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Samarkand After Round 4: The 15/16 Signal and the Najdorf Echo from the Opening Studio
Master Class Vol. 20 – Bent Larsen: When 'Carlsen's Weapon' Is Packaged for Club Players
FIDE Votes on September 26, 2026: The Pledge to Bring Magnus Carlsen Back and the Conflict-of-Interest Question
Chess Olympiad 2026: Samarkand, India and the Unfilled Broadcast Gap
Empty Payload: When Data Goes Silent, Who Is Fooling Themselves?Hook At approximately 9:47 PM on a rainless Tuesday in Shenzhen, I opened a...
Samarkand After Round 4: The 15/16 Signal and the Najdorf Echo from the Opening StudioThe results feed from Samarkand reached Da Nang just past midnight. I sat in...
Behind Samarkand: Daniel King Decodes 5.e5! and the Spatial Map of Baadur JobavaThe Gap Before the Piece Explodes There is a moment in any chess game that I...
60 Minutes to Own Carlsen's Weapon: The Truth Behind the Scandinavian ShieldOn a November night in 2026, at a small chess club on Tran Phu Street in Da...
The Scandinavian Defense and the Trap Called 'Carlsen's Weapon': What Lies Behind a 60-Minute VideoThe Scandinavian Defense and the Trap Called 'Carlsen's Weapon': What Lies...
FIDE Votes on September 26 in Samarkand: The Carlsen Pledge and the Governance GapIn a hall in Samarkand, on September 26, roughly two hundred national chess...
Gukesh on Board 4 at the Samarkand Chess Olympiad: A Strategic Decision Misread by EmotionBoard 4, the Black Pieces, and a Silence of Data Three in the morning in...
Bent Larsen, the Scandinavian Defence and the 60-Minute Question: What a Defensive Opening Is Really WorthA Saturday evening in a small chess cafe on Nguyen Chi Thanh Street, Da Nang....
Gukesh and Board 4 at the Chess Olympiad: Reading a Decision Through DataIn the FIDE interview clip sent out from Samarkand, Gukesh Dommaraju sits...
The Scandinavian Defense: When Carlsen and the Late Larsen Sell You a Time-Saving SolutionThe Scandinavian Defense is not the kind of opening that takes your breath...
Master Class Vol. 20 – Bent Larsen: When 'Carlsen's Weapon' Is Packaged for Club PlayersI remember an evening in Da Nang, sitting in a cafe by the Han River, watchin...
Rosenstein, FIDE and the Carlsen Pledge: The Power Bet in SamarkandIn the autumn of 2026, Magnus Carlsen sat in front of a camera and said he...
9...a5 and the Low-Memorization Promise: Inside a King's Indian Defence DVDA Title Off Its Axis An opening-product blurb makes exactly three promises: t...
FIDE Votes on September 26, 2026: The Pledge to Bring Magnus Carlsen Back and the Conflict-of-Interest QuestionOn September 26, 2026, in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, the member federations of th...
FIDE Election on September 26: Carlsen's Empty Chair and the Power Race in SamarkandIn Samarkand, enough chairs have been set for the FIDE General Assembly on...
The 9...a5 Move and the 'Antidote' Promise: Re-reading a King's Indian Opening ProductThe playing hall of the chess club in Nha Trang, on an August morning, was so...
ChessBase Magazine #225: Aravindh, Giri and Navara Retell Prague, Plus 27 MiniaturesIn the eleventh game of the 27 miniatures collected in ChessBase Magazine #22...
Prague 2026 and 27 Short Games: Echoes from a Quietly Changing Chess WorldOn a March afternoon in Prague, when winter light still lingered at the windo...
The Clock That Never Started: Pakistan Forfeits Its Pairing Against Israel at the 2026 Chess OlympiadThe Clock That Never Started: Pakistan Forfeits Its Pairing Against Israel at...
The Return of the Back Three: Tactical Progress or a Shield for the Manager's Chair?Minute 63. I was sitting slightly toward the right flank, where few people...
Two Players, One Claim, and a Test No One Has Graded YetAt fifty-seven, I have sat through too many press conferences to believe a...
Samarkand After Round 4: The 15/16 Signal and the Najdorf Echo from the Opening StudioThe results feed from Samarkand reached Da Nang just past midnight. I sat in...
Behind Samarkand: Daniel King Decodes 5.e5! and the Spatial Map of Baadur JobavaThe Gap Before the Piece Explodes There is a moment in any chess game that I...
60 Minutes to Own Carlsen's Weapon: The Truth Behind the Scandinavian ShieldOn a November night in 2026, at a small chess club on Tran Phu Street in Da...
The Scandinavian Defense and the Trap Called 'Carlsen's Weapon': What Lies Behind a 60-Minute VideoThe Scandinavian Defense and the Trap Called 'Carlsen's Weapon': What Lies...
FIDE Votes on September 26 in Samarkand: The Carlsen Pledge and the Governance GapIn a hall in Samarkand, on September 26, roughly two hundred national chess...
Gukesh on Board 4 at the Samarkand Chess Olympiad: A Strategic Decision Misread by EmotionBoard 4, the Black Pieces, and a Silence of Data Three in the morning in...
Bent Larsen, the Scandinavian Defence and the 60-Minute Question: What a Defensive Opening Is Really WorthA Saturday evening in a small chess cafe on Nguyen Chi Thanh Street, Da Nang....
Gukesh and Board 4 at the Chess Olympiad: Reading a Decision Through DataIn the FIDE interview clip sent out from Samarkand, Gukesh Dommaraju sits...
The Scandinavian Defense: When Carlsen and the Late Larsen Sell You a Time-Saving SolutionThe Scandinavian Defense is not the kind of opening that takes your breath...
Master Class Vol. 20 – Bent Larsen: When 'Carlsen's Weapon' Is Packaged for Club PlayersI remember an evening in Da Nang, sitting in a cafe by the Han River, watchin...
Rosenstein, FIDE and the Carlsen Pledge: The Power Bet in SamarkandIn the autumn of 2026, Magnus Carlsen sat in front of a camera and said he...
9...a5 and the Low-Memorization Promise: Inside a King's Indian Defence DVDA Title Off Its Axis An opening-product blurb makes exactly three promises: t...
FIDE Votes on September 26, 2026: The Pledge to Bring Magnus Carlsen Back and the Conflict-of-Interest QuestionOn September 26, 2026, in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, the member federations of th...
FIDE Election on September 26: Carlsen's Empty Chair and the Power Race in SamarkandIn Samarkand, enough chairs have been set for the FIDE General Assembly on...
The 9...a5 Move and the 'Antidote' Promise: Re-reading a King's Indian Opening ProductThe playing hall of the chess club in Nha Trang, on an August morning, was so...
ChessBase Magazine #225: Aravindh, Giri and Navara Retell Prague, Plus 27 MiniaturesIn the eleventh game of the 27 miniatures collected in ChessBase Magazine #22...
Prague 2026 and 27 Short Games: Echoes from a Quietly Changing Chess WorldOn a March afternoon in Prague, when winter light still lingered at the windo...
The Clock That Never Started: Pakistan Forfeits Its Pairing Against Israel at the 2026 Chess OlympiadThe Clock That Never Started: Pakistan Forfeits Its Pairing Against Israel at...
The Return of the Back Three: Tactical Progress or a Shield for the Manager's Chair?Minute 63. I was sitting slightly toward the right flank, where few people...
Two Players, One Claim, and a Test No One Has Graded YetAt fifty-seven, I have sat through too many press conferences to believe a...
