Chess
The Scotch Game: the 'harmless' opening Kasparov revived — and an antidote past its date
When Sports Analysis Comes Up Empty: Vietnam’s Chess Community Faces the Data Challenge
Chess Olympiad 2026: India defend double gold as Samarkand tests the board-one myth
5.e5 in the Italian Game: The Practical Power of a Club Weapon, and the Trap Called 'Easy to Learn'
Clutch Chess Saint Louis: Four Names in the Headline, Eight Opening Systems in the BodyIn the notebook I opened at two in the morning there are two columns sitting...
The Scotch Game: the 'harmless' opening Kasparov revived — and an antidote past its dateOn a plastic table at a coffee shop along the Han River, the man sitting acro...
A False FIDE President Headline and the Chess Software Sold Behind ItOn August 31, in a chess group chat among friends in Da Nang, someone dropped...
When the Headline and the Body Sit at Different BoardsThe black queen steps out on move two, plants herself in the middle of the...
When Headline and Content No Longer Look the Same Way: The Chess Game of Trust on the BoardOn a Saigon afternoon, I reopened a chess product page I had saved months...
FIDE's President Is Arkady Dvorkovich, Not Timur Turlov: A Lesson from a False Headline in the Chess WorldIn the international chess world, mislabelling a public figure's title is not...
2026 Chess Olympiad Round 10: India Sweeps Uzbekistan 2 by 3.5–0.5, and the Unsolved Equation on the Top Two BoardsIn the Round 10 results table of the 2026 Chess Olympiad in Samarkand, Gukesh...
When Sports Analysis Comes Up Empty: Vietnam’s Chess Community Faces the Data ChallengeAt a chess digital-transformation seminar in Ho Chi Minh City, a speaker open...
The 5.e5! Push in the Italian Game: Erigaisi–Laohawirapap and the Limits of an Opening PromiseWhen the game reached move five, Arjun Erigaisi pushed his e-pawn from e4 to...
Bayonet Attack and 9...a5: A Practical Sideline Standing in a Data VoidThe clock on the wall read 3 a.m. On screen, I rewound a King's Indian Defens...
Egon Mattaaq: The Olympiad Mirage and the Revival of the Scotch OpeningFor thirty-six years I have watched sport professionally, but rarely have I...
Samarkand Round 4: Eight-Way Tie and the Void Behind a HeadlineThere is one thing I learned after many seasons of analysis: a tied standings...
US Women in Samarkand: 15/16 Board Points After Four Rounds and the Gap Behind a Beautiful ScorelineSamarkand, Round 4. Four boards opened at the same time in a hall where the...
1...d5 in 60 Minutes: Bent Larsen, Magnus Carlsen and the Line Between a Weapon and a ShieldOn a Thursday evening in a chess café on Nguyen Chi Thanh Street in Da Nang, ...
FIDE Election in Samarkand: The Pledge to Bring Carlsen Back and the Conflict-of-Interest QuestionThere are three sheets of paper on my desk in Saint Petersburg. The first is...
A Samarkand Headline, a Mar del Plata DVD, and the Data Gap Behind 9...a51.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.b4...
ChessBase Magazine #225: Space Maps and 27 Short Games at Prague 2026The seventeenth game in the collection at Prague Chess Festival 2026 ended...
Chess Olympiad 2026: India defend double gold as Samarkand tests the board-one mythAt Budapest in the autumn of 2026, I sat in front of my screen until the...
9...a5 in the Bayonet Attack: When the King's Indian Chooses Understanding Over MemorisationSaigon, close to eleven at night, a chess club on the second floor of a narro...
Chess Olympiad 2026 opens in Samarkand: a 4-0 win and a 2.5-1.5 win are worth exactly the sameOn the floor of the Silk Road International Exhibition Centre in Samarkand,...
Pakistan Boycotts Israel Match at Samarkand Olympiad: The Forfeit Written Before the First MoveWednesday of opening-round week, FIDE World Chess Olympiad 2026, Samarkand. O...
