Chess
A False FIDE Headline, a Fritz 20 Advertisement, and the Verification Gap in Chess Media
European Club Cup: When a 2715 Elo Average Becomes the Borderline of a Race Already Half-Decided
The Ninth Move: What a King's Indian DVD Sells, and What It Costs
The Scotch Opening, Kasparov's 2026 Ghost, and Mikhalchishin's Defensive Repertoire
A False FIDE Headline, a Fritz 20 Advertisement, and the Verification Gap in Chess MediaOn August 31, at the desk in my Moscow apartment, I was taking notes on an...
European Club Cup: When a 2715 Elo Average Becomes the Borderline of a Race Already Half-DecidedIn the opening two rounds of the European Club Cup in Budva, 25 of the 108...
European Club Cup: Bayegan Pendik, the 2715 Elo Average and the 65-Point-Per-Board ProblemThree in the morning, the screen still on. I was staring at the standings aft...
9...a5 and the King's Indian DVD: The Shelf Life of SurpriseA rainy afternoon in a chess club on the fourth floor of an old apartment...
The Ninth Move: What a King's Indian DVD Sells, and What It CostsIn a second-floor room of a chess club in Nha Trang, I sat behind a...
2026 European Club Cup: When an Old Opening Line Wakes After Three DecadesBudva, autumn 2026. Not a single spectator sat in the main playing hall of th...
The 9...a5 Move: A Solution to the Bayonet or a Marketing Trap in Chess?On an afternoon in 2026, I stood outside the press conference room at Sree...
Dortmund Sparkassen Trophy 2027: A Chess Headline That Says Nothing About Chess2:14 a.m., Chengdu time. I opened my laptop, brewed a cup of tea, and did the...
Atyrau Masters: Two Seeds Fall and a Lesson in How to Read a Chess ReportThe headline was only a few words long: the top two seeds of the Atyrau Maste...
The Scotch Opening, Kasparov's 2026 Ghost, and Mikhalchishin's Defensive RepertoireIn 2026, on the board of the World Chess Championship match between Garry...
6th Intercontinental Online Chess Championship for Prisoners: Record 140 Teams ParticipateThe 6th Intercontinental Online Chess Championship for Prisoners has official...
The Forgotten Elephant: When the Bundesliga Calls Out an Old MoveOn my desk in Da Nang there are two notebooks. One records what has been...
Karsten Müller and How Chess Authority Is Converted Into a BrandA promotional poster for a chess training product carries the title "Pin and...
Elephant Gambit: Decoding the Controversial Surprise Weapon of the BundesligaBoard four, the longest game of a Bundesliga round. Black's clock showed elev...
European Club Cup: When a 2715 Elo Average Becomes the Borderline of a Race Already Half-DecidedIn the opening two rounds of the European Club Cup in Budva, 25 of the 108...
European Club Cup: Bayegan Pendik, the 2715 Elo Average and the 65-Point-Per-Board ProblemThree in the morning, the screen still on. I was staring at the standings aft...
9...a5 and the King's Indian DVD: The Shelf Life of SurpriseA rainy afternoon in a chess club on the fourth floor of an old apartment...
The Ninth Move: What a King's Indian DVD Sells, and What It CostsIn a second-floor room of a chess club in Nha Trang, I sat behind a...
2026 European Club Cup: When an Old Opening Line Wakes After Three DecadesBudva, autumn 2026. Not a single spectator sat in the main playing hall of th...
The 9...a5 Move: A Solution to the Bayonet or a Marketing Trap in Chess?On an afternoon in 2026, I stood outside the press conference room at Sree...
Dortmund Sparkassen Trophy 2027: A Chess Headline That Says Nothing About Chess2:14 a.m., Chengdu time. I opened my laptop, brewed a cup of tea, and did the...
Atyrau Masters: Two Seeds Fall and a Lesson in How to Read a Chess ReportThe headline was only a few words long: the top two seeds of the Atyrau Maste...
The Scotch Opening, Kasparov's 2026 Ghost, and Mikhalchishin's Defensive RepertoireIn 2026, on the board of the World Chess Championship match between Garry...
6th Intercontinental Online Chess Championship for Prisoners: Record 140 Teams ParticipateThe 6th Intercontinental Online Chess Championship for Prisoners has official...
The Forgotten Elephant: When the Bundesliga Calls Out an Old MoveOn my desk in Da Nang there are two notebooks. One records what has been...
Karsten Müller and How Chess Authority Is Converted Into a BrandA promotional poster for a chess training product carries the title "Pin and...
Elephant Gambit: Decoding the Controversial Surprise Weapon of the BundesligaBoard four, the longest game of a Bundesliga round. Black's clock showed elev...