Chess
When the FIDE President Was Given the Wrong Name: One Headline, One Ad Package, and the Habit of Opening a Second Tab
Sipke Ernst's Benko Gambit: The Headline Sells an Opening, the Body Sells FRITZ 20
Atyrau Masters: Two Top Seeds Fall, and the Content Industry Behind the Headline
The Scotch Opening: The Discarded Move and Its Revival After Kasparov 2026
Yu Yangyi Beats Ding Liren at Shenzhen Masters: A Real Win Buried in an Empty Report
Liang Beats Niemann in US Championships Round 1: Reading a Headline to Understand What the Chess Market Is Really Selling
ChessBayegan Pendik and Monte-Carlo Win the 2026 European Club Cup: What the Scoresheet Never SaysAt five in the morning in Nha Trang, I read the headline three times on my...
ChessRachel Li, the Scandinavian Defence and 60 Minutes With No Moves: The Break in a Chess News PageOpening: 11:14 p.m. At 11:14 p.m., a reader sent me a link with exactly one...
ChessCarlsen, AI and the Human Ceiling: When the Chessboard No Longer Has Room for a Lone GeniusAt thirty-five, in an interview with the Spanish sports daily AS published on...
ChessDaniel King and the Najdorf Update: 60 Minutes to Patch an Opening That Won't Stand StillMoscow winter, the third board from the window at a club on Tverskaya Street....
ChessWhen the FIDE President Was Given the Wrong Name: One Headline, One Ad Package, and the Habit of Opening a Second TabOn a Saturday morning, in a small chess club at the end of an alley off Nguye...
ChessFritz 20, the False Headline About the FIDE President, and the Price of an Unverified Line of NewsTuesday morning, a coffee shop on Bach Dang Street in Da Nang. I was stirring...
ChessAn 11 p.m. Question in a Da Nang Chess Group and a False Headline About FIDEIt was 11 p.m. when a message surfaced in the Da Nang chess club group chat. ...
ChessEuropean Club Cup 2026: Bayegan at 2715 and the 65-Elo gap on every boardIn Budva, after round two, I stood at the team results board and counted....
ChessThe 5.e5 Modern Italian: A Practical Weapon and Its Expiry DateThe chess room in Bengaluru has no stands. There is only a slow ceiling fan,...
Chess9...a5 and the Two Moves Left Unwritten in an Opening DVDInside the promotional text for a chess DVD, two moves are missing. The blurb...
ChessSipke Ernst's Benko Gambit: The Headline Sells an Opening, the Body Sells FRITZ 20I read the piece three times, and each time I was looking for something...
ChessThe Scandinavian Defense: A "Good Enough" Move and the 60-Minute Course MarketIn the entire body of that sales page, the word "Dortmund" appears exactly...
ChessA Dortmund 2027 Headline, a 60-Minute Video, and the Shadow of CarlsenThe page opens with the line “Dortmund Sparkassen Trophy 2027”. I clicked,...
ChessUS Chess Championship: Woodward Takes Down Caruana, Lee Widens the Gap2:47 a.m. Saigon time. My third cup of coffee had gone cold long before. I wa...
ChessAtyrau Masters: Two Top Seeds Fall, and the Content Industry Behind the HeadlineAtyrau sits on the banks of the Ural River, where the water divides Europe fr...
ChessUS Chess Championships: Woodward Takes Down Caruana, Lee Widens the Gap — and the Trap of the 'Surprise WeaponOn the second move of the game, the black pawn jumps to d5. There is no...
ChessUS Championships: Woodward Takes Down Caruana, Lee Widens the Gap — and the Forgotten Game Behind the HeadlineWoodward takes down Caruana. Those four words slid across my news feed on an...
ChessAI Solves a 58-Year-Old Chess Problem: 63 Checking Moves Is the Proven Maximum, While 364 Remains Only Half an AnswerOPENING: THE MOMENT THE SPREADSHEET SPOKE In 2026, at the age of 55, I sat in...
ChessThe Scotch Opening: The Discarded Move and Its Revival After Kasparov 2026In 2026, in the first game of the World Championship match, Garry Kasparov...
