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ChessBenko Gambit, FRITZ 20 and the Gap Between Headline and Body2026-10-18Late afternoon, on the second floor of a chess club tucked inside an old...
ChessThe Fifth Move 5.e5: When Club Players Buy a Trap With Faith2026-10-12On board four at this season's Delhi Open club rapid tournament, a 47-year-ol...
ChessAnti-2.c4, IM Valeri Lilov's Six Videos, and the Gap Between Headline and Content2026-10-07A reader clicks on the headline "Vlastimil Hort Tournament 2026: Return to...
Chess9...a5 and the Escape from the Bayonet: The King's Indian Defense and the Limits of a Practical Promise2026-10-049...a5 and the Escape from the Bayonet: The King's Indian Defense and the...
Clutch Chess in Saint Louis, Six Videos by Lilov: When the Headline and the Body Tell Two Different StoriesAt eleven at night a reader sent me a link. The headline read Clutch Chess in...
Benko Gambit, FRITZ 20 and the Gap Between Headline and BodyLate afternoon, on the second floor of a chess club tucked inside an old...
The Benko Gambit and the 'space-piece puzzle' of a queenside pawn sacrificeThere is a moment I replayed many times. A game between a young Dutch player...
The Scandinavian Defense in a 60-minute course: when the headline "Dortmund Sparkassen Trophy 2027" never meets its contentIt took me nearly twenty minutes to trace a name: "Dortmund Sparkassen Trophy...
The Fifth Move 5.e5: When Club Players Buy a Trap With FaithOn board four at this season's Delhi Open club rapid tournament, a 47-year-ol...
Awonder Liang Beats Hans Niemann in US Championships Round 1: One Game, and the Machine Behind the HeadlineThere is a moment, just before a game begins, when the board is still empty a...
1.d4 d5 and the Paradox of Avoiding Theory: When Colle, Trompowsky, Torre and London Become Real WeaponsThere is a moment I still remember vividly, even though it happened many year...
ChessBase Magazine #225 and the Pricing Problem of Training Content in the Free-Engine EraOpening On August 13, 2026, a product announcement just under one page long...
Chess the least expressive sport? It's the viewer who is standing at the wrong distanceOn an April afternoon in 2026, in Delhi, I sat in front of a screen watching ...
Anti-2.c4, IM Valeri Lilov's Six Videos, and the Gap Between Headline and ContentA reader clicks on the headline "Vlastimil Hort Tournament 2026: Return to...
ChessBase Magazine 225: 27 Miniatures, 10 Opening Articles, and the Bent Larsen Name That Isn't Inside27 short games. 10 opening articles. Three names behind a series of...
ChessBase Magazine Issue 225: Read the Structure, Not the HeadlinePeople talk about speed, but I found time. The night before, sitting at my de...
9...a5 and the Escape from the Bayonet: The King's Indian Defense and the Limits of a Practical Promise9...a5 and the Escape from the Bayonet: The King's Indian Defense and the...
FIDE October 2026 and the Scotch Lesson: When a Headline Does Not Match the DataI opened an article headlined "FIDE Ratings - October 2026." By professional...
From Kasparov's Scotch to a 60-Minute Lesson: When a 'FIDE Ratings' Label Stops Being DataNew York, October 2026. Garry Kasparov pushed his e-pawn to e4. Anatoly Karpo...
The Modest Move and the Fear Named Theory: A View After 1.d4 d5There is a moment in the commentary booth I will never forget. A game between...
9...a5 Against the Bayonet Attack: A Sound Strategic Idea and a Claim That Outruns the DataOn the ninth move of a King's Indian Defense, when White's pawn advances from...
1.d4 d5 and the Quiet Rebellion: Seven Systems White Uses to Avoid Opening TheoryIn a seventh-round game at an international open in Southeast Asia earlier th...
Bodhana Sivanandan, the Elephant Gambit and the Gap Between a Headline and a ChessboardOn move two, Black pushes the d-pawn to d5. Nothing defends it. White may tak...
Bodhana Sivanandan and the media trap: When the 'youngest-ever WGM' record is just bait for a 60-minute opening courseHook: Fourteen seconds before the record becomes a click The moment I realize...
Samarkand 2026: Gukesh on Board Four, Arjun on Board Two, and the Gap Between Two MedalsIn the eleventh round at Samarkand, Gukesh sat down at board four with seven...
