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3.Bc4 and an 11-Year-Old on Top Board: Bodhana Sivanandan at the Samarkand 2026 Chess OlympiadTop board for England's women's team at round seven of the Samarkand 2026 Che...
Najdorf and Daniel King's 60-Minute Update: Chess Theory as a SubscriptionOn my desk in Saint Petersburg, among stacks of drafts and scraps of...
9...a5 against the Bayonet: Black's Strategic Gamble in the King's IndianIn an analysis session with a group of club chess students in Nha Trang, I se...
The Turkish Boy and the 2,730 Threshold: A Chess Game With No OpponentIn the playing hall in Samarkand, there was a chessboard whose opposite side ...
The Conversion Index: The Silent Variable Shaping the 2026–2026 Elite Chess SeasonThe penultimate round of the season closed late in the evening. Instead of...
The Empty Report: When Scouting Finds Nothing, and the Applause RemainsThe Empty Report: When Scouting Finds Nothing, and the Applause Remains The...
ChessBase Magazine #225: An Olympiad Headline and What the Box Actually HoldsThe buyer opens the product page for ChessBase Magazine issue 225, reads the...
Timur Turlov Elected FIDE President: A Narrow Victory and a Four-Year ProblemSamarkand did not greet a new FIDE president with the roar of a stadium. The...
FRITZ 20: When the Strongest Chess Engine Learns to Be a TeacherTuesday morning, a training room on Nguyen Huu Tho Street in Da Nang, 7:10. A...
Samarkand Round 4: the United States Women's 15/16 Board Points and a Najdorf Update That Still Needs VerificationI still draw my cross-tables by hand. One sheet of A4 paper, four columns for...
Samarkand Round 4: Eight-Way Tie and the Blurred Line Between Chess News and Product MarketingAt Round 4 of the Samarkand Open, eight players shared the top of the...
Anatomy of a Scandinavian Defense Course Bearing Bent Larsen's NameAt an amateur chess tournament in Chiang Mai in 2026, I sat behind board four...
King's Indian: 9...a5 and the Unverified Promise Against the Bayonet AttackIn a 10,000-metre race, the runner who leads the first lap almost never wins....
Empty Data on the Chessboard: The Limits of Analysis and a Lesson in TrustOn the third night of an off-season week, I reopened the analysis file I had...
Najdorf 2026: Black Loses on Breadth, Not on a Single RefutationNajdorf 2026: Black Loses on Breadth, Not on a Single Refutation Hook In the...
When Analysis Tools Hit the Void: Lessons on Source Integrity in Sports JournalismThe home football pitch has no stands, but every time the ball rolls, a whole...
GCL 2026: Nepomniachtchi gives Carlsen a scare before getting past Sindarov on the clockIn the Global Chess League 2026, Nepomniachtchi gave Magnus Carlsen a scare...
Warning: Insufficient Chess Data Analysis and Risks in Match Predictions for the Chinese MarketWarning: Insufficient Chess Data Analysis and Risks in Match Predictions for...
Sports Analysis Halts Due to Empty Data: Chess and the Lesson of Source ControlA sports article can only start when the writer knows what the story is about...
The Chess Scoresheet and Sports Diplomacy: The Story of Sindarov, Gukesh, and Modi's GiftI have witnessed many diplomatic gifts in sports. But never have I seen an ol...
Inside the Diplomatic Gift: Why Sindarov's Scoresheet Signals a New-Generation Chess RevolutionData never lies, but it loves testing our patience. Imagine: a handwritten...
Chess Olympiad 2026: India Defends Throne in Samarkand, Gukesh and Sindarov Create the Century's SpotlightI once misplaced the SHB Da Nang footage years ago, and from that I learned...
Chess Diplomacy: PM Modi gifts World Cup scoresheet to Uzbek PresidentHook In a rare diplomatic gesture, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi gifted...
Carlsen Returns, India Shines: Global Chess League 2026 and the Brutal Scheduling PuzzleI have stood at the edge of the pitch for four decades, but never have I seen...
Chess Olympiad 2026: Official Schedule, India Defends Double Gold, and the Gukesh – Sindarov ShowdownSamarkand, the ancient city on the Silk Road, will become the center of the...
Samarkand Olympiad 2026: India Defends Double Gold, Sindarov Faces Home PressureSamarkand, the legendary city on the Silk Road, will become the focal point o...
Chess Olympiad 2026: Official Schedule Released, India Faces Title Defense Challenge in SamarkandSamarkand, the legendary city on the Silk Road, will become the center of the...
Chess Olympiad 2026: India defends crown in the heart of Uzbekistan, Gukesh and Sindarov create the spotlightSamarkand, the legendary city on the Silk Road, will become the center of the...
Modi's Gift: The World Cup Scoresheet and 'Chess Diplomacy' Between India and UzbekistanDuring his state visit to Uzbekistan in early October, Indian Prime Minister...
