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ChessWei Yi's Cold Counter: Breaking White's Attack Against the Keymer System2026-11-03Introduction Round eight of the Chess Olympiad. The team event is midway...
ChessGukesh Dommaraju: World Champion at Eighteen, a New Era Begins for Indian Chess2026-11-01The scene at the ballroom of Singapore's Equinox Hotel on the evening of 12...
ChessSamarkand in the Headline, 9...a5 in the Body: The Scoresheet Nobody Showed2026-10-27I opened the page at my desk this morning. The headline was set large:...
ChessFour Grandmasters in the Headline, Six Videos in the Body: The Ledger of a Course Sold Under Saint Louis's Name2026-10-27At 1:40 on a Saturday night in Mumbai, a headline surfaced on my phone: Clutc...
Chess Analysis Without Evidence: Why Players, Tournaments and Results MatterA single mistake on the chessboard can determine the outcome of a game within...
The 60-Minute Opening Promise: Petroff or Scandinavian, Where Does the Information Go Wrong?An opening learned in 60 minutes, followed by the confidence to take Black...
Sindarov's King: A 23-Minute Ledger Filed Under 10+5In Clutch Chess in Saint Louis, with the clock set at 10+5, every move is two...
Two Conflicting Narratives from Hong Kong Team Chess: Ding Liren’s Result Requires VerificationThe most important fact in the report emerging from Hong Kong may not be a...
No Game, Only an Index: The Four Anti-Theory Weapons After 1.d4 d5 and the Grammar of a Sales Pitch1. An Empty Hall With No Game in It It was nearly midnight on Friday. A round...
International Chess: The Rise of Young Talent and a New World Order Under the Shadow of TechnologyInternational chess today is far more than a board game—it is a global...
Game of the Week #746: Xiong vs Liang — The Opening-Preparation Question It ExposedLead: One Episode, One Larger Question The 746th instalment of the long-runni...
Wei Yi's Quiet Counter Against the Keymer System: A New Teaching Document in the Chess Coaching MarketWhen I first watched Wei Yi's moves in Robert Ris's video course, I had a bou...
Wei Yi's Cold Counter: Breaking White's Attack Against the Keymer SystemIntroduction Round eight of the Chess Olympiad. The team event is midway...
The Transformation of Chess's Competitive Ecosystem: From Gukesh's Rise to the Freestyle DebateInternational chess stands at a crossroads. When D Gukesh defeated Ding Liren...
Fujairah to host WFCC Grand Prix Final: a big headline, with a chess magazine pitch insideA report published by the international chess publication and news outlet...
Capablanca’s 2026 Gold vs a King’s Indian DVD: A Critical Reading of a Promotional Chess ArticleA promotional chess article and an independent editorial analysis are not the...
Gukesh Dommaraju: World Champion at Eighteen, a New Era Begins for Indian ChessThe scene at the ballroom of Singapore's Equinox Hotel on the evening of 12...
Caruana in the Headline, Lilov in the Body: The Chess Page That Hands the Reader a LoadHook: One Page, Two Halves I opened the page for one name. I closed it on...
Caruana and Praggnanandhaa in the Headline, Lilov's Six Videos in the Body: A Journalist's Notebook Inside a 1.d4 Sidelines CourseClutch Chess in Saint Louis: Caruana, Nakamura, Sindarov and Praggnanandhaa....
Samarkand in the Headline, 9...a5 in the Body: The Scoresheet Nobody ShowedI opened the page at my desk this morning. The headline was set large:...
Four Grandmasters in the Headline, Six Videos in the Body: The Ledger of a Course Sold Under Saint Louis's NameAt 1:40 on a Saturday night in Mumbai, a headline surfaced on my phone: Clutc...
Capablanca in the Headline, King's Indian on the Board: Auditing an Opening ProductAt half past one last week I opened a file on a laptop screen in a bedroom in...
Seventy-Seven Teams, Five Continents, Eleven Days — And Not a Single Move NumberI opened the file and assumed I had landed in the wrong folder. The headline...