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9...a5 Against the Bayonet Attack: A Claimed Practical Antidote in the King's Indian Defense and the Questions of Verification
A Catalogue in Bent Larsen's Name: ChessBase Magazine 225 and the Economics of Chess Learning
A Headline Without Moves: Atyrau Masters and the Ledger of Chess Content
Vietnam's 'Olympiad Gold': The Medal Is Group B, the Real Asset Is Two Norms
A Samarkand Headline, A Prague Body: The Quiet Mismatch Inside a Chess Publication
Sindarov Sends a Message Ahead of Gukesh Clash: Confidence, Preparation and Psychology After Nakamura VictorySindarov Sends a Message Ahead of the Gukesh Match: Confidence, Preparation a...
The London System Trap: Why Black Must Learn Answers to Four Weapons Against 1.d4 at Once1.d4 d5. After these two moves, what happens on the scoresheet is a familiar...
77 Teams, Five Continents, Zero Ratings: How the Prison Chess Championship Is Testing FIDE's Ethical FrameworkMay 13-23, 2026 — for eleven days, 77 teams from five continents played chess...
Sämisch in the Title, 1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 on the Board: Auditing a Model Game's ReceiptsA training video published on October 15, 2026 landed on my desk. The title...
Five Against Eighty: The Ledger of Bangladesh's Chess PipelineIn 2026, when Niaz Murshed became South Asia's first grandmaster, Anand was a...
The 5.e5 Claim and the 60-Minute Ceiling: Missing Datasets in the Chess Repertoire MarketHook: One Wrong Title, One Correct Position Last month a sixteen-year-old...
9...a5 Against the Bayonet Attack: A Claimed Practical Antidote in the King's Indian Defense and the Questions of VerificationIntroduction: A Training Product and an Opening Claim When something new...
A Catalogue in Bent Larsen's Name: ChessBase Magazine 225 and the Economics of Chess LearningIt is one in the morning. Under the table lamp in my Delhi flat I open the...
Not a Board-One Battle but Board-Four Arithmetic: Where the European Club Cup Title Is Actually Being DecidedAt 1:40 in the morning, in a bedroom in Mymensingh, the round-four pairings...
A Turkish Triumph in the Headline, a Najdorf Advert in the Body: The Blank Page in Chess's LedgerI opened the file expecting a crosstable. The headline was unambiguous: Vahap...
A Club Cup on the Cover, Not One Score on the PageEleven at night in my Saint Petersburg flat. On the screen sits the promotion...
A Headline Without Moves: Atyrau Masters and the Ledger of Chess ContentThe first line of ChessBase Magazine #225 lands on a coach's ear as something...
A US Championship Headline, Six Training Videos in Hand — An Autopsy of an Editorial Injury"So and Liang remain perfect, Paragua beats Yip" — read that headline and...
The Price of Theory-Avoidance: Closed Sicilian g2-g3 at the UzChess Cup, One Miniature, and the Board-Load LedgerNot the UzChess Cup Board — the Real Event Happened on the Clock June 25, 202...
Bent Larsen in the Headline, No Larsen Inside: A File on the Chess-Content EconomyThe promotional headline for the 225th issue of ChessBase Magazine makes you...
The London System Trap: Why Black Must Learn Answers to Four Weapons Against 1.d4 at Once1.d4 d5. After these two moves, what happens on the scoresheet is a familiar...
77 Teams, Five Continents, Zero Ratings: How the Prison Chess Championship Is Testing FIDE's Ethical FrameworkMay 13-23, 2026 — for eleven days, 77 teams from five continents played chess...
Sämisch in the Title, 1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 on the Board: Auditing a Model Game's ReceiptsA training video published on October 15, 2026 landed on my desk. The title...
Five Against Eighty: The Ledger of Bangladesh's Chess PipelineIn 2026, when Niaz Murshed became South Asia's first grandmaster, Anand was a...
The 5.e5 Claim and the 60-Minute Ceiling: Missing Datasets in the Chess Repertoire MarketHook: One Wrong Title, One Correct Position Last month a sixteen-year-old...
9...a5 Against the Bayonet Attack: A Claimed Practical Antidote in the King's Indian Defense and the Questions of VerificationIntroduction: A Training Product and an Opening Claim When something new...
A Catalogue in Bent Larsen's Name: ChessBase Magazine 225 and the Economics of Chess LearningIt is one in the morning. Under the table lamp in my Delhi flat I open the...
Not a Board-One Battle but Board-Four Arithmetic: Where the European Club Cup Title Is Actually Being DecidedAt 1:40 in the morning, in a bedroom in Mymensingh, the round-four pairings...
A Turkish Triumph in the Headline, a Najdorf Advert in the Body: The Blank Page in Chess's LedgerI opened the file expecting a crosstable. The headline was unambiguous: Vahap...
A Club Cup on the Cover, Not One Score on the PageEleven at night in my Saint Petersburg flat. On the screen sits the promotion...
A Headline Without Moves: Atyrau Masters and the Ledger of Chess ContentThe first line of ChessBase Magazine #225 lands on a coach's ear as something...
A US Championship Headline, Six Training Videos in Hand — An Autopsy of an Editorial Injury"So and Liang remain perfect, Paragua beats Yip" — read that headline and...
The Price of Theory-Avoidance: Closed Sicilian g2-g3 at the UzChess Cup, One Miniature, and the Board-Load LedgerNot the UzChess Cup Board — the Real Event Happened on the Clock June 25, 202...
Bent Larsen in the Headline, No Larsen Inside: A File on the Chess-Content EconomyThe promotional headline for the 225th issue of ChessBase Magazine makes you...