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European Club Cup Before the Final Round: Three Co-Leaders and a Data Gap to Fix
Italian Game, Modern Variation: 5.e5 Is a Memory Weapon, Not an Objective Advantage
Samarkand R8: Germany Stun Uzbekistan, and the Mismatch Inside a Chess Article
The Ninth Move: 9...a5 and the Quiet Road Against the Bayonet Attack
FIDE Election on September 26, 2026: Rosenstein, the Carlsen Pledge, and Russia's Unclosed File
FIDE election on 26 September: the champion's empty seat and three businessmen on the ballot
Bodhana Sivanandan Completes Her IM Norm at 11: A 38-Year Record Broken in 32 MovesViktoria Johansson's clock stopped on move 32. Bodhana Sivanandan rose from...
European Club Cup Before the Final Round: Three Co-Leaders and a Data Gap to FixThe final round of the European Club Cup is close, but the most important...
The Elephant Gambit and Andrew Martin's 60-Minute Video: “Underrated” Does Not Mean “Good”The black pawn lands on d5 on move two. The wood barely clicks against the...
Decoding Daniel King's Najdorf System: When Defense Becomes a Tactical LensStanding in the AFC Cup 2026 hallway, I learned something: what gets pushed...
The Bayonet Attack and 9...a5: A Strategic Promise in a Data Grey ZoneLate at night in Shenzhen, I reopened the King's Indian Defense (KID) trackin...
ChessBase Magazine #225: 27 Miniatures, 10 Opening Articles and the Limits of Paid Training ContentChessBase released the 225th issue of its magazine on October 8, 2026. Read...
Italian Game, Modern Variation: 5.e5 Is a Memory Weapon, Not an Objective AdvantageIn a practice game at a grassroots chess club in Ho Chi Minh City, Black had...
The 5.e5 Gambit and Evgeny Sveshnikov: When a Move Survives Without Its LegendThe Pawn on e5 On 18 August 2026, Evgeny Sveshnikov died in Chelyabinsk, the...
Bodhana Sivanandan, the Age-11 WGM Record, and the Elephant Gambit: When the Headline Detaches From the BodyEarlier this month, a headline spread across chess forums: "Bodhana Sivananda...
Samarkand R8: Germany Stun Uzbekistan, and the Mismatch Inside a Chess ArticleI read the headline first. "Samarkand R8 (open): Germany stunned Uzbekistan a...
A Name in the Headline, a Course in the Body: The Chess Game With Swapped PiecesI rewind the tape, though this time there is no tape at all — only a page. Th...
Elephant Gambit: A Headline Names a Child Prodigy, the Body Sells an Opening CourseLate at night in Chengdu, I opened an article whose headline named Bodhana...
The Ninth Move: 9...a5 and the Quiet Road Against the Bayonet AttackIn a small playing hall on the fourth floor of an old building in Shanghai,...
FIDE Election on September 26, 2026: Rosenstein, the Carlsen Pledge, and Russia's Unclosed FileIn the interview Reuters published on September 18, 2026, one sentence made m...
Gukesh and Board 4: The Spatial Map of a Decision That Was Never a ShockIn a playing hall in Samarkand, the most telling pause of round three at the...
FIDE election on 26 September: the champion's empty seat and three businessmen on the ballotSamarkand, 26 September. Three names sit on the ballot for the presidency of...
