Chess
AI Proves the 63-Check Ceiling — and the 364 Gap the Headline Forgot
The Endgame With No Stands: Karsten Müller and the Quiet Economy of Chess
The 743rd Game and the Keeper of the Empty Stands
The 3.Bc4 in Samarkand: Bodhana Sivanandan and the Move Theory Never Taught
Daniel King and the 60-minute Najdorf update: five opening complexes shaping Black's repertoire
2026 Chess Olympiad Round 10: India Win 3.5–0.5, but the Top Boards Stay Dry
Italian 5.e5 in 60 Minutes: Three Critical Replies and a Data GapA chess video product has just been released under the title "Endgame Magic...
The 5.e5! Thrust and the Paradox of Chess Weapons Sold by the HourMove five. White pushes the pawn from e4 to e5, and the board suddenly...
King's Indian 9...a5: The Move Is Real, the “Engines Don't Understand” Promise Is OutdatedA Gap at Move Seven A product blurb for a King's Indian opening DVD landed in...
9...a5: A Real Move with a Misprinted Label — Deconstructing a King's Indian DVDThe sequence stops "7.O-O." The document ends there. A few paragraphs later i...
ChessBase Magazine #225: Four Annotation Layers and the European Club Cup GapIn the entire promotional text for ChessBase Magazine #225 there is not a...
ChessBase Issue 225: The Headline Says European Club Cup, the Body Is a Product CatalogueThe ChessBase headline published this week states it plainly: European Club...
The 60-Minute Gamble: Why the Elephant Gambit Is a Bargain for Juniors and a Death Sentence for ProfessionalsWhen a 60-minute video on the Elephant Gambit is packaged as a dedicated weap...
A Move from the Wings: Why a 'Review' of the Benko Gambit Contains Not a Single MoveOpening: the moment the truth surfaces Some time ago, a regular reader from...
A 60-minute video, Carlsen's name and a Dortmund 2027 headline: what chess can learn from a sales pageAt 9:40 on a Tuesday night I opened three tabs at once — a reflex built over...
9...a5 and the Confession of a Chess SalesmanNha Trang, an April morning. I reopen the notebook from 2026, when I was stil...
US Championship: Woodward Beats Caruana, Lee Widens the Gap — and a Lesson in Reading the NewsThe game ended on move 41. Fabiano Caruana stood up, bowed to his opponent, a...
US Chess Championship: Woodward Takes Down Caruana, Alice Lee Pulls Away From the Chasing PackThe game ended, and the hall held its breath for a few seconds before the...
AI Proves the 63-Check Ceiling — and the 364 Gap the Headline ForgotA position in which every legal move gives check. No clock, no spectators, no...
The Scandinavian Defense: The Shortcut for Chess Players Who Have Run Out of TimeI remember that evening vividly. A cramped club room tucked deep in a small...
Deep Analysis: IM Andrew Martin's Scandinavian Defense Instructional Video and the Issue of Information Verification in Chess MediaIn the context of Vietnamese chess increasingly integrating with internationa...
When a FIDE headline drifts from an opening video: the Scandinavian Defense and the time-saving equationOn the screen, a headline appears: the FIDE General Assembly adopts a...
The Scandinavian Defense: An Economy System and the Gap Between Headline and BodyTHE SCANDINAVIAN DEFENSE: AN ECONOMY SYSTEM AND THE GAP BETWEEN HEADLINE AND...
Bodhana in the Bundesliga: A Game of Forgotten RulesBodhana in the Bundesliga: A Game of Forgotten Rules Hook The stadium is empt...
The Endgame With No Stands: Karsten Müller and the Quiet Economy of ChessIn December 2026, in a hotel room in Chengdu, I sat alone in front of two...