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Chess2026: The Najdorf and the Five Ways White Tries to Break 5...a6October 2026 gave world chess an autumn without precedent. In London, Garry...
ChessThe 2...d5 Move and a Saturated Market: The Truth About the Elephant GambitIn Andrew Martin's 60-minute video, one line serves as the foundation for the...
ChessThe Dortmund 2027 Headline and the Evidence Gap in an Opening CourseOn that page, the largest line of text reads “Dortmund Sparkassen Trophy 2027...
ChessDortmund 2027 Headline Attached to a Scandinavian Defense Course: A Chess News Credibility TestThe headline “Dortmund Sparkassen Trophy 2027” sits above a page promoting a...
ChessThe 6th Intercontinental Online Chess Championship for Prisoners: 140 Teams, a Record, and a Door Opening from the InsideA screen lights up in a place where light is usually controlled. No stands, n...
ChessYu Yangyi Beats Ding Liren: An Unverified Result and the Silence Behind a Closed DoorInside a tournament hall with no spectators, the only thing still echoing is...
ChessYu Yangyi Beats Ding Liren at Shenzhen Masters: Reading the Gap Behind an Unverified ResultOn the board in Shenzhen, the decisive move was not the move written into the...
ChessScandinavian Defense: When a Club System Wears the World Champion's CoatI still remember that evening at a small chess club on Nguyen Chi Thanh Stree...
ChessThe Move 5.e5 and the Strange Comforts of Superstition in ChessOne evening in late 2026, at a small chess club, a few players gathered aroun...
ChessWhen Chess Sells Certainty: From the London System to the American BoardIn the summer of 2026, on air from Russia, I said something that viewers late...
Chess7.b3 at the UzChess Cup: Jacobson, Vakhidov, and the True Value of a Short GameIn the playing hall of the UzChess Cup, when Brandon Jacobson pushed his b-pa...
ChessGame of the Week #743: Fourteen Years of Wednesday Rhythm in the Chess WorldIn ChessBase's playlist, episode 743 carries a bare title: “Gaal vs Smeets”. ...
ChessUzChess Cup: The Short Game Between Jacobson and Vakhidov and the Question of a Theory-Avoiding OpeningBefore Jakhongir Vakhidov could adjust his setup, the game was over. Brandon...
ChessBodhana Sivanandan, 11, Board One and the 3.Bc4: Re-reading 2504 at the Samarkand 2026 OlympiadOn board one, in a round where the Samarkand hall turned its eyes to the game...
ChessAn 11-Year-Old on Board One at the 2026 Chess Olympiad: Bodhana Sivanandan and the Controversial 3.Bc4On an afternoon in Samarkand, while the games on board one were still...
ChessBodhana Sivanandan, Age 11, and the 3.Bc4 Move: A Knock on the Door from Board OneIn Samarkand, round seven of the 2026 Chess Olympiad was underway. On board o...
ChessBodhana Sivanandan, 11, 6/7 and a 2504 Performance: The Number Is Right, the Story Is Not Yet CompleteIn Samarkand, inside the chess Olympiad hall, there was one board that every...
ChessChessBase Magazine Issue 225 and the Arithmetic of 27 MiniaturesIn the content line-up of ChessBase Magazine issue 225, the “Special” section...
ChessSix Videos, One Misaligned Headline: Lessons From Selling a 'Cure' for the System-Opening PainTran Dao | Delhi This morning, while drafting the outline for my...
ChessChessBase Magazine #225: The Bent Larsen Promise and the Gap in a Chess Training ProductIn the autumn of 2026, word that Bent Larsen had died in Buenos Aires reached...
ChessNajdorf Sicilian: Daniel King's 60-Minute Update and the Five Lines Shaping Black's RepertoireIn August in Da Nang, I sat in a small cafe on Nguyen Chi Thanh Street, next ...
ChessDaniel King and the 60-Minute Najdorf Update: When Chess Theory Gets Packaged and SoldThe desk in my Da Nang home holds a leather notebook gone pale with age, one ...
ChessThe Scandinavian Defense: A Time-Saving System and the Promises That Need VerifyingOn my analysis board there is a note that has sat there for years, written in...
ChessThe Golden Second on the Chessboard: When a Nameless Teen's e5! Opens the Door to the Modern ItalianOn a Wednesday afternoon in June, sunlight slanted through the window of the...
ChessThe Scotch Game: From 'Harmless' to World Championship Weapon, and the 60-Minute Paradox of MikhalchishinMove Twelve Move twelve. The clock ticked down from 1:07 to 1:06, and the...
ChessIndia at the Samarkand Chess Olympiad: Silver, Bronze, and the Trap of the Budapest BenchmarkRound 11, board 4, Samarkand Chess Olympiad. D Gukesh — reigning world champi...