Chess6th Intercontinental Online Chess Championship for Prisoners: Record 140 Teams ParticipateThe 6th Intercontinental Online Chess Championship for Prisoners has official...
ChessScandinavian Defense: The Controversial Time-Saving Weapon in ChessIn the context of professional chess tournaments facing increasing time...
ChessYu Yangyi Beats Ding Liren at Shenzhen Masters: A Real Win Buried in an Empty ReportIn a playing hall without a roaring crowd, when the final piece was placed on...
ChessRachel Li, the Scandinavian Defence and 60 Minutes With No Moves: The Break in a Chess News PageOpening: 11:14 p.m. At 11:14 p.m., a reader sent me a link with exactly one...
ChessCarlsen, AI and the Human Ceiling: When the Chessboard No Longer Has Room for a Lone GeniusAt thirty-five, in an interview with the Spanish sports daily AS published on...
ChessDaniel King and the Najdorf Update: 60 Minutes to Patch an Opening That Won't Stand StillMoscow winter, the third board from the window at a club on Tverskaya Street....
ChessWhen the FIDE President Was Given the Wrong Name: One Headline, One Ad Package, and the Habit of Opening a Second TabOn a Saturday morning, in a small chess club at the end of an alley off Nguye...
ChessFritz 20, the False Headline About the FIDE President, and the Price of an Unverified Line of NewsTuesday morning, a coffee shop on Bach Dang Street in Da Nang. I was stirring...
ChessAn 11 p.m. Question in a Da Nang Chess Group and a False Headline About FIDEIt was 11 p.m. when a message surfaced in the Da Nang chess club group chat. ...
ChessEuropean Club Cup 2026: Bayegan at 2715 and the 65-Elo gap on every boardIn Budva, after round two, I stood at the team results board and counted....
ChessThe 5.e5 Modern Italian: A Practical Weapon and Its Expiry DateThe chess room in Bengaluru has no stands. There is only a slow ceiling fan,...
Chess9...a5 and the Two Moves Left Unwritten in an Opening DVDInside the promotional text for a chess DVD, two moves are missing. The blurb...
ChessSipke Ernst's Benko Gambit: The Headline Sells an Opening, the Body Sells FRITZ 20I read the piece three times, and each time I was looking for something...
ChessThe Scandinavian Defense: A "Good Enough" Move and the 60-Minute Course MarketIn the entire body of that sales page, the word "Dortmund" appears exactly...
ChessA Dortmund 2027 Headline, a 60-Minute Video, and the Shadow of CarlsenThe page opens with the line “Dortmund Sparkassen Trophy 2027”. I clicked,...
ChessUS Chess Championship: Woodward Takes Down Caruana, Lee Widens the Gap2:47 a.m. Saigon time. My third cup of coffee had gone cold long before. I wa...
ChessAtyrau Masters: Two Top Seeds Fall, and the Content Industry Behind the HeadlineAtyrau sits on the banks of the Ural River, where the water divides Europe fr...
ChessUS Chess Championships: Woodward Takes Down Caruana, Lee Widens the Gap — and the Trap of the 'Surprise WeaponOn the second move of the game, the black pawn jumps to d5. There is no...
ChessUS Championships: Woodward Takes Down Caruana, Lee Widens the Gap — and the Forgotten Game Behind the HeadlineWoodward takes down Caruana. Those four words slid across my news feed on an...
ChessAI Solves a 58-Year-Old Chess Problem: 63 Checking Moves Is the Proven Maximum, While 364 Remains Only Half an AnswerOPENING: THE MOMENT THE SPREADSHEET SPOKE In 2026, at the age of 55, I sat in...
ChessThe Scotch Opening: The Discarded Move and Its Revival After Kasparov 2026In 2026, in the first game of the World Championship match, Garry Kasparov...
Chess6th Intercontinental Online Chess Championship for Prisoners: Record 140 Teams ParticipateThe 6th Intercontinental Online Chess Championship for Prisoners has official...
ChessScandinavian Defense: The Controversial Time-Saving Weapon in ChessIn the context of professional chess tournaments facing increasing time...
ChessYu Yangyi Beats Ding Liren at Shenzhen Masters: A Real Win Buried in an Empty ReportIn a playing hall without a roaring crowd, when the final piece was placed on...