Chess
Daniel King and the 60-Minute Najdorf Patch: Five Systems, One 5.f3 Move
European Club Cup 2026 in Budva: Bayegan Pendik Lead at 2715, Four Teams Above 2600 and a 115-Elo Gap Per Board
The 60-Minute Scandinavian: Where 1.e4 d5 Really Stands and What the “Play It Today” Promise Costs
US Chess Championship: Woodward Takes Down Caruana, and the Story of an Underrated Opening
US Chess Championship 2026: Woodward Takes Down Caruana, Lee Widens the Gap — and an Opening Course in News Clothing
Daniel King and the 60-Minute Najdorf Patch: Five Systems, One 5.f3 MoveThere is a number in the chess product catalogue that is easy to scroll past:...
Daniel King's Najdorf Update: When Opening Theory Becomes a War of AttritionIn the game between Levon Aronian and Ian Nepomniachtchi at the 2026...
European Club Cup 2026 in Budva: Bayegan Pendik Lead at 2715, Four Teams Above 2600 and a 115-Elo Gap Per BoardBudva, round three. Twenty-five teams are level on 2/2 after two rounds, and...
The 60-Minute Scandinavian: Where 1.e4 d5 Really Stands and What the “Play It Today” Promise CostsSixty minutes. That is the entire running time IM Andrew Martin — a FIDE Seni...
Modern Italian 5 e5!: A Club Weapon and a Data Crack Inside an Opening PackageMumbai, a Tuesday evening. I sat at board seven of a chess club near Marine...
The Off-Key Symphony at the Chessboard: When a Benko Gambit Review Becomes a FRITZ 20 AdvertisementA headline promises a full Benko Gambit repertoire against 1.d4; the body sel...
"Dortmund Sparkassen Trophy 2027": When a Chess Course Sales Page Borrows the Name of a Tournament That Does Not ExistI opened that page on a late June evening, just after finishing my remote wat...
King's Indian: 9...a5 and the Low-Theory Sideline Against the Bayonet AttackOn the ninth move, when White pushes the pawn to b4 like a drill aimed at the...
US Chess Championship: Woodward Takes Down Caruana, and the Story of an Underrated OpeningOn a board at the US Chess Championship, a move d5 appeared on Black's second...
AI Solves a 58-Year-Old Chess Problem: 63 Checking Moves Is the Absolute Limit, While 364 Is Only Half the AnswerIn athletics, a marathon record falls by a few seconds after decades. In...
US Championships: Woodward takes down Caruana, Lee widens the gapIn the playing hall, there are no cheers. Only the steady ticking of the ches...
US Chess Championship 2026: Woodward Takes Down Caruana, Lee Widens the Gap — and an Opening Course in News ClothingPeople read the headline first. "Woodward takes down Caruana. Lee widens the...
Atyrau Masters: Top Two Seeds Fall and the Spatial Map the Scoreboard Never DrawsOpening The game ended after forty-one moves. On the screen, the number...
Daniel King's Najdorf Update: When Opening Theory Becomes a War of AttritionIn the game between Levon Aronian and Ian Nepomniachtchi at the 2026...
European Club Cup 2026 in Budva: Bayegan Pendik Lead at 2715, Four Teams Above 2600 and a 115-Elo Gap Per BoardBudva, round three. Twenty-five teams are level on 2/2 after two rounds, and...
The 60-Minute Scandinavian: Where 1.e4 d5 Really Stands and What the “Play It Today” Promise CostsSixty minutes. That is the entire running time IM Andrew Martin — a FIDE Seni...
Modern Italian 5 e5!: A Club Weapon and a Data Crack Inside an Opening PackageMumbai, a Tuesday evening. I sat at board seven of a chess club near Marine...
The Off-Key Symphony at the Chessboard: When a Benko Gambit Review Becomes a FRITZ 20 AdvertisementA headline promises a full Benko Gambit repertoire against 1.d4; the body sel...
"Dortmund Sparkassen Trophy 2027": When a Chess Course Sales Page Borrows the Name of a Tournament That Does Not ExistI opened that page on a late June evening, just after finishing my remote wat...
King's Indian: 9...a5 and the Low-Theory Sideline Against the Bayonet AttackOn the ninth move, when White pushes the pawn to b4 like a drill aimed at the...
US Chess Championship: Woodward Takes Down Caruana, and the Story of an Underrated OpeningOn a board at the US Chess Championship, a move d5 appeared on Black's second...
AI Solves a 58-Year-Old Chess Problem: 63 Checking Moves Is the Absolute Limit, While 364 Is Only Half the AnswerIn athletics, a marathon record falls by a few seconds after decades. In...
US Championships: Woodward takes down Caruana, Lee widens the gapIn the playing hall, there are no cheers. Only the steady ticking of the ches...
US Chess Championship 2026: Woodward Takes Down Caruana, Lee Widens the Gap — and an Opening Course in News ClothingPeople read the headline first. "Woodward takes down Caruana. Lee widens the...
Atyrau Masters: Top Two Seeds Fall and the Spatial Map the Scoreboard Never DrawsOpening The game ended after forty-one moves. On the screen, the number...
