Chess
ChessA New Teacher on an Old Shelf: ChessBase, Kostya Kavutskiy and the Chess Improver Market2026-10-11A small detail in the review stayed with me longer than any line about a move...
ChessSavitha Rejects Draw, Embraces Chaos to Rescue India in Penultimate-Round Thriller Against China2026-09-27I sat in a small apartment in Saint Petersburg, my computer screen tuned to t...
ChessGukesh and Board 4: A Team Move Built on an Unverified Premise2026-09-19There is a moment in chess I always want people to see: the instant an arbite...
ChessSamarkand 2026 and the Test of Nerve: India Enters the Chess Olympiad Carrying the Weight of the Golden Shield2026-09-17On Wednesday, in Samarkand, the Indian chess team walks into the first board ...
ChessSamarkand and India's Double Defence at the 46th Chess Olympiad2026-09-17In Samarkand, the granite floor of the Silk Road International Exhibition...
ChessKnight Magic and the 5.e5 Move: When the Sales Pitch Runs Ahead of the Data2026-09-16On a Saturday morning, in a small chess cafe on Nguyen Du Street, I sat besid...
ChessA New Teacher on an Old Shelf: ChessBase, Kostya Kavutskiy and the Chess Improver MarketA small detail in the review stayed with me longer than any line about a move...
ChessWhen White Avoids 2.c4: IM Valeri Lilov's Six Videos and the Burden on BlackIn a small playing hall, the player holding Black rests a finger on a knight,...
ChessSamarkand 2026: India's Silver Was Decided in a Round Nobody RemembersIn Samarkand a chess game does not end with applause. It ends with the sound ...
ChessSavitha Rejects Draw, Embraces Chaos to Rescue India in Penultimate-Round Thriller Against ChinaI sat in a small apartment in Saint Petersburg, my computer screen tuned to t...
ChessWhen the Data Cell Is Empty: Analytical Discipline in Football and the Cost of Manufactured CertaintyIn May 2026, the first Bundesliga match after the season was suspended becaus...
ChessThe Scotch Opening: Kasparov 2026, a Coaching Video, and a Headline That Does Not Match Its BodyThe Scotch Opening: Kasparov 2026, a Coaching Video, and a Headline That Does...
ChessSamarkand Open Round 4: Eight-Way Tie – But No One Behind the NumberA leaderboard with eight players after four rounds. Enough to create a viral...
ChessSamarkand Round 4: U.S. Women Score 15/16 Board Points, and a Najdorf Update Nobody WatchedSamarkand, late afternoon. Light slanted through the hall windows and fell...
ChessGukesh and Board 4: A Team Move Built on an Unverified PremiseThere is a moment in chess I always want people to see: the instant an arbite...
ChessSamarkand, September 26: The Empty Chair and a Pledge That Cannot Execute ItselfIn Samarkand, on September 26, the member federations of the World Chess...
ChessBayonet Attack and the 9...a5 Answer: When the King's Indian Takes the Less Theorized RoadOn a late August evening, at a small chess club on Nguyen Chi Thanh Street in...
ChessSamarkand 2026 and the Test of Nerve: India Enters the Chess Olympiad Carrying the Weight of the Golden ShieldOn Wednesday, in Samarkand, the Indian chess team walks into the first board ...
ChessPakistan declines to play Israel in the opening round of the 2026 Chess Olympiad in SamarkandThe board was set in place. The pieces were all there. Nobody pressed the...
ChessVietnam's Chess Paradox: When Talent Outruns the SystemIn 2026, in Khanty-Mansiysk, a 22-year-old Vietnamese player sat before a...
ChessSamarkand and India's Double Defence at the 46th Chess OlympiadIn Samarkand, the granite floor of the Silk Road International Exhibition...
ChessIndian Chess Team Stranded in Samarkand Ahead of the 2026 Olympiad: A Night Without Rooms and the Host's Competence TestFive hours. That is the gap between the moment the Indian chess team touched...
ChessWomen's Chess: The Crown Stays in China, but the Future Has Moved to IndiaI still remember the moment the leaderboard at the 2026 Olympiad in Budapest...
