Chess
Bayegan Pendik and Monte-Carlo Win the 2026 European Club Cup — and the Data Gap Behind the Headline
5.e5! and the Limits of Memory: When a Good Move Becomes a Memorisation Test
The Scotch Opening 2026: Kasparov and the Revival of a Buried Opening
Bodhana Sivanandan, 11, and the Offbeat Strike: 'Beating the Sicilian with 3.Bc4 — Seriously?'
Three Moves, Thirty Minutes: Nihal Sarin and the Flaw Nobody Wants to Name
Bayegan Pendik and Monte-Carlo Win the 2026 European Club Cup — and the Data Gap Behind the HeadlineAt ten in the evening I open ChessBase. The headline sits at the top of the...
Daniel King's 60-Minute Najdorf Update: A Theory Patch, Not an Opening SystemA club player opens a 60-minute video file, listens to Daniel King explain 6....
European Club Cup in Budva: Bayegan Pendik leads Elo average as Barcelona MOVE Cup report remains unverifiedChess news on October 19, 2026 begins with a point that requires verification...
5.e5! and the Limits of Memory: When a Good Move Becomes a Memorisation TestRound four, board seven, a weekend rapid event in Thu Dau Mot. Black's clock...
The Scotch Opening 2026: Kasparov and the Revival of a Buried OpeningI still remember an evening in 2026 in Nha Trang, sitting in an analysis room...
Bodhana Sivanandan, 11, and the Offbeat Strike: 'Beating the Sicilian with 3.Bc4 — Seriously?'On September 24, 2026, as the Samarkand 2026 Chess Olympiad entered its...
Samarkand 2026: India Retains the Gaprindashvili Cup for a Third Time, but Both Section Crowns Have Slipped AwaySamarkand, Sunday noon. Board one in the Women's section. Koneru Humpy sits...
The 9...a5 Move and the Trust Gap: When an Opening DVD Claims Equality for ItselfSome moves make no noise. They are not queen sacrifices, not a checkmate in a...
Three Moves, Thirty Minutes: Nihal Sarin and the Flaw Nobody Wants to NameNihal Sarin still had thirty minutes on his clock when he entered the decisiv...
Eight-Way Tie in Samarkand: Between a Standings Board and a Product CatalogueRound 4 has closed in Samarkand. The open section's standings board shows eig...
FIDE Votes on September 26 in Samarkand: The Carlsen Pledge and an Unclosed Governance QuestionI rewatched last year's FIDE congress footage with the sound off, the way I...
9...a5 in the King's Indian Defence: When a Secondary Move Is Sold as an AntidoteAt move nine, White pushes the b-pawn to b4. In the Mar del Plata system of t...
Samarkand in Autumn: India Brings Two Crowns Back to the Silk RoadSamarkand in Autumn: India Brings Two Crowns Back to the Silk Road In the fin...
Daniel King's 60-Minute Najdorf Update: A Theory Patch, Not an Opening SystemA club player opens a 60-minute video file, listens to Daniel King explain 6....
European Club Cup in Budva: Bayegan Pendik leads Elo average as Barcelona MOVE Cup report remains unverifiedChess news on October 19, 2026 begins with a point that requires verification...
5.e5! and the Limits of Memory: When a Good Move Becomes a Memorisation TestRound four, board seven, a weekend rapid event in Thu Dau Mot. Black's clock...
The Scotch Opening 2026: Kasparov and the Revival of a Buried OpeningI still remember an evening in 2026 in Nha Trang, sitting in an analysis room...
Bodhana Sivanandan, 11, and the Offbeat Strike: 'Beating the Sicilian with 3.Bc4 — Seriously?'On September 24, 2026, as the Samarkand 2026 Chess Olympiad entered its...
Samarkand 2026: India Retains the Gaprindashvili Cup for a Third Time, but Both Section Crowns Have Slipped AwaySamarkand, Sunday noon. Board one in the Women's section. Koneru Humpy sits...
The 9...a5 Move and the Trust Gap: When an Opening DVD Claims Equality for ItselfSome moves make no noise. They are not queen sacrifices, not a checkmate in a...
Three Moves, Thirty Minutes: Nihal Sarin and the Flaw Nobody Wants to NameNihal Sarin still had thirty minutes on his clock when he entered the decisiv...
Eight-Way Tie in Samarkand: Between a Standings Board and a Product CatalogueRound 4 has closed in Samarkand. The open section's standings board shows eig...
FIDE Votes on September 26 in Samarkand: The Carlsen Pledge and an Unclosed Governance QuestionI rewatched last year's FIDE congress footage with the sound off, the way I...
9...a5 in the King's Indian Defence: When a Secondary Move Is Sold as an AntidoteAt move nine, White pushes the b-pawn to b4. In the Mar del Plata system of t...
Samarkand in Autumn: India Brings Two Crowns Back to the Silk RoadSamarkand in Autumn: India Brings Two Crowns Back to the Silk Road In the fin...