Chess
US Chess Championship: Woodward Takes Down Caruana, Lee Widens the Gap, and the Void Behind a Headline
The Scotch Opening: How Kasparov 2026 Reawakened a System Thought Long Dormant
Karsten Müller – The Endgame Mastermind: From the Hamburg Board to the Summit of Chess Theory
The move 5.e5 and the strange comforts of superstition on the chessboard
The Jacobson – Vakhidov Game: When the Title and the Move Tell Two Different Stories
ChessEuropean Club Cup 2026 in Budva: Bayegan Pendik Lead on a 2715 Team Average, Four Chasers from 2600In the entire European Club Cup brief published on October 19, 2026, exactly...
ChessThe Scandinavian Defense: 60 Minutes to Open the Board, Not to Read the PositionA game on board seven, round four of a weekend open, ended in a queenless...
ChessEuropean Club Cup in Budva: When a Tournament Headline Conceals a Tactical ProductThe headline says 'European Club Cup kicks off in Budva'. The body below talk...
ChessBehind the Pawn Sacrifice: Sipke Ernst, the Benko Gambit, and the Ethics of the Chess MarketOn the third move of that board, when the b5 pawn throws itself down, the...
ChessBlack's Ninth Move: 9...a5 and the Promise of Not Memorizing in the King's IndianAt a small chess club on Nanjing Road, I once sat behind a fifteen-year-old b...
ChessThe Scandinavian Defense Sold in 60 Minutes: A Dortmund 2027 Headline and a Data VoidThe page opened with the words "Dortmund Sparkassen Trophy 2027". I set down ...
Chess9...a5: When Black Chooses Understanding Over MemoryIn the autumn of 2026, in a small chess club in Saint Petersburg, I watched a...
ChessUS Chess Championship: Woodward Takes Down Caruana, Lee Widens the Gap, and the Void Behind a HeadlineWhen I reopened the feed of the US Chess Championship at two in the morning...
ChessThe Elephant Gambit at the Heart of the US Championship: When a Fine Headline Hides a Sales PitchThe night in Saint Petersburg lasted longer than I expected. Outside the...
ChessAtyrau Masters: Top Seeds Fall Early, and the Lesson From Magazine Issue #225In Atyrau, an oil city on the Caspian shore of Kazakhstan, the wind blows all...