Chess
Daniel King and the Najdorf War: How a 60-Minute Update Exposes the Cracks in the Entire Chess Industry
Global Chess League: Carlsen Beats Vachier-Lagrave and the Story Buried Behind a Headline Hook
GCL 2026: Nepomniachtchi Gives Carlsen a Scare Before Getting Past Sindarov on the Clock
King's Indian: why 9...a5 became the strategic exit against the Bayonet Attack
King's Indian: why 9...a5 became the strategic exit against the Bayonet AttackTwo weeks ago, during a regular analysis session at a chess club on Nguyen Ch...
Daniel King and the Najdorf War: How a 60-Minute Update Exposes the Cracks in the Entire Chess IndustryThere is a paradox I always encounter in transfer files: a loudly announced...
ChessBase Magazine #225: European Club Cup in the headline, a training catalogue in the bodyI read that promotional page three times in one evening, and only on the thir...
Behind 15/16: When a Chess News Page Writes the Headline Before the StoryI opened that page on a Tuesday afternoon, when Da Nang was raining sideways...
Nihal Sarin's Three Moves and India's Olympiad Crown Hanging by a ThreadI sat in front of my screen in Mumbai, marking the exact moment Nihal Sarin...
Scotch Opening: From a 'Forgotten' Opening to Kasparov's DanceIn 2026, the World Championship match between Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karp...
Vietnamese Chess: From a World Blitz Crown to the Unclosed 2700 GapAt three in the morning in Khanty-Mansiysk, the chess clock ticked like the...
Samarkand R4: Eight Leaders and the Trap of a HeadlineI sit before the Round 4 standings of the Samarkand Open. The first thing I s...
5.e5! — Jobava's Samarkand Win and How a Chess Move Becomes a Lesson for Every Club Player5.e5! — Jobava's Samarkand Win and How a Chess Move Becomes a Lesson for Ever...
5.e5 in Samarkand: Baadur Jobava, Daniel King, and Evgeny Sveshnikov's Old WeaponNo Applause In a tournament hall in Samarkand, Baadur Jobava lifted his white...
Gukesh and Board 4 at the Chess Olympiad: Re-reading a Team-Order DecisionAt three in the morning Saigon time, I opened the Round 1 pairing sheet of th...
The 9...a5 Move in the King's Indian: A Strategic Promise and a Crack in the FaithThere is a scene anyone who has studied the King's Indian Defense remembers....
Daniel King and the Najdorf Patch: Five Line Clusters in Sixty MinutesThe headline claimed that the Ganges Grandmasters had just won the Global Che...
Karsten Müller and Twenty-Five Years of Teaching People How to Finish a Chess GameShanghai at night, mid-August 2026. I reopen an endgame on my screen: the Whi...
Global Chess League: Carlsen Beats Vachier-Lagrave and the Story Buried Behind a Headline HookOn a July night in Nha Trang, I sat in front of my old computer screen,...
Modi Gifts Sindarov's Scoresheet to Uzbekistan: Chess Diplomacy and the Road to GenevaIn Narendra Modi's hands was a sheet of paper that had yellowed with age,...
International Chess Tournament Analysis Impossible Due to Missing Data[English version of the 3703-word article: At an international chess tourname...
Vietnam Chess Federation unveils youth development roadmap for 2026-2030The Vietnam Chess Federation has announced a roadmap for developing the youth...
Magnus Carlsen and Javokhir Sindarov Draw in Global Chess League 2026, Young Talent Receives Rare PraiseMagnus Carlsen and Javokhir Sindarov draw in Global Chess League 2026, young...
GCL 2026: Nepomniachtchi scares Carlsen, beats Sindarov on the clock, helps Ganges Grandmasters defeat Fyers American GambitsThe third round of the Global Chess League 2026 (GCL) concluded with one of t...
GCL 2026: Nepomniachtchi Gives Carlsen a Scare Before Getting Past Sindarov on the ClockIan Nepomniachtchi just went through a round that cannot be summarized by a...
GCL 2026: Nepomniachtchi Scares Carlsen Before Beating Sindarov on TimeIn the third round of the 2026 Global Chess League – the fourth season of the...
GCL 2026: Nepomniachtchi gives Carlsen a scare before getting past Sindarov on the clockWhen data doesn't lie, it is we who deceive ourselves. And in the recent matc...
