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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
Carlsen's Provocative Claim: When AI Flattens Advantages, Chess Is Forced to Change Its RulesMagnus Carlsen, at 35, said something the entire chess world is still...
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...
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...