Chess
Daniel King and the 60-Minute Najdorf Patch: Keeping a System That Never Stops Moving
Samarkand Round 4: 15/16 Board Points, and a Najdorf Update Filed Under the Wrong Headline
FIDE election in Samarkand on September 26: Rosenstein's pledge to bring Carlsen back, and the data gap behind it
Knight magic and Sveshnikov's 5.e5: a 60-minute weapon in an evidence vacuum
The Empty Square: When Chess Reaches Conclusions Without Evidence
ChessDaniel King and the 60-Minute Najdorf Patch: Keeping a System That Never Stops MovingOctober in Saint Petersburg. Sleet rattles the basement window of a chess clu...
ChessAtyrau Masters: The Top Two Seeds Fall, and a Mirror Held Up to the Entire Chess Content IndustryAtyrau Masters closed its opening rounds and the two names seeded at the top ...
ChessThe Empty Board in the Bundesliga: When the Rulebook Loses ItselfThere are moments in sport when the only sound left is ticking. No roar, no...
ChessShenzhen Masters Aftermath: Yu Yangyi's Victory Over Ding Liren and the Questions Left UnansweredIn the chess world, few results create a buzz as quickly as a direct win over...
Chess2026 Chess Olympiad: Uzbekistan Take Gold in Samarkand, India Left With Silver on Direct-Encounter TiebreakSamarkand — On board four, D Gukesh sat motionless for nearly a minute before...
ChessDecoding the Scotch: From Kasparov's 2026 Revelation to Mikhalchishin's Neutralizing MethodA black bishop comes to rest on c5. No applause, no clock, no grandstand. Jus...
ChessSamarkand: The 15/16 Score and the Magazine Page Behind It1:47 a.m. in Da Nang. The computer screen is still on, the coffee has long go...
ChessThe King's Indian Defense: The 9...a5 Move and a Quiet Rebellion Against the Machine's MemoryIn November 2026, at a small open tournament in Europe, I sat in the third ro...
ChessSamarkand Round 4: 15/16 Board Points, and a Najdorf Update Filed Under the Wrong HeadlineOn the noticeboard in the corridor of the playing hall in Samarkand, after...
ChessFIDE election in Samarkand on September 26: Rosenstein's pledge to bring Carlsen back, and the data gap behind itThe eleventh column of my spreadsheet has been empty since July 2026. That...
Chess9...a5: The Sideways Move and the War Against MemoryInside an analysis room, people remember advancing moves. A knight jumps to h...
ChessThe 9...a5 Move and the Gap Between Opening Marketing and DataIn the same document package, two texts sit side by side without touching eac...
ChessFIDE Before the Samarkand Vote: The Promise to Bring Carlsen Back and the Gap Nobody Has VerifiedOn September 26, at Samarkand, the FIDE General Assembly will vote for a new...
Chess46th Chess Olympiad in Samarkand: India Defends a Historic Double Gold at the Largest Olympiad EverNobody Gets Eliminated in Samarkand In Samarkand, nobody is eliminated. The...
ChessAtyrau Masters: The Top Two Seeds Fall, and a Mirror Held Up to the Entire Chess Content IndustryAtyrau Masters closed its opening rounds and the two names seeded at the top ...
ChessThe Empty Board in the Bundesliga: When the Rulebook Loses ItselfThere are moments in sport when the only sound left is ticking. No roar, no...
ChessShenzhen Masters Aftermath: Yu Yangyi's Victory Over Ding Liren and the Questions Left UnansweredIn the chess world, few results create a buzz as quickly as a direct win over...
Chess2026 Chess Olympiad: Uzbekistan Take Gold in Samarkand, India Left With Silver on Direct-Encounter TiebreakSamarkand — On board four, D Gukesh sat motionless for nearly a minute before...
ChessDecoding the Scotch: From Kasparov's 2026 Revelation to Mikhalchishin's Neutralizing MethodA black bishop comes to rest on c5. No applause, no clock, no grandstand. Jus...
ChessSamarkand: The 15/16 Score and the Magazine Page Behind It1:47 a.m. in Da Nang. The computer screen is still on, the coffee has long go...
ChessThe King's Indian Defense: The 9...a5 Move and a Quiet Rebellion Against the Machine's MemoryIn November 2026, at a small open tournament in Europe, I sat in the third ro...
ChessSamarkand Round 4: 15/16 Board Points, and a Najdorf Update Filed Under the Wrong HeadlineOn the noticeboard in the corridor of the playing hall in Samarkand, after...
ChessFIDE election in Samarkand on September 26: Rosenstein's pledge to bring Carlsen back, and the data gap behind itThe eleventh column of my spreadsheet has been empty since July 2026. That...
Chess9...a5: The Sideways Move and the War Against MemoryInside an analysis room, people remember advancing moves. A knight jumps to h...
ChessThe 9...a5 Move and the Gap Between Opening Marketing and DataIn the same document package, two texts sit side by side without touching eac...
ChessFIDE Before the Samarkand Vote: The Promise to Bring Carlsen Back and the Gap Nobody Has VerifiedOn September 26, at Samarkand, the FIDE General Assembly will vote for a new...
Chess46th Chess Olympiad in Samarkand: India Defends a Historic Double Gold at the Largest Olympiad EverNobody Gets Eliminated in Samarkand In Samarkand, nobody is eliminated. The...