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Liang Beats Niemann in Round 1: When a Headline Sells More Than the Game
Daniel King's 60-Minute Najdorf Update: When Opening Theory Is Sold as a Recurring Subscription
Three Moves After +2: Nihal Sarin, Team India, and How a Captain Manages Morale
Master Class Vol. 20 – Bent Larsen: Borrowed Prestige for a Club-Level Opening
European Club Cup in Budva: Bayegan Pendik's 2715 Elo and the 65-Point-Per-Board GapBudva, round three: a long row of boards and a standings line that is easy to...
Modern Italian 5 e5!: A Club-Level Weapon, a Data Gap at Expert LevelI opened the course package at 11 p.m. in Delhi, right after wrapping a podca...
Benko Gambit, FRITZ 20 and the Gap Between a Headline and Its BodyBenko Gambit, FRITZ 20 and the Gap Between a Headline and Its Body Ten past s...
“Dortmund Sparkassen Trophy 2027”: A Chess Headline That Leads to a 60-Minute Video With No Games in ItThere are only three memorable things on that page: the number 60, the number...
The Scandinavian Defense: Carlsen's Move and a 60-Minute Lesson for Club PlayersIn my notes from games in Chiang Mai, there is a column I call the gap before...
Liang Beats Niemann in Round 1: When a Headline Sells More Than the GameOn the opening evening of the United States Chess Championship, a headline...
Gaal vs Smeets, Game 743: How the Chess World Lives on Memory Every Wednesday NightEvery Wednesday night, the same ritual. In a room in Amsterdam, a man sits do...
When White Avoids 2.c4: Four Systems and Plans for BlackEleven at night, a small chess club on a street in Hanoi. The game ended on...
Bodhana Sivanandan: Age 11, 6/7 and a 2504 Performance at the Samarkand 2026 Chess Olympiad — 'Beating the Sicilian with 3.Bc4, Seriously?'ONE QUESTION IN THE HEADLINE, ONE NUMBER UNDERNEATH IT Some sports articles a...
ChessBase Magazine Issue 225: The Bent Larsen Name on the Cover, the Real Data in PragueChessBase Magazine issue 225 shipped with the name Bent Larsen printed on its...
Daniel King's 60-Minute Najdorf Update: When Opening Theory Is Sold as a Recurring SubscriptionSomeone is selling you sixty minutes. An English grandmaster, Daniel King, si...
Inside Daniel King's 60-Minute Najdorf Update: Opening Theory as a Subscription ProductOpening: Seventeen Minutes for an Obvious Move I have a habit of rewinding...
The King's Indian Defense and 9...a5 Against the Bayonet Attack: A Strategic Antidote in the Engine EraIn June 2026, at a small chess club on Nguyen Thien Thuat Street in Nha Trang...
The 9...a5 Retreat: How the King's Indian Defense Opened a Private Road for Human Players9...a5. A single pawn push, one square forward, placed next to the queenside ...
ChessBase Magazine Issue 225: 27 Miniatures and a Long Question About the Value of Paid KnowledgeOn October 8, 2026, when I opened the download package of ChessBase Magazine...
The 9...a5 Move and the Limits of the 'Strategy Beats the Machine' Promise in the King's Indian DefenseAfter the eighth move, the board locks. White has just pushed the pawn to b4 ...
Modern Italian 5 e5!: A Club-Level Weapon, a Data Gap at Expert LevelI opened the course package at 11 p.m. in Delhi, right after wrapping a podca...
Benko Gambit, FRITZ 20 and the Gap Between a Headline and Its BodyBenko Gambit, FRITZ 20 and the Gap Between a Headline and Its Body Ten past s...
“Dortmund Sparkassen Trophy 2027”: A Chess Headline That Leads to a 60-Minute Video With No Games in ItThere are only three memorable things on that page: the number 60, the number...
The Scandinavian Defense: Carlsen's Move and a 60-Minute Lesson for Club PlayersIn my notes from games in Chiang Mai, there is a column I call the gap before...
Liang Beats Niemann in Round 1: When a Headline Sells More Than the GameOn the opening evening of the United States Chess Championship, a headline...
Gaal vs Smeets, Game 743: How the Chess World Lives on Memory Every Wednesday NightEvery Wednesday night, the same ritual. In a room in Amsterdam, a man sits do...
When White Avoids 2.c4: Four Systems and Plans for BlackEleven at night, a small chess club on a street in Hanoi. The game ended on...
Bodhana Sivanandan: Age 11, 6/7 and a 2504 Performance at the Samarkand 2026 Chess Olympiad — 'Beating the Sicilian with 3.Bc4, Seriously?'ONE QUESTION IN THE HEADLINE, ONE NUMBER UNDERNEATH IT Some sports articles a...
ChessBase Magazine Issue 225: The Bent Larsen Name on the Cover, the Real Data in PragueChessBase Magazine issue 225 shipped with the name Bent Larsen printed on its...
Daniel King's 60-Minute Najdorf Update: When Opening Theory Is Sold as a Recurring SubscriptionSomeone is selling you sixty minutes. An English grandmaster, Daniel King, si...
Inside Daniel King's 60-Minute Najdorf Update: Opening Theory as a Subscription ProductOpening: Seventeen Minutes for an Obvious Move I have a habit of rewinding...
The King's Indian Defense and 9...a5 Against the Bayonet Attack: A Strategic Antidote in the Engine EraIn June 2026, at a small chess club on Nguyen Thien Thuat Street in Nha Trang...
The 9...a5 Retreat: How the King's Indian Defense Opened a Private Road for Human Players9...a5. A single pawn push, one square forward, placed next to the queenside ...
ChessBase Magazine Issue 225: 27 Miniatures and a Long Question About the Value of Paid KnowledgeOn October 8, 2026, when I opened the download package of ChessBase Magazine...
The 9...a5 Move and the Limits of the 'Strategy Beats the Machine' Promise in the King's Indian DefenseAfter the eighth move, the board locks. White has just pushed the pawn to b4 ...