Chess
ChessFRITZ 20: The Chess Engine Walks Into the Private Training Room2026-09-24On 2 December 2026, in Bonn, Vladimir Kramnik sat at the board with the face ...
ChessFIDE Votes on September 26: The Carlsen Return Pledge and the Governance Problem Beside It2026-09-19In the autumn of 2026, I sat in a press room in Moscow after Spain versus Ira...
ChessSamarkand 2026: Five Hours in a Hotel Corridor and the Lesson of Order Before the First Move2026-09-16Approximately five hours. That is the entire gap between the moment the India...
ChessBoard Four in Samarkand: The One-Move Line Between Gold and Silver2026-09-28In the final round of the 2026 Chess Olympiad in Samarkand, world champion D...
ChessThree Moves and a Crown on a Thread: Nihal Sarin, India, and the Choice Nobody Expected2026-09-24Thirty minutes remained on the clock. The board tilted toward Nihal Sarin at...
ChessSeville 2026: The Space Map of a Game That Ended in a Draw2026-09-21In Seville, the final game of the 2026 World Chess Championship ran until onl...
Board Four in Samarkand: The One-Move Line Between Gold and SilverIn the final round of the 2026 Chess Olympiad in Samarkand, world champion D...
FRITZ 20: The Chess Engine Walks Into the Private Training RoomOn 2 December 2026, in Bonn, Vladimir Kramnik sat at the board with the face ...
Three Moves and a Crown on a Thread: Nihal Sarin, India, and the Choice Nobody ExpectedThirty minutes remained on the clock. The board tilted toward Nihal Sarin at...
Seville 2026: The Space Map of a Game That Ended in a DrawIn Seville, the final game of the 2026 World Chess Championship ran until onl...
Jobava's 5.e5!: The Easy-to-Learn Opening Weapon Daniel King Wants You to Own — and the Hidden Price Behind ItThere is a central pawn pushed to the fifth square, and an entire...
Bent Larsen, the Scandinavian and the Marketing Machine Called CarlsenOn the digital shelves of ChessBase, the twentieth volume of the Master Class...
FIDE's Samarkand Vote on September 26: The Promise to Bring Carlsen Back and the Power Vacuum No One Has FilledIn Samarkand, on September 26, nobody will touch a chess piece. No clock will...
FIDE Votes on September 26: The Carlsen Return Pledge and the Governance Problem Beside ItIn the autumn of 2026, I sat in a press room in Moscow after Spain versus Ira...
9...a5 and the Promise of Games That Don't Need MemorizationIn my study in Chengdu, I keep a spreadsheet open that has been running for...
The Ninth Move at Mar del Plata: When the King's Indian Chose the Quiet RoadNha Trang, July 2026. In the small room at the bottom of the slope that runs...
9...a5 and a Chess 'Antidote' Without Data: When the Headline Says Samarkand but the Body Says an Opening DVDIn nearly forty years of writing about sport, I have learned one thing from...
9...a5 and the Bayonet in the King's Indian: Reading a Chess Promise CloselyTwenty years of following chess have not dulled the memory of the first time ...
9...a5 Against the Bayonet Attack: An Antidote Without WitnessesA headline mentions round two of a team event in Samarkand, where all the top...
Nine 4-0s in Samarkand: When the Scoreboard Hides the Unnamed Women Chess QueensThere was an afternoon in Samarkand when nine of the ten strongest teams each...
Round 1 of the Samarkand Women's Team Chess Event: Nine 4-0 Wins and What the Scoreboard HidesOn the results board in Samarkand, nine lines look identical enough that a...
Nine 4-0 Lines in Samarkand: The Game With No StorytellerOn the electronic results board in Samarkand, the line "4-0" appeared nine...
Hong Kong Day 2: Dragon Chilling Lead on 14/16 as Carlsen's WR Chess Lose TwiceFourteen out of sixteen. That is the match-point total Dragon Chilling, an...
The Board That Never Opened: Pakistan, FIDE and the Political Void in SamarkandOn the morning of September 15, 2026, at the Samarkand convention center, the...
The 9...a5 Move and a Night Unlike Any Other: A Chess Advertisement Put to the Data Test"I trust footage more than testimony, because footage does not know how to...
FRITZ 20: The Chess Engine Walks Into the Private Training RoomOn 2 December 2026, in Bonn, Vladimir Kramnik sat at the board with the face ...
Three Moves and a Crown on a Thread: Nihal Sarin, India, and the Choice Nobody ExpectedThirty minutes remained on the clock. The board tilted toward Nihal Sarin at...
Seville 2026: The Space Map of a Game That Ended in a DrawIn Seville, the final game of the 2026 World Chess Championship ran until onl...
Jobava's 5.e5!: The Easy-to-Learn Opening Weapon Daniel King Wants You to Own — and the Hidden Price Behind ItThere is a central pawn pushed to the fifth square, and an entire...
Bent Larsen, the Scandinavian and the Marketing Machine Called CarlsenOn the digital shelves of ChessBase, the twentieth volume of the Master Class...
FIDE's Samarkand Vote on September 26: The Promise to Bring Carlsen Back and the Power Vacuum No One Has FilledIn Samarkand, on September 26, nobody will touch a chess piece. No clock will...
FIDE Votes on September 26: The Carlsen Return Pledge and the Governance Problem Beside ItIn the autumn of 2026, I sat in a press room in Moscow after Spain versus Ira...
9...a5 and the Promise of Games That Don't Need MemorizationIn my study in Chengdu, I keep a spreadsheet open that has been running for...
The Ninth Move at Mar del Plata: When the King's Indian Chose the Quiet RoadNha Trang, July 2026. In the small room at the bottom of the slope that runs...
9...a5 and a Chess 'Antidote' Without Data: When the Headline Says Samarkand but the Body Says an Opening DVDIn nearly forty years of writing about sport, I have learned one thing from...
9...a5 and the Bayonet in the King's Indian: Reading a Chess Promise CloselyTwenty years of following chess have not dulled the memory of the first time ...
9...a5 Against the Bayonet Attack: An Antidote Without WitnessesA headline mentions round two of a team event in Samarkand, where all the top...
Nine 4-0s in Samarkand: When the Scoreboard Hides the Unnamed Women Chess QueensThere was an afternoon in Samarkand when nine of the ten strongest teams each...
Round 1 of the Samarkand Women's Team Chess Event: Nine 4-0 Wins and What the Scoreboard HidesOn the results board in Samarkand, nine lines look identical enough that a...
Nine 4-0 Lines in Samarkand: The Game With No StorytellerOn the electronic results board in Samarkand, the line "4-0" appeared nine...
Hong Kong Day 2: Dragon Chilling Lead on 14/16 as Carlsen's WR Chess Lose TwiceFourteen out of sixteen. That is the match-point total Dragon Chilling, an...
The Board That Never Opened: Pakistan, FIDE and the Political Void in SamarkandOn the morning of September 15, 2026, at the Samarkand convention center, the...
The 9...a5 Move and a Night Unlike Any Other: A Chess Advertisement Put to the Data Test"I trust footage more than testimony, because footage does not know how to...
