Chess
ChessSix Videos, Eight Systems, Four Names: Where a Chess Headline Breaks2026-10-26Moscow, a weekend evening. I had the 2026 World Cup final replay running on m...
ChessEuropean Club Cup in Budva: One 2715-Rated Team, Four Chasers, and the 108–22 Gap2026-10-21Four in the morning in Nha Trang, nine in the morning in Budva The round-thre...
ChessModern Italian 5.e5: A Weapon for the Club Tier, and the Data Gap Behind It2026-10-20The product page advertises three endgames played by a ten-year-old girl. The...
ChessEuropean Club Cup: When Comfortable Wins Become an Advertisement Page2026-10-19There is a moment in every transfer window when I learn to stay silent before...
Six Videos, Eight Systems, Four Names: Where a Chess Headline BreaksMoscow, a weekend evening. I had the 2026 World Cup final replay running on m...
The 9...a5 move and the war against the Bayonet Attack: when strategy beats memorizationINTRODUCTION: WHEN THE BAYONET ATTACK BECAME FASHIONABLE In the world of...
Bayegan Pendik and Monte-Carlo Win the 2026 European Club Cup: The Data That Is MissingThe headline on ChessBase is almost suspiciously tidy: Bayegan Pendik and...
Budva 2026: Bayegan Pendik is the only team above 2700 average Elo among 108 open squadsOn the seeding board in the playing hall of the European Club Cup in Budva, t...
Carlsen at 35: AI Has Levelled the Field, and the World Title Is Losing Its PriceAt three in the afternoon on 21 October, I folded up the translated transcrip...
FIDE Has No President Named Timur Turlov: Anatomy of a Fake Chess HeadlineAt 11:12 p.m. on August 30, 2026, a screenshot drifted into my chess group in...
European Club Cup in Budva: One 2715-Rated Team, Four Chasers, and the 108–22 GapFour in the morning in Nha Trang, nine in the morning in Budva The round-thre...
European Club Cup in Budva: Bayegan Pendik and the 115-Point GapAt Budva, Montenegro, each afternoon session begins with a very small sound....
The 5 e5! Line, Three Forced Replies, and a Title That Names the Wrong PlayerSunday rapid in Andheri, Mumbai. Board seven. A sixteen-year-old plays 5 e5!...
Modern Italian 5.e5: A Weapon for the Club Tier, and the Data Gap Behind ItThe product page advertises three endgames played by a ten-year-old girl. The...
Total Chess, Budapest and the Unified Rating Proposal: The Missing BodyOn 29 August 2026 a short item appeared under a headline worth stopping for:...
European Club Cup: When Comfortable Wins Become an Advertisement PageThere is a moment in every transfer window when I learn to stay silent before...
Benko Gambit, Sipke Ernst and a review with not a single move in itJanuary in Moscow, minus eighteen outside the window. A reader sends me a lin...
Dortmund 2027 and a 60-Minute Scandinavian Video: When the Headline Does Not Match the ContentOn a Saturday evening I opened my laptop to look up the Dortmund Sparkassen...
When a Chess Page Uses the Name 'Dortmund 2027' to Sell a Scandinavian Defense CourseI was searching for data on the Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting — the...
"Woodward Beats Caruana, Lee Widens the Gap" — When a Headline Strays From the BoardA headline about the US Chess Championships sits directly above an article th...
63 Legal Checking Moves: The Machine Proves a Limit Humans Left Open for 58 YearsOn a chessboard, some things never appear in a real game. A pawn pinned to it...
Yu Yangyi Beats Ding Liren: A Big Result, Empty Data, and the Story of Chinese Chess MediaThat night I sat in front of the screen, rewinding a game that had long since...
Bundesliga 2026/87: When the Question 'Did He Arrive on Time?' Rewrote an Entire SeasonThe clock is running. The chair is empty. The arbiter stands between two...
The 9...a5 move and the war against the Bayonet Attack: when strategy beats memorizationINTRODUCTION: WHEN THE BAYONET ATTACK BECAME FASHIONABLE In the world of...
Bayegan Pendik and Monte-Carlo Win the 2026 European Club Cup: The Data That Is MissingThe headline on ChessBase is almost suspiciously tidy: Bayegan Pendik and...
Budva 2026: Bayegan Pendik is the only team above 2700 average Elo among 108 open squadsOn the seeding board in the playing hall of the European Club Cup in Budva, t...
Carlsen at 35: AI Has Levelled the Field, and the World Title Is Losing Its PriceAt three in the afternoon on 21 October, I folded up the translated transcrip...
FIDE Has No President Named Timur Turlov: Anatomy of a Fake Chess HeadlineAt 11:12 p.m. on August 30, 2026, a screenshot drifted into my chess group in...
European Club Cup in Budva: One 2715-Rated Team, Four Chasers, and the 108–22 GapFour in the morning in Nha Trang, nine in the morning in Budva The round-thre...
European Club Cup in Budva: Bayegan Pendik and the 115-Point GapAt Budva, Montenegro, each afternoon session begins with a very small sound....
The 5 e5! Line, Three Forced Replies, and a Title That Names the Wrong PlayerSunday rapid in Andheri, Mumbai. Board seven. A sixteen-year-old plays 5 e5!...
Modern Italian 5.e5: A Weapon for the Club Tier, and the Data Gap Behind ItThe product page advertises three endgames played by a ten-year-old girl. The...
Total Chess, Budapest and the Unified Rating Proposal: The Missing BodyOn 29 August 2026 a short item appeared under a headline worth stopping for:...
European Club Cup: When Comfortable Wins Become an Advertisement PageThere is a moment in every transfer window when I learn to stay silent before...
Benko Gambit, Sipke Ernst and a review with not a single move in itJanuary in Moscow, minus eighteen outside the window. A reader sends me a lin...
Dortmund 2027 and a 60-Minute Scandinavian Video: When the Headline Does Not Match the ContentOn a Saturday evening I opened my laptop to look up the Dortmund Sparkassen...
When a Chess Page Uses the Name 'Dortmund 2027' to Sell a Scandinavian Defense CourseI was searching for data on the Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting — the...
"Woodward Beats Caruana, Lee Widens the Gap" — When a Headline Strays From the BoardA headline about the US Chess Championships sits directly above an article th...
63 Legal Checking Moves: The Machine Proves a Limit Humans Left Open for 58 YearsOn a chessboard, some things never appear in a real game. A pawn pinned to it...
Yu Yangyi Beats Ding Liren: A Big Result, Empty Data, and the Story of Chinese Chess MediaThat night I sat in front of the screen, rewinding a game that had long since...
Bundesliga 2026/87: When the Question 'Did He Arrive on Time?' Rewrote an Entire SeasonThe clock is running. The chair is empty. The arbiter stands between two...
