Chess
Budva: A 2715 Peak, 108 Teams, and the Silence Before Round FiveBudva, Montenegro, mid-October 2026. Two rounds into the European Club Cup, t...
9...a5 Against the Bayonet Attack: The Real Value of an Opening SolutionOn Thursday evening, in the fourth game of a club session in Saigon, I sat...
The 9...a5 Move in the King's Indian Defense and a Headline That Misnamed the FIDE PresidentThere is a position I have rewound more times than I can count in the editing...
Chess: The 9...a5 Antidote to the Bayonet Attack and the Trust Gap Left by a False FIDE President HeadlineIn recent days, the Vietnamese chess community has been discussing an article...
The Silence of the Board: When Chess Is Called the Least Expressive SportIn the silence before a chess move is made, there is a sound that television...
Bent Larsen Is on the Cover, but Prague 2026 Is the Real Soul of ChessBase Magazine Issue 225In Da Nang, late at night, I opened the download package of ChessBase Magazin...
Opening Chess: A Decoding Solution for the Expanded Italian Game and the Sveshnikov ProblemIn modern football, when a team unveils a new tactical maneuver, opponents...
ChessBase Magazine Issue 225: Behind the Promise of 'Learning Strategy from Bent Larsen'I opened the PDF file of ChessBase Magazine issue 225 on a quiet evening in...
Daniel King's Najdorf Update: 60 Minutes and the Data Trap of the Chess-Training MarketOn a chessboard there are no grandstands, no roaring crowds, and no one shout...
The 9...a5 Move and the War Against Memory: A Strategic Escape Route for the King's Indian Defense Against the Bayonet AttackI remember that evening at a small chess club in Jing'an district, Shanghai. ...
Scandinavian Defense: The 60-Minute Promise and the 'Super Knight' ProblemIn any game that begins with 1.e4 d5, the black queen has exactly three squar...
The Scandinavian Defense: An Underestimated Move and Promises Worth Verifying1.e4 d5. Just two symbols, yet enough to redirect an entire game. The black...
ChessBase Magazine #225: Inside the Training Room of Top GrandmastersOpening the pages of ChessBase Magazine issue 225, what made me pause longest...
Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş and the 2,731 ELO Milestone: What the Score Sheet Says and What It Leaves OutThe press release from the Turkish Chess Federation went out under a tidy...
The Scandinavian Defense: Real Solidarity and an Overstated PromiseIn the seventh round of a weekend blitz tournament in Chengdu, I was White an...
Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş: An Undefeated 8/10 and Unverified ClaimsI read the press release from the Turkish Chess Federation one morning, holdi...
1.d4 d5 and the Five-System Problem: When White Walks Away from TheoryI was sitting in the commentary booth on the second floor of the venue,...
The 9...a5 Move and the Gap Between the Cover and the Board in the King's Indian DefenseThe DVD lay tilted on a wooden table at a small chess club by the Han River....
Transfer Window Decoded: When Deals and Injuries Reshape League StructuresWhile the European giants are still struggling with the problem of integratin...
India at the Samarkand Olympiad: Depth Still Reaches the Podium, but the Top Boards Are No Longer a FortressWhen India's Olympiad board order was published in Samarkand, I stopped for a...
India at Samarkand 2026: Enough Depth for the Nona Cup, Not Enough Conversion for GoldIn the final round at Samarkand, Gukesh lost. Before that he had won seven of...
India Wins the 2026 Chess Olympiad: How History Changed Hands After Nearly a CenturyIn September 2026, in Budapest, I sat in front of my screen with the volume...
The Golden Second on Vietnam's Chessboard: Unknown Masters and the Dream Beyond 2700In June 2026, in Khanty-Mansiysk — a small city deep in Siberia, where even...
