Chess
Timur Turlov Does Not Hold the FIDE Presidency: Taking Apart a Mislabelled Chess Headline and How to Read It
Scandinavian Defense in 60 Minutes: A Sturdy System and Promises Worth Testing
9...a5 and the King's Indian's Gamble to Escape the Engine Room
Samarkand Women's Team Round 1: Nine Top Seeds Win 4-0, and What the Scoreboard Leaves Out
Daniel King Patches the Najdorf in 60 Minutes: An Opening Site That Never ClosesIn a 60-minute English-language video sold as a download, Daniel King starts ...
Timur Turlov Does Not Hold the FIDE Presidency: Taking Apart a Mislabelled Chess Headline and How to Read It7:12 in the morning, a familiar cafe on Tran Phu street in Nha Trang. In fron...
Scandinavian Defense in 60 Minutes: A Sturdy System and Promises Worth TestingOn a Thursday evening in Nha Trang I opened a chess product page on my laptop...
The 60-minute Scandinavian Defense course: a promise of convenience and a gap in the middlegameThe course page opens with a headline about Arturs Neiksans quitting chess to...
The 60-Minute Scandinavian Defense Course: A “Play It Today” Promise and a Headline That Doesn't BelongAndrew Martin is not in the headline. Arturs Neiksans is not in the body. The...
Andrew Martin's 60-Minute Scandinavian: An Opening Problem and a Mismatched HeadlineThursday evening, in a small coffee shop on Nguyen Thien Thuat Street, I sat...
The Scandinavian Defense in 60 Minutes: What the Online Chess Market Sells to Club PlayersA Saturday morning at a coffee shop on Nguyen Thien Thuat Street in Nha Trang...
Benko Gambit, FRITZ 20 and the Empty Space Between Headline and BodyOn the phone screen of a nineteen-year-old player at a chess club on Brigade...
9...a5 against the Bayonet Attack: A Strategic Path for the King's IndianLast month, at round seven of an open chess tournament in Da Nang, I sat behi...
The Shadow of Simplicity: When Carlsen Sells 'Formulas' to Club PlayersHook In 2026, during an online rapid game lasting less than twenty minutes, I...
An 11-Year-Old on Board One and the 3.Bc4 Move That Made the Theorists Ask AgainI sat in front of the screen at two in the morning Da Nang time, listening to...
11-Year-Old Prodigy Bodhana Sivanandan: 6/7, a 2504 Performance and a 3.Bc4 Theory Sidestep at the Samarkand 2026 OlympiadOn September 24, 2026, as the World Chess Olympiad entered its decisive phase...
From Dusk till Dawn: 27 Miniatures and the Quiet Race of Chess KnowledgeIn Prague, a short chess game can end before a cup of coffee goes cold. No...
Bent Larsen on the cover, Prague 2026 inside: reading ChessBase Magazine #225I opened issue #225 of ChessBase Magazine on a midweek evening, right after...