Chess
The Hour of the Seconds: Why a Rare Chess Move Costs More Than a Correct One
6th Intercontinental Online Chess Championship for Prisoners: Deep Analysis and Key Takeaways
Bodhana Sivanandan at the 2026 Samarkand Olympiad: Board One, a 2504 Performance and the Small-Sample Trap
The Scandinavian Defense: Black's Road Less Traveled
The Scandinavian Defence in 60 Minutes: What Andrew Martin Teaches and What the Headline Does Not SayNovember in Saint Petersburg, the snow arriving late and wet. I opened Andrew...
Total Chess and the Unified Rating Proposal: A Headline Without a BodyA headline, a photo credit, and the gap in between On 29 August 2026 a short...
The 5 e5! thrust of the Modern Italian: a trap, a market, and a three-season shelf lifeLate afternoon at a small chess club tucked into an alley off Nguyen Thien...
The Fake Headline: When the European Club Cup Is Just the Bait of an Advertisement PageThere is an afternoon in late October in Da Nang when I opened ChessBase as...
The Hour of the Seconds: Why a Rare Chess Move Costs More Than a Correct OneThere is a moment in the analysis room I have witnessed no fewer than a hundr...
The Bayonet Attack and the 9...a5 Answer: The Limits of a 'Clean' PromiseIn the analysis room, I always start with an uncomfortable question: does thi...
6th Intercontinental Online Chess Championship for Prisoners: Deep Analysis and Key TakeawaysThe 6th Intercontinental Online Chess Championship for Prisoners has official...
The Scandinavian Defense: When a Club-Level Opening Wears Carlsen's HaloI remember an evening in August 2026, sitting in a small cafe on Nguyen Chi...
The Forgotten Opening Line and the Twenty-Move Game at the UzChess CupThere is a moment in the game that I rewound seven times: White's seventh mov...
Bodhana Sivanandan at the 2026 Samarkand Olympiad: Board One, a 2504 Performance and the Small-Sample TrapSamarkand, round seven of the 2026 Chess Olympiad. Board one of England's...
Chess Olympiad Samarkand 2026: Bodhana Sivanandan, Age 11, and the 3.Bc4 Move Everyone Calls OddIn the press room of the chess Olympiad in Samarkand, the first question Arne...
Bodhana Sivanandan, Age 11, and the 3.Bc4 Anti-Sicilian at the Samarkand 2026 Chess OlympiadBodhana Sivanandan, Age 11, and the 3.Bc4 Anti-Sicilian at the Samarkand 2026...
Is Chess the 'Least Expressive' Sport? The Watchability Debate and an Outside-Sport PerspectiveIs Chess the 'Least Expressive' Sport? The Watchability Debate and an...
