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The 60-Minute Scandinavian: Four Claims to Verify and a Headline That Doesn't Match the Body2026-10-20The page opens with a headline about Arturs Neiksans: the story of a man who...
The 5.e5 Thrust, Bodhana Sivanandan, and the Data Gap in Chess Media2026-10-20Eleven at night in a small chess club at the end of a lane in Malleswaram,...
The Match That Started Late: The 2026/87 Chess Bundesliga and the Rule War That Decided Relegation2026-10-14On board one, the pieces had been set up long ago. The clock had been started...
Mar del Plata and the 9...a5 Move: When Strategy Must Replace Opening MemoryBuenos Aires, September 19, 2026. José Raúl Capablanca left board one after t...
European Club Cup 2026: Board Four Is Where the Title Will Be DecidedAt two in the morning on 20 October 2026, I reopened the European Club Cup...
Rachel Li, the Scandinavian Defence, and why 60 minutes is not a systemOn the day I reopened the page carrying the headline “Rachel Li stunningly wi...
Twenty-Seven Miniatures and the Gap ChessBase Magazine #225 Carefully Leaves UnsaidLast Tuesday night, in a chess club above a market in Jayanagar, Bengaluru, I...
FRITZ 20 and the Media Trap: When Chess Is Sold With a Wrong NameIn the commentary booth in Nizhny Novgorod in 2026, I witnessed something...
The 5 e5! Thrust in the Modern Italian: A Club Weapon, Not an Engine VerdictOn a board pushed up against the window of a small club on Nguyen Thien Thuat...
The 60-Minute Scandinavian: Four Claims to Verify and a Headline That Doesn't Match the BodyThe page opens with a headline about Arturs Neiksans: the story of a man who...
The 5.e5 Thrust, Bodhana Sivanandan, and the Data Gap in Chess MediaEleven at night in a small chess club at the end of a lane in Malleswaram,...
The 9...a5 Move in the King's Indian: An Antidote Without VerificationSaturday morning, a chess room on Nguyen Dinh Chieu street, District 3. A...
The "Dortmund Sparkassen Trophy 2027" Headline Leads to No Tournament — It Leads to a 60-Minute Scandinavian Defense CourseThe wall clock in my apartment read 2:17 a.m. Rain over Hai Phong drummed on...
9...a5 and the Queenside Strike: When the King's Indian Defense Chooses the Road Less TravelledIn a small studio in Chengdu, I reopened an old game of mine from 2026, back...
US Chess Championship: Woodward Takes Down Caruana, Lee Widens Her Lead — and the Game With No Score SheetIn the results bulletin of the United States Chess Championship, there was on...
Double Agent and a 58-Year-Old Chess Problem: 63 Checking Moves Proven Maximal, 364 Still OpenOn October 13, a quiet technical announcement appeared in the worlds of...
6th Intercontinental Online Chess Championship for Prisoners: Record Scale and Unrevealed DetailsThe 6th Intercontinental Online Chess Championship for Prisoners has official...
The Scandinavian Defense: A Time-Saving Weapon for Club Chess PlayersIn the world of chess, a new training product is attracting the attention of...
The Match That Started Late: The 2026/87 Bundesliga Governance File and the Trap of a HeadlineThat match was supposed to start at 14:00. The clock on the wall of a...
The Match That Started Late: The 2026/87 Chess Bundesliga and the Rule War That Decided RelegationOn board one, the pieces had been set up long ago. The clock had been started...
The Elephant Gambit: The Second Move and the Debate Over the Value of SurpriseOn a winter evening, when the clock on board four struck the twelfth minute, ...
Wesley So and Awonder Liang Stay Perfect at the US Championships: Read the Scoreboard, Not the EmotionOn the US Championships scoreboard, two names sit in the same column: Wesley ...
Liang Beats Niemann in Round 1 of the US Championship: A News Headline and the Gap Behind ItIn more than two decades of commentating on chess for VTC, I have learned to...
Liang Beats Niemann in US Chess Championship Round 1: Behind the Headline Lies an Entire Content MarketThat night, I sat in front of my screen with a blank sheet of paper. On it wa...