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ChessDortmund Sparkassen Trophy 2027 and the Scandinavian Course: When a Tournament Headline Does Not Match the Content2026-10-17On screen, the headline Dortmund Sparkassen Trophy 2027 appears like an...
ChessUS Chess Championships: Woodward Takes Down Caruana, Lee Widens the Gap — and the Void Nobody Redraws2026-10-16A headline reads like thunder. Woodward takes down Caruana, Lee widens the ga...
ChessThe Scotch Opening: When a Schoolboy Opening Became a Legend2026-10-12In the empty analysis room of a tournament in Shanghai, I once sat for a long...
ChessAn Eleven-Year-Old on Board One: Bodhana Sivanandan, 3.Bc4, and the 2504 Performance in Samarkand2026-10-09Samarkand, round seven. Inside the Olympiad hall, on board one of the women's...
ChessIM Valeri Lilov and Six Videos on Black's Play After 1.d4 d5: Real Demand Behind a Mismatched Headline2026-10-07One evening in March 2026, at a small chess club in Chengdu, I sat behind an...
Fritz 20, a False Headline About the FIDE President, and a Source Filter for Vietnamese Chess PlayersOn the night of August 30, 2026, in a corner of my workspace in Da Nang, I...
The Modern Italian and 5 e5!: A Weekend Weapon With an Unsettled Data QuestionAfter 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bc4 Nf6 4 d4 exd4, White plays 5 e5!. Black's...
The 5 e5! thrust in the Italian: a 60-minute weapon and the data hole nobody wants to discussOne move in the Italian made me rewind three times: 5 e5!. Last Tuesday, in a...
Mar del Plata: The Ninth Move Without DataTuesday night, a chess club on Ly Nam De Street, board four. White pushes the...
"The Modern Benko Gambit": When a Chess Headline Sells a Training MachineThe headline promises an opening book. The body sells a machine. That is the...
Dortmund Sparkassen Trophy 2027 and the Scandinavian Course: When a Tournament Headline Does Not Match the ContentOn screen, the headline Dortmund Sparkassen Trophy 2027 appears like an...
Atyrau Masters: Two Seeds Fall and How to Read a Story Through Chessboard GeometryThe top two seeds of the Atyrau Masters left the tournament in the opening...
US Chess Championships: Woodward Takes Down Caruana, Lee Widens the Gap — and the Void Nobody RedrawsA headline reads like thunder. Woodward takes down Caruana, Lee widens the ga...
Atyrau Masters: Two Top Seeds Fall and the Meaning Behind a Headline"Atyrau Masters: the top two seeds were defeated in the opening rounds." That...
Kasparov and the Scotch Opening: From 'Harmless' to a 2026 World Championship WeaponIn the world of elite chess, some openings that seem forgotten suddenly becom...
The Scandinavian Defense and the Era of Economy Openings: When Time Becomes a PieceOn a weekend afternoon at a chess club in Da Nang, I sat across from a young...
The Empty Chair at Board One: The Postponed Match That Rewrote Relegation in the 2026/87 Chess BundesligaAn empty chair at board one sat vacant for twelve minutes. In a playing hall...
The Endgame Keeper: Karsten Müller and the Silence at the Edge of the BoardInside a Bundesliga playing hall, as the clock crawled past the fifth hour an...
Shenzhen and the Result That Went Astray Inside a Table of ContentsOn a rainy afternoon in Da Nang, I opened my inbox and saw that Yu Yangyi had...
The Scotch Opening: When a Schoolboy Opening Became a LegendIn the empty analysis room of a tournament in Shanghai, I once sat for a long...
Game of the Week #743: When a Chess Content Series Outlives the NewsOn a Wednesday evening, I sat in front of the screen with my notation book —...
UzChess Cup: Brandon Jacobson and the Surprise Opening Against Jakhongir VakhidovThere is a moment in chess that everyone recognises, even though it makes no...
1.d4 d5 and the Quiet Entries: A Plan for Black Against Colle, Trompowsky, Torre and LondonAt the final round of an open chess tournament in Da Nang last month, I sat...
After 1.d4 d5: Six Plans for Black Against the Colle, London, Trompowsky and TorreA seventh-round game at an open tournament in Nha Trang in the summer of 2026...
An Eleven-Year-Old on Board One: Bodhana Sivanandan, 3.Bc4, and the 2504 Performance in SamarkandSamarkand, round seven. Inside the Olympiad hall, on board one of the women's...
The Modern Italian and 5 e5!: A Weekend Weapon With an Unsettled Data QuestionAfter 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bc4 Nf6 4 d4 exd4, White plays 5 e5!. Black's...
The 5 e5! thrust in the Italian: a 60-minute weapon and the data hole nobody wants to discussOne move in the Italian made me rewind three times: 5 e5!. Last Tuesday, in a...
Mar del Plata: The Ninth Move Without DataTuesday night, a chess club on Ly Nam De Street, board four. White pushes the...
"The Modern Benko Gambit": When a Chess Headline Sells a Training MachineThe headline promises an opening book. The body sells a machine. That is the...
Dortmund Sparkassen Trophy 2027 and the Scandinavian Course: When a Tournament Headline Does Not Match the ContentOn screen, the headline Dortmund Sparkassen Trophy 2027 appears like an...
Atyrau Masters: Two Seeds Fall and How to Read a Story Through Chessboard GeometryThe top two seeds of the Atyrau Masters left the tournament in the opening...
US Chess Championships: Woodward Takes Down Caruana, Lee Widens the Gap — and the Void Nobody RedrawsA headline reads like thunder. Woodward takes down Caruana, Lee widens the ga...
Atyrau Masters: Two Top Seeds Fall and the Meaning Behind a Headline"Atyrau Masters: the top two seeds were defeated in the opening rounds." That...
Kasparov and the Scotch Opening: From 'Harmless' to a 2026 World Championship WeaponIn the world of elite chess, some openings that seem forgotten suddenly becom...
The Scandinavian Defense and the Era of Economy Openings: When Time Becomes a PieceOn a weekend afternoon at a chess club in Da Nang, I sat across from a young...
The Empty Chair at Board One: The Postponed Match That Rewrote Relegation in the 2026/87 Chess BundesligaAn empty chair at board one sat vacant for twelve minutes. In a playing hall...
The Endgame Keeper: Karsten Müller and the Silence at the Edge of the BoardInside a Bundesliga playing hall, as the clock crawled past the fifth hour an...
Shenzhen and the Result That Went Astray Inside a Table of ContentsOn a rainy afternoon in Da Nang, I opened my inbox and saw that Yu Yangyi had...
The Scotch Opening: When a Schoolboy Opening Became a LegendIn the empty analysis room of a tournament in Shanghai, I once sat for a long...
Game of the Week #743: When a Chess Content Series Outlives the NewsOn a Wednesday evening, I sat in front of the screen with my notation book —...
UzChess Cup: Brandon Jacobson and the Surprise Opening Against Jakhongir VakhidovThere is a moment in chess that everyone recognises, even though it makes no...
1.d4 d5 and the Quiet Entries: A Plan for Black Against Colle, Trompowsky, Torre and LondonAt the final round of an open chess tournament in Da Nang last month, I sat...
After 1.d4 d5: Six Plans for Black Against the Colle, London, Trompowsky and TorreA seventh-round game at an open tournament in Nha Trang in the summer of 2026...
An Eleven-Year-Old on Board One: Bodhana Sivanandan, 3.Bc4, and the 2504 Performance in SamarkandSamarkand, round seven. Inside the Olympiad hall, on board one of the women's...
