Chess
9...a5: A King's Indian 'Antidote' Sold Without a Single Number
The Chess Throne, a Nicosia Window, and the Question the Headline Never Asked
The Italian 5.e5 Line: A Club Weapon, and a Headline Selling Something Else
European Club Cup: The 2715 Average and the Half-Board Point Hidden Behind It
European Club Cup Kicks Off in Budva, But Behind the Headline Lies Another Story
Scandinavian Defense: A 60-Minute Claim, a Carlsen Name, and Not One Game to Cite
European Club Cup Kicks Off in Budva, But Behind the Headline Lies Another StoryWhen the first pawn moved at the European Club Cup in Budva, there was a...
Scandinavian Defense: A 60-Minute Claim, a Carlsen Name, and Not One Game to CiteOn a product page my eye caught two things at once. The headline said "From...
Carlsen's Claim: AI Shattered Chess's Human-Supremacy Illusion, But the Real Story Lies ElsewhereJust days before the inaugural World Open Chess Championship in Budapest...
9...a5: A King's Indian 'Antidote' Sold Without a Single NumberEleven at night in a Chennai academy, a laptop fan is running hot and a...
The 9...a5 'Antidote': An Anti-Engine Gamble in the Mar del Plata and Its Hidden LedgerA move that has never been played in any tournament can still get a whole boo...
The Italian Game's 5.e5 Line: A Real Club Weapon, and a Headline That Doesn't Match Its Own ContentThe file arrived with nine information points. The title column read: "Endgam...
Mar del Plata's 9...a5: The Bayonet 'Antidote' Claim and the Tests It Has to PassMar del Plata's 9...a5: The Bayonet 'Antidote' Claim and the Tests It Has to...
The Chess Throne, a Nicosia Window, and the Question the Headline Never AskedThere is no photograph from that meeting in Nicosia, at least not on the page...
Scandinavian Defense in 60 Minutes: An Uncited Carlsen Claim, and a Headline Whose Body Is Somewhere ElseScandinavian Defense in 60 Minutes: An Uncited Carlsen Claim, and a Headline...
The Italian 5.e5 Line: A Club Weapon, and a Headline Selling Something ElseThe hall in Balewadi was rented for March 2026, and the first thing you notic...
European Club Cup: The 2715 Average and the Half-Board Point Hidden Behind ItIn that rented hall in Balewadi, when the camera first went live, I understoo...
Budva's Noise and the Board's Silence: The Overlooked World of the Elephant GambitIn the tournament hall in Budva, as score-sheet runners moved between boards,...
A Benko Gambit Title, a Fritz 20 Body: The Metadata Crack in Chess's Review EconomyFor nine days I kept a single product page open. The headline read: “Review:...
The Error Column in Endgame Magic #340: Italian 5.e5's Technical Receipt and an Unresolved HeadlineIssue #340. The headline reads "Three recent pearls with Bodhana Sivanandan."...
Training Engine or Repertoire DVD: The Identity Crisis Inside Chess Review JournalismThe review's headline promises a Benko Gambit repertoire; the four paragraphs...
The Elephant Gambit and Budva: Two Different Chesses Standing on One PageEleven at night. The rain is leaking into Mumbai and I have stopped on a page...
Scandinavian Defense: A 60-Minute Claim, a Carlsen Name, and Not One Game to CiteOn a product page my eye caught two things at once. The headline said "From...
Carlsen's Claim: AI Shattered Chess's Human-Supremacy Illusion, But the Real Story Lies ElsewhereJust days before the inaugural World Open Chess Championship in Budapest...
9...a5: A King's Indian 'Antidote' Sold Without a Single NumberEleven at night in a Chennai academy, a laptop fan is running hot and a...
The 9...a5 'Antidote': An Anti-Engine Gamble in the Mar del Plata and Its Hidden LedgerA move that has never been played in any tournament can still get a whole boo...
The Italian Game's 5.e5 Line: A Real Club Weapon, and a Headline That Doesn't Match Its Own ContentThe file arrived with nine information points. The title column read: "Endgam...
Mar del Plata's 9...a5: The Bayonet 'Antidote' Claim and the Tests It Has to PassMar del Plata's 9...a5: The Bayonet 'Antidote' Claim and the Tests It Has to...
The Chess Throne, a Nicosia Window, and the Question the Headline Never AskedThere is no photograph from that meeting in Nicosia, at least not on the page...
Scandinavian Defense in 60 Minutes: An Uncited Carlsen Claim, and a Headline Whose Body Is Somewhere ElseScandinavian Defense in 60 Minutes: An Uncited Carlsen Claim, and a Headline...
The Italian 5.e5 Line: A Club Weapon, and a Headline Selling Something ElseThe hall in Balewadi was rented for March 2026, and the first thing you notic...
European Club Cup: The 2715 Average and the Half-Board Point Hidden Behind ItIn that rented hall in Balewadi, when the camera first went live, I understoo...
Budva's Noise and the Board's Silence: The Overlooked World of the Elephant GambitIn the tournament hall in Budva, as score-sheet runners moved between boards,...
A Benko Gambit Title, a Fritz 20 Body: The Metadata Crack in Chess's Review EconomyFor nine days I kept a single product page open. The headline read: “Review:...
The Error Column in Endgame Magic #340: Italian 5.e5's Technical Receipt and an Unresolved HeadlineIssue #340. The headline reads "Three recent pearls with Bodhana Sivanandan."...
Training Engine or Repertoire DVD: The Identity Crisis Inside Chess Review JournalismThe review's headline promises a Benko Gambit repertoire; the four paragraphs...
The Elephant Gambit and Budva: Two Different Chesses Standing on One PageEleven at night. The rain is leaking into Mumbai and I have stopped on a page...