ChessThe 2...d5 Move and a Saturated Market: The Truth About the Elephant GambitIn Andrew Martin's 60-minute video, one line serves as the foundation for the...
ChessThe Dortmund 2027 Headline and the Evidence Gap in an Opening CourseOn that page, the largest line of text reads “Dortmund Sparkassen Trophy 2027...
ChessDortmund 2027 Headline Attached to a Scandinavian Defense Course: A Chess News Credibility TestThe headline “Dortmund Sparkassen Trophy 2027” sits above a page promoting a...
ChessThe 6th Intercontinental Online Chess Championship for Prisoners: 140 Teams, a Record, and a Door Opening from the InsideA screen lights up in a place where light is usually controlled. No stands, n...
ChessYu Yangyi Beats Ding Liren: An Unverified Result and the Silence Behind a Closed DoorInside a tournament hall with no spectators, the only thing still echoing is...
ChessYu Yangyi Beats Ding Liren at Shenzhen Masters: Reading the Gap Behind an Unverified ResultOn the board in Shenzhen, the decisive move was not the move written into the...
ChessScandinavian Defense: When a Club System Wears the World Champion's CoatI still remember that evening at a small chess club on Nguyen Chi Thanh Stree...
ChessThe Move 5.e5 and the Strange Comforts of Superstition in ChessOne evening in late 2026, at a small chess club, a few players gathered aroun...
ChessWhen Chess Sells Certainty: From the London System to the American BoardIn the summer of 2026, on air from Russia, I said something that viewers late...
Chess7.b3 at the UzChess Cup: Jacobson, Vakhidov, and the True Value of a Short GameIn the playing hall of the UzChess Cup, when Brandon Jacobson pushed his b-pa...
ChessGame of the Week #743: Fourteen Years of Wednesday Rhythm in the Chess WorldIn ChessBase's playlist, episode 743 carries a bare title: “Gaal vs Smeets”. ...
ChessUzChess Cup: The Short Game Between Jacobson and Vakhidov and the Question of a Theory-Avoiding OpeningBefore Jakhongir Vakhidov could adjust his setup, the game was over. Brandon...
ChessBodhana Sivanandan, 11, Board One and the 3.Bc4: Re-reading 2504 at the Samarkand 2026 OlympiadOn board one, in a round where the Samarkand hall turned its eyes to the game...
ChessAn 11-Year-Old on Board One at the 2026 Chess Olympiad: Bodhana Sivanandan and the Controversial 3.Bc4On an afternoon in Samarkand, while the games on board one were still...
ChessBodhana Sivanandan, Age 11, and the 3.Bc4 Move: A Knock on the Door from Board OneIn Samarkand, round seven of the 2026 Chess Olympiad was underway. On board o...
ChessBodhana Sivanandan, 11, 6/7 and a 2504 Performance: The Number Is Right, the Story Is Not Yet CompleteIn Samarkand, inside the chess Olympiad hall, there was one board that every...
ChessChessBase Magazine Issue 225 and the Arithmetic of 27 MiniaturesIn the content line-up of ChessBase Magazine issue 225, the “Special” section...
ChessSix Videos, One Misaligned Headline: Lessons From Selling a 'Cure' for the System-Opening PainTran Dao | Delhi This morning, while drafting the outline for my...
ChessChessBase Magazine #225: The Bent Larsen Promise and the Gap in a Chess Training ProductIn the autumn of 2026, word that Bent Larsen had died in Buenos Aires reached...
ChessNajdorf Sicilian: Daniel King's 60-Minute Update and the Five Lines Shaping Black's RepertoireIn August in Da Nang, I sat in a small cafe on Nguyen Chi Thanh Street, next ...
ChessDaniel King and the 60-Minute Najdorf Update: When Chess Theory Gets Packaged and SoldThe desk in my Da Nang home holds a leather notebook gone pale with age, one ...
ChessThe Scandinavian Defense: A Time-Saving System and the Promises That Need VerifyingOn my analysis board there is a note that has sat there for years, written in...
ChessThe Golden Second on the Chessboard: When a Nameless Teen's e5! Opens the Door to the Modern ItalianOn a Wednesday afternoon in June, sunlight slanted through the window of the...
ChessThe Scotch Game: From 'Harmless' to World Championship Weapon, and the 60-Minute Paradox of MikhalchishinMove Twelve Move twelve. The clock ticked down from 1:07 to 1:06, and the...
ChessIndia at the Samarkand Chess Olympiad: Silver, Bronze, and the Trap of the Budapest BenchmarkRound 11, board 4, Samarkand Chess Olympiad. D Gukesh — reigning world champi...
