Chess
Total Chess unveils Budapest pilot in November 2026: the unified rating proposal still has no roadmapOn 29 August 2026 a short release appeared under a headline that makes anyone...
Atyrau Masters: Top Two Seeds Fall in the Opening RoundsThe city of Atyrau leans against the bank of the Ural River, where the water...
The Silent Endgame: Karsten Müller and the Craft of Teaching Chess Through QuietOne winter night in Hanoi, I muted a game as it reached move forty. No...
The 2026 Chess Game: How Daniel King and the Najdorf System Reshaped the Opening EraIn 2026, when the chess world was still reverberating from the classic battle...
The Great Escape from the Theory Labyrinth: Why White Turns Its Back on 2.c4 After 1.d4 d5In the third playing hall of an open tournament in Shanghai, I sat long enoug...
Is chess one of the least expressive sports? A former badminton athlete sparks debateIs chess one of the least expressive sports? A short remark is generating a...
Elephant Gambit 2...d5: Inside a 60-Minute Chess Video With Zero Verifiable DataA chess product review under 1,500 words, containing 11 information points, a...
The Bayonet Attack and 9...a5: A Strategic Escape from the Theory MazeAt two in the morning I was still at the screen with a batch of Mar del Plata...
Chess Data Gaps: The Games That Leave No Trace23:40, the sports desk in Shanghai. A data file had just come back from the...
Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş's 2,730 ELO Milestone: Record or Temporary Peak?A number appeared on the Turkish Chess Federation's news feed, and within hou...
ChessBase Magazine #225: 10 Opening Articles, 27 Miniatures, and the Gap Between Headline and DataChessBase Magazine #225: 10 Opening Articles, 27 Miniatures, and the Gap...
Decoding the 2026 National Team Chess Title: ACPL, the Chess Clock and the Age CurveAt move 41 of the board-four game in round eight, the young player wearing Ha...
5 e5! and the King's Walk: When the Italian Game Becomes a Double-Edged Weapon for Club PlayersAt the FIDE Chess Olympiad, one move silenced the hall and then set it alight...
Nihal Sarin and the 30-minute blunder: India fall to Uzbekistan at Samarkand Chess OlympiadOn board 3 of the match between India and Uzbekistan at the Samarkand Chess...
Israel Forfeit Two Matches at the 2026 Chess Olympiad in Samarkand: The Gap the Rules Never ClosedIsrael Forfeit Two Matches at the 2026 Chess Olympiad in Samarkand: The Gap t...
The Scotch: An Opening Once Called Harmless and a Preparation That Has Lasted 35 YearsIn October 2026, in Lyon, Garry Kasparov sat across from Anatoly Karpov in th...
Carlsen Puts Sindarov on Top, but Gukesh's Ceiling Is the Biggest UnknownMagnus Carlsen said one sentence, and the entire chess world had to look back...
Jobava's 5.e5! in Samarkand: Daniel King Dissects a Forgotten Italian Game WeaponDaniel King pauses the frame on move five. On the board, a white pawn lifts...
When Baadur Jobava Opened the Samarkand Door: Deep Analysis of 5.e5! and the Opening Revolution for Club PlayersIn the 21st century, when chess engines have analyzed millions of games to th...
Samarkand and Hong Kong: A Thai Upset, an Unbeaten Chinese Team, and Carlsen's Two Rapid DefeatsOn the night of June 18, 2026, in Nha Trang, I sat in front of a screen with ...
The Match That Never Was in Samarkand: Pakistan Boycotts Israel and Hands FIDE a Precedent ProblemSamarkand, September 2026. In the largest hall of Uzbekistan's ancient city, ...
Atyrau Masters: Top Two Seeds Fall in the Opening RoundsThe city of Atyrau leans against the bank of the Ural River, where the water...
The Silent Endgame: Karsten Müller and the Craft of Teaching Chess Through QuietOne winter night in Hanoi, I muted a game as it reached move forty. No...
The 2026 Chess Game: How Daniel King and the Najdorf System Reshaped the Opening EraIn 2026, when the chess world was still reverberating from the classic battle...
The Great Escape from the Theory Labyrinth: Why White Turns Its Back on 2.c4 After 1.d4 d5In the third playing hall of an open tournament in Shanghai, I sat long enoug...
Is chess one of the least expressive sports? A former badminton athlete sparks debateIs chess one of the least expressive sports? A short remark is generating a...
Elephant Gambit 2...d5: Inside a 60-Minute Chess Video With Zero Verifiable DataA chess product review under 1,500 words, containing 11 information points, a...
The Bayonet Attack and 9...a5: A Strategic Escape from the Theory MazeAt two in the morning I was still at the screen with a batch of Mar del Plata...
Chess Data Gaps: The Games That Leave No Trace23:40, the sports desk in Shanghai. A data file had just come back from the...
Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş's 2,730 ELO Milestone: Record or Temporary Peak?A number appeared on the Turkish Chess Federation's news feed, and within hou...
ChessBase Magazine #225: 10 Opening Articles, 27 Miniatures, and the Gap Between Headline and DataChessBase Magazine #225: 10 Opening Articles, 27 Miniatures, and the Gap...
Decoding the 2026 National Team Chess Title: ACPL, the Chess Clock and the Age CurveAt move 41 of the board-four game in round eight, the young player wearing Ha...
5 e5! and the King's Walk: When the Italian Game Becomes a Double-Edged Weapon for Club PlayersAt the FIDE Chess Olympiad, one move silenced the hall and then set it alight...
Nihal Sarin and the 30-minute blunder: India fall to Uzbekistan at Samarkand Chess OlympiadOn board 3 of the match between India and Uzbekistan at the Samarkand Chess...
Israel Forfeit Two Matches at the 2026 Chess Olympiad in Samarkand: The Gap the Rules Never ClosedIsrael Forfeit Two Matches at the 2026 Chess Olympiad in Samarkand: The Gap t...
The Scotch: An Opening Once Called Harmless and a Preparation That Has Lasted 35 YearsIn October 2026, in Lyon, Garry Kasparov sat across from Anatoly Karpov in th...
Carlsen Puts Sindarov on Top, but Gukesh's Ceiling Is the Biggest UnknownMagnus Carlsen said one sentence, and the entire chess world had to look back...
Jobava's 5.e5! in Samarkand: Daniel King Dissects a Forgotten Italian Game WeaponDaniel King pauses the frame on move five. On the board, a white pawn lifts...
When Baadur Jobava Opened the Samarkand Door: Deep Analysis of 5.e5! and the Opening Revolution for Club PlayersIn the 21st century, when chess engines have analyzed millions of games to th...
Samarkand and Hong Kong: A Thai Upset, an Unbeaten Chinese Team, and Carlsen's Two Rapid DefeatsOn the night of June 18, 2026, in Nha Trang, I sat in front of a screen with ...
The Match That Never Was in Samarkand: Pakistan Boycotts Israel and Hands FIDE a Precedent ProblemSamarkand, September 2026. In the largest hall of Uzbekistan's ancient city, ...
