Chess
Stadium Data and the Number That Cannot Measure Applause
The Empty Analysis Sheet and the Trap of Confident Commentary
The Uneditable Board Order and the Half-Point Equation: Reading the 46th Chess Olympiad in Samarkand
The Final Twenty Minutes and Five Substitutions: How V-League Turned Into a War of Attrition
The Final Twenty Minutes and the Fifth Substitution: The War of Attrition Nobody Names
9...a5 in the King's Indian Defence: a cure that has not been verified
ChessThe Empty Analysis Sheet and the Trap of Confident CommentaryAt two in the morning, the analysis file for the next round arrived in my...
ChessThe Uneditable Board Order and the Half-Point Equation: Reading the 46th Chess Olympiad in SamarkandIn September 2026, in Budapest, I sat in the eleventh row of the BOK hall, ju...
ChessThe Final Twenty Minutes and Five Substitutions: How V-League Turned Into a War of AttritionGò Đậu, a mid-season evening. In the 76th minute, the electronic board in the...
ChessThe Final Twenty Minutes and the Fifth Substitution: The War of Attrition Nobody NamesIn the seventy-fourth minute, on a stand where I have sat long enough to...
ChessStadium Data and the Number That Cannot Measure ApplauseIn June 2026, I was nineteen, sitting in a small coffee shop on Nguyen Thi Mi...
Chess9...a5 in the King's Indian Defence: a cure that has not been verifiedA NIGHT UNLIKE ANY OTHER Two in the morning, 22 February 2026, Nha Trang. The...
ChessGukesh on Board 4 for India: Tactical Masterstroke or Mismanagement of the World Champion?I just read the news that Gukesh Dommaraju — the reigning World Chess Champio...
ChessChessBase August Roundup: Petroff Defence, Two Positional Play Courses, and the Pulse of the Training-Content MarketOn the night of September 13, 2026, in Shanghai, I opened ChessBase's August...
ChessAugust in Chess: When the Petroff Returns and the Training Machine Never SleepsThe rainy season arrived later than usual in Da Nang. On the morning of Augus...
ChessSamarkand, the Night Before Round One: When the World Champion Waits Outside the Hotel LobbyThe clock at Samarkand International Airport read 16:40 when the Indian chess...
ChessChess Olympiad 2026 in Samarkand: India Defends a Double Crown While the 'How to Watch' Report Stays EmptySamarkand, September 2026. That is the rendezvous the chess world is turning...
ChessThe Uneditable Board Order and the Half-Point Equation: Reading the 46th Chess Olympiad in SamarkandIn September 2026, in Budapest, I sat in the eleventh row of the BOK hall, ju...
ChessThe Final Twenty Minutes and Five Substitutions: How V-League Turned Into a War of AttritionGò Đậu, a mid-season evening. In the 76th minute, the electronic board in the...
ChessThe Final Twenty Minutes and the Fifth Substitution: The War of Attrition Nobody NamesIn the seventy-fourth minute, on a stand where I have sat long enough to...
ChessStadium Data and the Number That Cannot Measure ApplauseIn June 2026, I was nineteen, sitting in a small coffee shop on Nguyen Thi Mi...
Chess9...a5 in the King's Indian Defence: a cure that has not been verifiedA NIGHT UNLIKE ANY OTHER Two in the morning, 22 February 2026, Nha Trang. The...
ChessGukesh on Board 4 for India: Tactical Masterstroke or Mismanagement of the World Champion?I just read the news that Gukesh Dommaraju — the reigning World Chess Champio...
ChessChessBase August Roundup: Petroff Defence, Two Positional Play Courses, and the Pulse of the Training-Content MarketOn the night of September 13, 2026, in Shanghai, I opened ChessBase's August...
ChessAugust in Chess: When the Petroff Returns and the Training Machine Never SleepsThe rainy season arrived later than usual in Da Nang. On the morning of Augus...
ChessSamarkand, the Night Before Round One: When the World Champion Waits Outside the Hotel LobbyThe clock at Samarkand International Airport read 16:40 when the Indian chess...
ChessChess Olympiad 2026 in Samarkand: India Defends a Double Crown While the 'How to Watch' Report Stays EmptySamarkand, September 2026. That is the rendezvous the chess world is turning...