Chess
Carlsen and the Human Ceiling: When AI Flattens the Preparation Advantage
Behind the FIDE Headline: When Chess Becomes Bait for a Product
Total Chess launches Budapest pilot: the unified rating system is still a headline without a body
Kasparov and the Historical Shock: How a Forgotten Opening Became a Devastating Weapon
FRITZ 20 Launches: Personalised Training Engine and the Gap in Vietnamese Women's Chess
Sixty Minutes for a Danish Queen: How Bent Larsen Got Packaged as a Convenience Product
ChessCarlsen and the Human Ceiling: When AI Flattens the Preparation AdvantageMagnus Carlsen said something I rewound four times: “I no longer play such lo...
ChessBehind the FIDE Headline: When Chess Becomes Bait for a ProductThere is a moment in this profession that still makes my skin cold: when you...
ChessTotal Chess launches Budapest pilot: the unified rating system is still a headline without a bodyOn 29 August 2026, a release announcing the Total Chess World Championship To...
ChessKasparov and the Historical Shock: How a Forgotten Opening Became a Devastating WeaponIn the early 1990s, the chess world witnessed one of the most intense World...
ChessSilver on Board Five: The Real Story Behind Vietnam Women's Ninth Place at the 2026 Chess OlympiadOn board five — the board television cameras almost always skip — Nguyen Thi...
ChessSavitha Shri: 19 Years Old, Seven Straight Olympiad Wins, and the Father Who Quit His Job in SingaporeIn Singapore, a man named Baskar sat down to write his resignation letter. He...
ChessThe Theory Tax and IM Valeri Lilov's Six VideosBangalore, eight in the evening. In a rented room on the second floor above...
ChessFRITZ 20: The Chess Engine Leaves the Judge's Chair for the Training TableThe Training Room at Nine in the Evening A small chess club on the second flo...
ChessFRITZ 20 Launches: Personalised Training Engine and the Gap in Vietnamese Women's ChessThree in the morning, a small training room on Nguyen Van Linh Street, Da Nan...
ChessThe Age Curve and the 90th Move: Vietnamese Chess Data After One SeasonOPENING: MOVE 34, AND THE FORTY MINUTES AFTER IT On 12 December 2026, in the...
ChessSixty Minutes for a Danish Queen: How Bent Larsen Got Packaged as a Convenience ProductThree in the morning in Delhi. I rewound the eleventh segment of Master Class...
Chess60 Minutes to a “Carlsen Weapon”? Decoding Master Class Bent Larsen and the Truth Behind the Scandinavian DefenseI rewind the SEA Games 29 footage to find what people left behind. With the...
ChessMaster Class Vol. 20 – Bent Larsen: When the Scandinavian Defense Gets Dressed in Carlsen's ColorsAt a small chess club tucked at the end of a narrow lane off Rashtrapati Road...
ChessBent Larsen and the Scandinavian Defense: When a Legend Is Packaged into a 60-Minute ProductEarlier this year, ChessBase released "Master Class Vol. 20 – Bent Larsen," a...
ChessSamarkand, September 26: FIDE Votes for President, the Pledge to Bring Carlsen Back, and Two Unclosed FilesSamarkand, September 26: A Ballot With No Pieces On It There is a chessboard...
Chess9...a5 Against the Bayonet Attack: A Strategic Promise Between Two Unverified GapsThe original title described round two of a team event held in Samarkand. The...
ChessSamarkand and Nine 4-0 Scorelines: When Women's Chess Is Told in a Single Aggregate LineOn the first evening in Samarkand, the women's team chess results appeared on...
ChessChessBase Magazine #225: Decoding Prague 2026, 27 Chess Miniatures and the Art of Reading Three TimesOn the first day of the Prague Chess Festival 2026, I woke at four in the...
ChessThe Post-Carlsen Chessboard: A Throne Changes Hands, and Data Still Owes an ExplanationThe Post-Carlsen Chessboard: A Throne Changes Hands, and Data Still Owes an...
ChessWhen the Data Table Falls Silent: The Trap of Analysis Without NumbersIn July 2026, in Kazan, I stayed behind in the press room after Japan lost 2-...
ChessThe Empty Chess Throne, India's Rising Wave, and the Limits of the NumbersIn March 2026, in the analysis room of an international chess tournament in H...
Chess46th Chess Olympiad in Samarkand: India Defends Its Double Gold Against 208 TeamsIn Da Nang, September still brings drizzle. I keep the habit of waking at thr...