ChessDivya Deshmukh, Vaishali and the Coach's Claim After BudapestOpening: A sentence as soft as a queen move Some sentences in the chess world...
ChessAn Eight-Section Chess Analysis With Empty Boxes: The Standard of Saying "Insufficient Data"A chess analysis report was completed with all eight sections, all its tables...
ChessChessBase's August: Petroff Refreshed, Skills Take the StageOn a morning in August 2026, at a small chess club on Ballygunge street in...
ChessThe Empty Cell in Chess Analysis: Elo, ACPL, and the Zone Algorithms Never ReachTwo in the morning in Da Nang, and I open the chess analysis table I had just...
ChessWhen White Avoids 2.c4: IM Valeri Lilov's Six Videos and the Burden on BlackIn a small playing hall, the player holding Black rests a finger on a knight,...
ChessSamarkand 2026: India's Silver Was Decided in a Round Nobody RemembersIn Samarkand a chess game does not end with applause. It ends with the sound ...
ChessSavitha Rejects Draw, Embraces Chaos to Rescue India in Penultimate-Round Thriller Against ChinaI sat in a small apartment in Saint Petersburg, my computer screen tuned to t...
ChessWhen the Data Cell Is Empty: Analytical Discipline in Football and the Cost of Manufactured CertaintyIn May 2026, the first Bundesliga match after the season was suspended becaus...
ChessThe Scotch Opening: Kasparov 2026, a Coaching Video, and a Headline That Does Not Match Its BodyThe Scotch Opening: Kasparov 2026, a Coaching Video, and a Headline That Does...
ChessSamarkand Open Round 4: Eight-Way Tie – But No One Behind the NumberA leaderboard with eight players after four rounds. Enough to create a viral...
ChessSamarkand Round 4: U.S. Women Score 15/16 Board Points, and a Najdorf Update Nobody WatchedSamarkand, late afternoon. Light slanted through the hall windows and fell...
ChessGukesh and Board 4: A Team Move Built on an Unverified PremiseThere is a moment in chess I always want people to see: the instant an arbite...
ChessSamarkand, September 26: The Empty Chair and a Pledge That Cannot Execute ItselfIn Samarkand, on September 26, the member federations of the World Chess...
ChessBayonet Attack and the 9...a5 Answer: When the King's Indian Takes the Less Theorized RoadOn a late August evening, at a small chess club on Nguyen Chi Thanh Street in...
ChessSamarkand 2026 and the Test of Nerve: India Enters the Chess Olympiad Carrying the Weight of the Golden ShieldOn Wednesday, in Samarkand, the Indian chess team walks into the first board ...
ChessPakistan declines to play Israel in the opening round of the 2026 Chess Olympiad in SamarkandThe board was set in place. The pieces were all there. Nobody pressed the...
ChessVietnam's Chess Paradox: When Talent Outruns the SystemIn 2026, in Khanty-Mansiysk, a 22-year-old Vietnamese player sat before a...
ChessSamarkand and India's Double Defence at the 46th Chess OlympiadIn Samarkand, the granite floor of the Silk Road International Exhibition...
ChessIndian Chess Team Stranded in Samarkand Ahead of the 2026 Olympiad: A Night Without Rooms and the Host's Competence TestFive hours. That is the gap between the moment the Indian chess team touched...
ChessWomen's Chess: The Crown Stays in China, but the Future Has Moved to IndiaI still remember the moment the leaderboard at the 2026 Olympiad in Budapest...
ChessDivya Deshmukh, Vaishali and the Coach's Claim After BudapestOpening: A sentence as soft as a queen move Some sentences in the chess world...
ChessAn Eight-Section Chess Analysis With Empty Boxes: The Standard of Saying "Insufficient Data"A chess analysis report was completed with all eight sections, all its tables...
ChessChessBase's August: Petroff Refreshed, Skills Take the StageOn a morning in August 2026, at a small chess club on Ballygunge street in...
ChessThe Empty Cell in Chess Analysis: Elo, ACPL, and the Zone Algorithms Never ReachTwo in the morning in Da Nang, and I open the chess analysis table I had just...
