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Liang Defeats Niemann at US Chess Championship: In-Depth Analysis and Warnings About Promotional SourceAt the US Chess Championship, the first-round game between Awonder Liang and...
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...
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 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...
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,...
9...a5 and the Trap of Belief: When an Old Move Is Sold as an Antidote to the King's Indian DefenseOne November evening in Chengdu, with the city already deep in winter, I...
Four-Zero in Samarkand and the Echo No One HeardOn a morning in Samarkand, when the first chessboards were set up and the...
The Reckless 2...d5: A Surprise Weapon or the Trap of the Database EraOn a Saturday night, at a small chess club tucked deep in an alley off Nguyen...
Karsten Müller and 25 Years of ChessBase: Lessons from Endgame MastersWhen Michael Kotyk — a young chess trainer from Hamburg — picked up his digit...
Chess and the Trap of Default NarrativesThree in the morning in Chengdu, I opened a folder a colleague had sent from...
An Empty Data Square on the Board: The Discipline of a Chess AnalystIn 2026, in the VTC commentary booth, I had two minutes before going live,...
Elon Musk and Chess.com Clash in Public Exchange Over Whether Chess Can Be Solved by AIIn a brief exchange on X, Elon Musk sent a clear message that chess will be...
Elon Musk Challenges Chess.com: Can Chess Be Fully Solved by AI or Is It Just a Philosophical Question?In the evening of October 2026, on the X platform, Elon Musk posted a short b...
Global Chess League 2026: Carlsen Returns, But the Packed Schedule Is the Most Dangerous GameI rewind the SEA Games 29 footage to find what people miss. This time, I don'...
Global Chess League 2026: Carlsen Returns, but the Packed Schedule Is the Real ChallengeWhen Magnus Carlsen steps onto the board at the Tech Mahindra Global Chess...
Global Chess League 2026: Carlsen Returns, India Shines Amid a Crushing ScheduleThe stadium is empty, but the applause of 2026 still echoes in every old...
Global Chess League 2026: Carlsen Returns, Packed Schedule and the Endurance EquationOn a September evening in Saint Petersburg, I sat before my screen, reviewing...
Carlsen returns, one million dollars and a schedule with no room for hesitationWhen Magnus Carlsen confirmed his return to the 2026 Global Chess League, the...
Chess Olympiad 2026: India Defends Its Throne in the Heart of Uzbekistan, and the Endgame Named Gukesh – SindarovI misplaced the SHB Da Nang video tape that year, and from then on I knew tha...
Chess Olympiad 2026: Official Schedule Released - India Faces Double Challenge in SamarkandHook: A striking number from the newly released schedule Six consecutive roun...
Samarkand 2026: India Defends the Throne in Sindarov's HomelandSamarkand, the legendary city on the Silk Road, will become the focal point o...
Chess Scoresheet Becomes Diplomatic Artifact: When the Chess World Cup Became a Bridge Between India and UzbekistanI have followed chess for more than four decades. I have witnessed games...
World Cup champion scoresheet becomes a diplomatic bridge: Sindarov and the India-Uzbekistan chess storyA blank sheet of paper, a few handwritten lines, some opening symbols, and...
2026 Chess Olympiad: India defends throne, Uzbekistan challenges, and the Gukesh-Sindarov unknownIn my 48 years of following chess, I have never seen a Chess Olympiad laden...
Chess Olympiad 2026: Samarkand Awaits India and the Gukesh – Sindarov ShowdownThe 2026 Chess Olympiad now has an official schedule. When FIDE announced the...
A White Sheet, Calluses of Life, and a Bridge Called ChessIt is just a white sheet of paper, with the scribbled notes of a...
Chess Diplomacy: PM Modi Gifts Sindarov's World Cup Scoresheet to Uzbek PresidentThat moment happened so quickly that one could easily miss it if only focused...
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...
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 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...
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,...
9...a5 and the Trap of Belief: When an Old Move Is Sold as an Antidote to the King's Indian DefenseOne November evening in Chengdu, with the city already deep in winter, I...
Four-Zero in Samarkand and the Echo No One HeardOn a morning in Samarkand, when the first chessboards were set up and the...
The Reckless 2...d5: A Surprise Weapon or the Trap of the Database EraOn a Saturday night, at a small chess club tucked deep in an alley off Nguyen...
Karsten Müller and 25 Years of ChessBase: Lessons from Endgame MastersWhen Michael Kotyk — a young chess trainer from Hamburg — picked up his digit...
Chess and the Trap of Default NarrativesThree in the morning in Chengdu, I opened a folder a colleague had sent from...
An Empty Data Square on the Board: The Discipline of a Chess AnalystIn 2026, in the VTC commentary booth, I had two minutes before going live,...
Elon Musk and Chess.com Clash in Public Exchange Over Whether Chess Can Be Solved by AIIn a brief exchange on X, Elon Musk sent a clear message that chess will be...
Elon Musk Challenges Chess.com: Can Chess Be Fully Solved by AI or Is It Just a Philosophical Question?In the evening of October 2026, on the X platform, Elon Musk posted a short b...
Global Chess League 2026: Carlsen Returns, But the Packed Schedule Is the Most Dangerous GameI rewind the SEA Games 29 footage to find what people miss. This time, I don'...
Global Chess League 2026: Carlsen Returns, but the Packed Schedule Is the Real ChallengeWhen Magnus Carlsen steps onto the board at the Tech Mahindra Global Chess...
Global Chess League 2026: Carlsen Returns, India Shines Amid a Crushing ScheduleThe stadium is empty, but the applause of 2026 still echoes in every old...
Global Chess League 2026: Carlsen Returns, Packed Schedule and the Endurance EquationOn a September evening in Saint Petersburg, I sat before my screen, reviewing...
Carlsen returns, one million dollars and a schedule with no room for hesitationWhen Magnus Carlsen confirmed his return to the 2026 Global Chess League, the...
Chess Olympiad 2026: India Defends Its Throne in the Heart of Uzbekistan, and the Endgame Named Gukesh – SindarovI misplaced the SHB Da Nang video tape that year, and from then on I knew tha...
Chess Olympiad 2026: Official Schedule Released - India Faces Double Challenge in SamarkandHook: A striking number from the newly released schedule Six consecutive roun...
Samarkand 2026: India Defends the Throne in Sindarov's HomelandSamarkand, the legendary city on the Silk Road, will become the focal point o...
Chess Scoresheet Becomes Diplomatic Artifact: When the Chess World Cup Became a Bridge Between India and UzbekistanI have followed chess for more than four decades. I have witnessed games...
World Cup champion scoresheet becomes a diplomatic bridge: Sindarov and the India-Uzbekistan chess storyA blank sheet of paper, a few handwritten lines, some opening symbols, and...
2026 Chess Olympiad: India defends throne, Uzbekistan challenges, and the Gukesh-Sindarov unknownIn my 48 years of following chess, I have never seen a Chess Olympiad laden...
Chess Olympiad 2026: Samarkand Awaits India and the Gukesh – Sindarov ShowdownThe 2026 Chess Olympiad now has an official schedule. When FIDE announced the...
A White Sheet, Calluses of Life, and a Bridge Called ChessIt is just a white sheet of paper, with the scribbled notes of a...
Chess Diplomacy: PM Modi Gifts Sindarov's World Cup Scoresheet to Uzbek PresidentThat moment happened so quickly that one could easily miss it if only focused...
