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ChessCarlsen: AI Has Flattened Opening Preparation, and the No. 1 Ranking Is Now Defended Another Way2026-10-22On 21 October, the Spanish daily AS published an interview with Magnus Carlse...
ChessEuropean Club Cup 2026 in Budva: Bayegan Pendik and the 115-point Elo gap2026-10-21In Budva, round three began at three in the afternoon and nobody applauded. T...
ChessChessBase Magazine 225: A Sicilian Game, Twenty-Seven Miniatures, and the Silence Behind the Cover2026-09-29In a Shanghai morning, I opened a freshly downloaded PDF. The cover carried o...
The 2026 Intercontinental Prison Chess Championship: 77 Teams, Five Continents, and an Evidence Gap Nobody Wants to MeasureFrom the touchline, I see the whole match. May 13, 2026. I was sitting in my...
Carlsen: AI Has Flattened Opening Preparation, and the No. 1 Ranking Is Now Defended Another WayOn 21 October, the Spanish daily AS published an interview with Magnus Carlse...
European Club Cup 2026 in Budva: Bayegan Pendik and the 115-point Elo gapIn Budva, round three began at three in the afternoon and nobody applauded. T...
The 5.e5! Thrust in the Modern Italian: The Value of a Weapon With an Expiry Date22:40, a coffee shop on Nguyen Chi Thanh Street, Da Nang. Third table from th...
The Hour of the Seconds: When an Old Move Becomes a New WeaponIn a Mar del Plata game, when Black places the knight on c6 and White pushes...
The Scandinavian Defense: A Solid System for Club Players and the Question of the Carlsen Name"When the stands are empty, you can hear the grass crunch under the boots. Th...
Carlsen's Simple Move and the Trap of BeliefI remember an evening at a small café on Nguyen Chi Thanh Street in Da Nang. ...
Six Lessons After 1.d4 d5 and a Mislabelled Report: The Fear Called the London SystemLate on a Saturday night, in a small coffee shop on Phu Loi Street in Thu Dau...
Najdorf Sicilian 2026: Daniel King and the Race to Update Opening TheoryIn the world of elite chess, there is a fascinating paradox: the Najdorf is...
Sicilian Najdorf 2026: When Opening Theory Gets Patched Like SoftwareThe record reached me with an odd label: the main decisions of the FIDE Gener...
The Move 5.e5: When the Italian Board Becomes the Club Player's WeaponLate at night in Nha Trang, I sat before my computer screen, reviewing an old...
9...a5 – The Art of Avoidance in the Engine Era: When the King's Indian Chooses a Human GameI remember a late summer evening in Binh Duong, when a sudden rainstorm pound...
9...a5 and the Unreliable Promise of a 'Bayonet Antidote'The goal is the consequence; the space before the goal appears is the cause. ...
The Scotch Opening: When Reputation Arrives Later Than the DataThe manuscript arrived on a January morning, while the snow was half-melting...
Bodhana Sivanandan and the Elephant Gambit: When the Headline Drifts Off the Spatial MapA surprise move saves nothing if the opponent has already read it. I sat with...
ChessBase Magazine 225: A Sicilian Game, Twenty-Seven Miniatures, and the Silence Behind the CoverIn a Shanghai morning, I opened a freshly downloaded PDF. The cover carried o...
India Wins Chess Olympiad for the First Time: The Vacuum an Empire Left BehindIn September 2026, in Budapest, I sat in the seventh row of the BOK hall. Fou...
Carlsen: AI Has Flattened Opening Preparation, and the No. 1 Ranking Is Now Defended Another WayOn 21 October, the Spanish daily AS published an interview with Magnus Carlse...
European Club Cup 2026 in Budva: Bayegan Pendik and the 115-point Elo gapIn Budva, round three began at three in the afternoon and nobody applauded. T...
The 5.e5! Thrust in the Modern Italian: The Value of a Weapon With an Expiry Date22:40, a coffee shop on Nguyen Chi Thanh Street, Da Nang. Third table from th...
The Hour of the Seconds: When an Old Move Becomes a New WeaponIn a Mar del Plata game, when Black places the knight on c6 and White pushes...
The Scandinavian Defense: A Solid System for Club Players and the Question of the Carlsen Name"When the stands are empty, you can hear the grass crunch under the boots. Th...
Carlsen's Simple Move and the Trap of BeliefI remember an evening at a small café on Nguyen Chi Thanh Street in Da Nang. ...
Six Lessons After 1.d4 d5 and a Mislabelled Report: The Fear Called the London SystemLate on a Saturday night, in a small coffee shop on Phu Loi Street in Thu Dau...
Najdorf Sicilian 2026: Daniel King and the Race to Update Opening TheoryIn the world of elite chess, there is a fascinating paradox: the Najdorf is...
Sicilian Najdorf 2026: When Opening Theory Gets Patched Like SoftwareThe record reached me with an odd label: the main decisions of the FIDE Gener...
The Move 5.e5: When the Italian Board Becomes the Club Player's WeaponLate at night in Nha Trang, I sat before my computer screen, reviewing an old...
9...a5 – The Art of Avoidance in the Engine Era: When the King's Indian Chooses a Human GameI remember a late summer evening in Binh Duong, when a sudden rainstorm pound...
9...a5 and the Unreliable Promise of a 'Bayonet Antidote'The goal is the consequence; the space before the goal appears is the cause. ...
The Scotch Opening: When Reputation Arrives Later Than the DataThe manuscript arrived on a January morning, while the snow was half-melting...
Bodhana Sivanandan and the Elephant Gambit: When the Headline Drifts Off the Spatial MapA surprise move saves nothing if the opponent has already read it. I sat with...
ChessBase Magazine 225: A Sicilian Game, Twenty-Seven Miniatures, and the Silence Behind the CoverIn a Shanghai morning, I opened a freshly downloaded PDF. The cover carried o...
India Wins Chess Olympiad for the First Time: The Vacuum an Empire Left BehindIn September 2026, in Budapest, I sat in the seventh row of the BOK hall. Fou...