lies and the Board Still Tells the TruthWhen I sat before the chessboard in the eastern corridor of the Metropol Hote...
Kasparov and the Scotch Opening of 2026: How a 'Harmless' Opening Had Its Reputation ReversedGarry Kasparov pushed his d-pawn to d4 on the third move. For a world champio...
The Pitch Doesn't Wait: Tactical Signals and the Rise of Women's Football in VietnamThat day I was sitting in the stands, unaware that I would step onto the pitc...
The Scotch Is No Longer a Boogeyman: Mikhalchishin's Blueprint for Post-Kasparov GenerationsThey call me the fearless prediction machine because they are not ready for a...
Samarkand's 15/16 scoreline and the blurred line between chess news and the shop windowThree in the morning, and I opened a game again with the sound off. No...
Savitha Shri's 5/5 and the Bottom-Board Math of India's Women's TeamThe game ended after 47 moves. On board 4, Savitha Shri — 19 years old, an IM...
Samarkand: The U.S. Women's 15/16 Board Points and a Najdorf Update Sharing the Same HeadlineI reopened the Round 4 results of the women's team event in Samarkand, pushed...
Eight-Way Tie at Samarkand Round 4: One Competitive Headline, Ten Commercial Information PointsOn 29 April 2026, I sat in the seventh row of a small stand at a Thai League ...
King's Indian Mar del Plata: A DVD Selling 9...a5 and the Gap Behind the PitchThursday evening at a chess cafe on Nguyen Dinh Chieu Street, District 3,...