Chess
The Game Nobody Wins: When Najdorf Theory Forces Everyone Back to SchoolHook There is a moment in the analysis room I have never forgotten. In 2026, ...
Scandinavian in 60 Minutes: The Promise Lives at Move 12, the Difficulty at Move 25At board seven in a chess cafe on Nguyen Chi Thanh Street in Da Nang, a playe...
A Rare Move and a Promise Without DataJanuary in Saint Petersburg, snow covering the steps of the chess club on...
The Elephant's Reckless Move: How Andrew Martin Revived a Forgotten GambitOn a winter evening in Binh Duong, I reopened my electronic chessboard and la...
The Forgotten Move: When the Elephant Gambit and Sacrificed Pawns Return to the BoardIn a small cafe in Saigon, I once sat rereading old chess magazine pages from...
9...a5 Against the Bayonet Attack: Practical Faith and the Data GapIn a small café tucked deep in an alley off Nguyen Chi Thanh Street in Da Nan...
King's Indian: The 9...a5 Move and the Battle Between Understanding and MemorizationLate August, in a small chess club tucked down an alley off Nguyen Chi Thanh...
Atyrau Masters: The Top Two Seeds Fall and the Echo from a Shifting Chess WorldI sat in my study in Nha Trang, looking out at the empty yard of an old chess...
63 Checking Moves and a Proven Ceiling: How AI Closed a 58-Year-Old Chess ProblemIn 2026, Norbert Ringeltaube constructed a position with 60 legal checking...
6th Intercontinental Online Chess Championship for Prisoners: Reading the Board from Inside the CellA white pawn advances two squares. No spectators, no applause, only a network...
Chess Bundesliga 2026/87: The Late Start and the Cost of an Ambiguous RuleIn the 2026/87 season of the German Chess Bundesliga, one match began late. O...
The Moves of the Strong: Why the Scandinavian Defense Became Carlsen's Weapon?At the 60th minute of an opening instruction video, when IM Andrew Martin...
When a Platform Buys a Voice: Kostya Kavutskiy Joins ChessBase's FritzTrainerJochen Schwarz sat down at his desk, placed the two new ChessBase courses sid...
When White Turns Away from 2.c4: Colle, Trompowsky, Torre, London and Black's Defensive RoadmapOn a winter evening at a chess club on Rubinstein Street in Saint Petersburg,...
743 Episodes and the Art of Keeping Rhythm: Chess Is Winning on a Battlefield Few NoticeEvery Wednesday evening, while most sports audiences fix their eyes on blazin...
2026 U.S. Chess Championships: Caruana and Yip Headline 12-Player Fields in Saint LouisThe 2026 U.S. Championship and U.S. Women's Championship will take place from...
Exploring the 'weapon' of the Italian Game center variation: The move 5.e5! troubles BlackIn the world of chess, building an effective opening system is always a top...