ChessThe Bayonet Attack 9.b4 and the Promise of 9...a5: Reading an Opening Product With No ProvenanceThe clock on the wall of my Shanghai office read 1:47 a.m. when I clicked the...
ChessFootball's Real Contract Isn't on the Pitch — It's in the Fine Print at the Bottom of the PageThe sports page I opened at three in the morning Chengdu time carried a block...
ChessBehind the FIDE Headline: When Chess Becomes Bait for a ProductThere is a moment in this profession that still makes my skin cold: when you...
ChessTotal Chess launches Budapest pilot: the unified rating system is still a headline without a bodyOn 29 August 2026, a release announcing the Total Chess World Championship To...
ChessKasparov and the Historical Shock: How a Forgotten Opening Became a Devastating WeaponIn the early 1990s, the chess world witnessed one of the most intense World...
ChessSilver on Board Five: The Real Story Behind Vietnam Women's Ninth Place at the 2026 Chess OlympiadOn board five — the board television cameras almost always skip — Nguyen Thi...
ChessSavitha Shri: 19 Years Old, Seven Straight Olympiad Wins, and the Father Who Quit His Job in SingaporeIn Singapore, a man named Baskar sat down to write his resignation letter. He...
ChessThe Theory Tax and IM Valeri Lilov's Six VideosBangalore, eight in the evening. In a rented room on the second floor above...
ChessFRITZ 20: The Chess Engine Leaves the Judge's Chair for the Training TableThe Training Room at Nine in the Evening A small chess club on the second flo...
ChessFRITZ 20 Launches: Personalised Training Engine and the Gap in Vietnamese Women's ChessThree in the morning, a small training room on Nguyen Van Linh Street, Da Nan...
ChessThe Age Curve and the 90th Move: Vietnamese Chess Data After One SeasonOPENING: MOVE 34, AND THE FORTY MINUTES AFTER IT On 12 December 2026, in the...
ChessSixty Minutes for a Danish Queen: How Bent Larsen Got Packaged as a Convenience ProductThree in the morning in Delhi. I rewound the eleventh segment of Master Class...
Chess60 Minutes to a “Carlsen Weapon”? Decoding Master Class Bent Larsen and the Truth Behind the Scandinavian DefenseI rewind the SEA Games 29 footage to find what people left behind. With the...
ChessMaster Class Vol. 20 – Bent Larsen: When the Scandinavian Defense Gets Dressed in Carlsen's ColorsAt a small chess club tucked at the end of a narrow lane off Rashtrapati Road...
ChessBent Larsen and the Scandinavian Defense: When a Legend Is Packaged into a 60-Minute ProductEarlier this year, ChessBase released "Master Class Vol. 20 – Bent Larsen," a...
ChessSamarkand, September 26: FIDE Votes for President, the Pledge to Bring Carlsen Back, and Two Unclosed FilesSamarkand, September 26: A Ballot With No Pieces On It There is a chessboard...
Chess9...a5 Against the Bayonet Attack: A Strategic Promise Between Two Unverified GapsThe original title described round two of a team event held in Samarkand. The...
ChessSamarkand and Nine 4-0 Scorelines: When Women's Chess Is Told in a Single Aggregate LineOn the first evening in Samarkand, the women's team chess results appeared on...
ChessChessBase Magazine #225: Decoding Prague 2026, 27 Chess Miniatures and the Art of Reading Three TimesOn the first day of the Prague Chess Festival 2026, I woke at four in the...
ChessThe Post-Carlsen Chessboard: A Throne Changes Hands, and Data Still Owes an ExplanationThe Post-Carlsen Chessboard: A Throne Changes Hands, and Data Still Owes an...
ChessWhen the Data Table Falls Silent: The Trap of Analysis Without NumbersIn July 2026, in Kazan, I stayed behind in the press room after Japan lost 2-...
ChessThe Empty Chess Throne, India's Rising Wave, and the Limits of the NumbersIn March 2026, in the analysis room of an international chess tournament in H...
Chess46th Chess Olympiad in Samarkand: India Defends Its Double Gold Against 208 TeamsIn Da Nang, September still brings drizzle. I keep the habit of waking at thr...
ChessThe Bayonet Attack 9.b4 and the Promise of 9...a5: Reading an Opening Product With No ProvenanceThe clock on the wall of my Shanghai office read 1:47 a.m. when I clicked the...
ChessFootball's Real Contract Isn't on the Pitch — It's in the Fine Print at the Bottom of the PageThe sports page I opened at three in the morning Chengdu time carried a block...
