Chess
The First Move Is Not on the Board: When the Benko Gambit Becomes an Excuse to Sell a MachineThere is a moment in the meeting room of an old sports newsroom that I have...
The 9...a5 Move in the King's Indian Defense: A Practical Answer to the Bayonet Attack and What It CostsA rainy night at a chess club on the outskirts of Bengaluru, board four. A...
Dortmund Sparkassen Trophy 2027: When a Headline Stops Telling the Truth About the BoardOn a chess website, a headline appears in bold letters: Dortmund Sparkassen...
AI Proves the 63-Check Ceiling: A 58-Year Chess Problem and the Limits of Machine-Verified ProofThis chess problem has sat untouched on paper since 2026. No spectators, no...
Counting Checks: How AI Closed a 58-Year-Old Chess Problem — And Left One OpenIn a corner of Bangalore, where chessboards sit on low plastic tables, people...
6th Intercontinental Online Chess Championship for Prisoners: A New Step in Rehabilitation SportsThe 6th Intercontinental Online Chess Championship for Prisoners has official...
Karsten Müller and the Endgame Economy: Reputation Cast from Positions Nobody WatchesIn the small office of mine in Chengdu, on the wall beside the data desk, the...
Yu Yangyi Beats Ding Liren in Shenzhen: A Big Result Buried Under an AdvertisementI read the result of Yu Yangyi beating Ding Liren in a final in Shenzhen at t...
Perfect Scores at the US Chess Championship and Four Openings Branded “Extremely Dangerous”After 1.d4 d5, White does not play 2.c4. No Queen's Gambit, no Slav, no...
Kostya Kavutskiy Joins FritzTrainer: When ChessBase Bets on PeopleIn a small chess cafe on Nguyen Thi Minh Khai Street in District 3, Saigon, I...
The b3 Move at UzChess Cup: A Short Game and a Lesson in SurpriseSome games end so quickly that no one has time to understand what just...
Black's Defensive Map in the Age of Theory Avoidance: The Seven 1.d4 Systems White Uses to Escape the SlavThere is a moment in the analysis room that I will never forget. It was an...
Is Chess the Least Expressive Sport? The Watchability Debate Seen From Vietnamese SportIS CHESS THE LEAST EXPRESSIVE SPORT? THE WATCHABILITY DEBATE SEEN FROM...
ChessBase Magazine No. 225: When a Legend Becomes a Label for a Training BundleI opened the ChessBase No. 225 package on a rainy evening in Bangalore. The...
ChessBase Magazine #225: Prague 2026, 27 Miniatures, and the Gap Named Bent LarsenIn the summer of 2026, in Denver, Bent Larsen sat down for the sixth game of...
ChessBase #225 and Prague 2026: When a Tournament Gets Packaged Into a ProductThe game ended on move twenty-one. Black nodded, reached across the board,...
King's Indian Defense: The 9...a5 Antidote to the Bayonet and the Limits of the MachineOn the ninth move, a black pawn leaves a7 and steps to a5. No applause, no on...
5.e5! in the Modern Italian Game: Sveshnikov's Pawn-Gambit Weapon and the Data Gap Behind ItHOOK Shanghai, a Saturday morning in late August. Board six, round seven of a...
The 78th Minute at Go Dau: Five Substitutions and the Final Twenty Minutes That No Longer Belong to the Starting XIThe 78th minute. The electronic board at Go Dau Stadium shows a red number 5....
Decoding Surprising Defensive Systems after 1.d4 d5Have you ever wondered why many masters avoid the classic 2.c4 move when Whit...
Chess Defense Strategy: Foundations and Modern SystemsIn the complex world of chess, choosing the right opening is not just a...
The 9...a5 Move in the King's Indian Defense: A Practical Answer to the Bayonet Attack and What It CostsA rainy night at a chess club on the outskirts of Bengaluru, board four. A...
Dortmund Sparkassen Trophy 2027: When a Headline Stops Telling the Truth About the BoardOn a chess website, a headline appears in bold letters: Dortmund Sparkassen...
AI Proves the 63-Check Ceiling: A 58-Year Chess Problem and the Limits of Machine-Verified ProofThis chess problem has sat untouched on paper since 2026. No spectators, no...
Counting Checks: How AI Closed a 58-Year-Old Chess Problem — And Left One OpenIn a corner of Bangalore, where chessboards sit on low plastic tables, people...
6th Intercontinental Online Chess Championship for Prisoners: A New Step in Rehabilitation SportsThe 6th Intercontinental Online Chess Championship for Prisoners has official...
Karsten Müller and the Endgame Economy: Reputation Cast from Positions Nobody WatchesIn the small office of mine in Chengdu, on the wall beside the data desk, the...
Yu Yangyi Beats Ding Liren in Shenzhen: A Big Result Buried Under an AdvertisementI read the result of Yu Yangyi beating Ding Liren in a final in Shenzhen at t...
Perfect Scores at the US Chess Championship and Four Openings Branded “Extremely Dangerous”After 1.d4 d5, White does not play 2.c4. No Queen's Gambit, no Slav, no...
Kostya Kavutskiy Joins FritzTrainer: When ChessBase Bets on PeopleIn a small chess cafe on Nguyen Thi Minh Khai Street in District 3, Saigon, I...
The b3 Move at UzChess Cup: A Short Game and a Lesson in SurpriseSome games end so quickly that no one has time to understand what just...
Black's Defensive Map in the Age of Theory Avoidance: The Seven 1.d4 Systems White Uses to Escape the SlavThere is a moment in the analysis room that I will never forget. It was an...
Is Chess the Least Expressive Sport? The Watchability Debate Seen From Vietnamese SportIS CHESS THE LEAST EXPRESSIVE SPORT? THE WATCHABILITY DEBATE SEEN FROM...
ChessBase Magazine No. 225: When a Legend Becomes a Label for a Training BundleI opened the ChessBase No. 225 package on a rainy evening in Bangalore. The...
ChessBase Magazine #225: Prague 2026, 27 Miniatures, and the Gap Named Bent LarsenIn the summer of 2026, in Denver, Bent Larsen sat down for the sixth game of...
ChessBase #225 and Prague 2026: When a Tournament Gets Packaged Into a ProductThe game ended on move twenty-one. Black nodded, reached across the board,...
King's Indian Defense: The 9...a5 Antidote to the Bayonet and the Limits of the MachineOn the ninth move, a black pawn leaves a7 and steps to a5. No applause, no on...
5.e5! in the Modern Italian Game: Sveshnikov's Pawn-Gambit Weapon and the Data Gap Behind ItHOOK Shanghai, a Saturday morning in late August. Board six, round seven of a...
The 78th Minute at Go Dau: Five Substitutions and the Final Twenty Minutes That No Longer Belong to the Starting XIThe 78th minute. The electronic board at Go Dau Stadium shows a red number 5....
Decoding Surprising Defensive Systems after 1.d4 d5Have you ever wondered why many masters avoid the classic 2.c4 move when Whit...
Chess Defense Strategy: Foundations and Modern SystemsIn the complex world of chess, choosing the right opening is not just a...


