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ChessBase Magazine #225: 27 Miniatures and How a Magazine Teaches Readers to Re-read the Past2026-10-23A Packaged Silence In the promotional copy for ChessBase Magazine #225, the...
5.e5 and the Strange Comforts of Club Chess2026-10-11Inside a chess club room in Da Nang, on a late-season Saturday evening, I sat...
ChessBase Magazine Issue 225: From Dusk till Dawn and the Battle to Keep Chess Content Alive2026-10-08In late 2026, when almost the entire sports media landscape had only one...
When an Outsider Looks at the Board: The Debate Over Chess's 'Expressiveness'2026-10-08In a game I watched on screen not long ago, between two young players at an...
Chess and the Question of "Expressiveness": When an Outsider to the Board Raises the Audience Problem2026-10-07Naganethra Reddy has never sat at a competitive chessboard. She comes from a...
The 9...a5 Move: A Romantic Escape for Chess Players in the Engine Era2026-10-04There is a moment that no score sheet ever records: when a player's hand paus...
Bodhana Sivanandan, 11, Breaks Judit Polgar's 38-Year-Old Record to Become an International MasterBudva, Montenegro, October 23, board one of the women's section at the Europe...
ChessBase Magazine #225: 27 Miniatures and How a Magazine Teaches Readers to Re-read the PastA Packaged Silence In the promotional copy for ChessBase Magazine #225, the...
Total Chess and the Unified Rating Proposal: A Headline With No BodyOn 29 August 2026 I printed the brief onto A4, taped it to the wall beside ol...
9...a5 in the Bayonet Attack: an opening course selling surprise, not advantageA Saturday morning at a chess café on Tran Phu Street in Nha Trang, a club...
The First Move With No Audience: Why an Opening Book Cannot Save Its Own BrandThe home field has no stands, yet every time the ball rolls, a sky of memorie...
The Move Without a Crowd: When an Opening Book Is Sold With Engine Advertising CopyIn 2026, I sat in a small editing room in Bengaluru, reviewing three months o...
When the Clock Mattered More Than the Move: The 2026/87 Bundesliga Arrival-Time DisputeAt the German Chess Bundesliga in the 2026/87 season, one match was not decid...
Perfect Scores, a Forgotten Name, and a Feed Item Torn in TwoOn the pairing sheet of a national championship, there are lines so short tha...
5.e5 and the Strange Comforts of Club ChessInside a chess club room in Da Nang, on a late-season Saturday evening, I sat...
Kostya Kavutskiy Joins FritzTrainer: ChessBase and the Content Race for Club PlayersNot a single move is played in this story. No game, no clock, no wooden piece...
Liang Beats Niemann: When a First-Round Game Is Turned Into a Sales CatalogueA game in the first round of the US Chess Championship. Awonder Liang beats...
Bodhana Sivanandan and the 3.Bc4 Move: The Chessboard Geometry of an 11-Year-Old at the Samarkand 2026 OlympiadSamarkand, September 24, 2026. Board one of England's women's team. Across fr...
Wrong Headline, Real Position: When the Chess World Must Relearn How to Read NewsAround eleven at night, in a small apartment in Binh Duong, I opened a chess...
The King's Indian Defense: The Bayonet 9.b4 and the 9...a5 AnswerIn late 2026, during a live commentary session, I watched a single move bring...
ChessBase Magazine Issue 225: From Dusk till Dawn and the Battle to Keep Chess Content AliveIn late 2026, when almost the entire sports media landscape had only one...
When an Outsider Looks at the Board: The Debate Over Chess's 'Expressiveness'In a game I watched on screen not long ago, between two young players at an...
Chess and the Question of "Expressiveness": When an Outsider to the Board Raises the Audience ProblemNaganethra Reddy has never sat at a competitive chessboard. She comes from a...
The Pawn Move Curse: When an Opening 'Weapon' Becomes a 2800 Elo BurdenThe Pawn Move Curse: When an Opening 'Weapon' Becomes a 2800 Elo Burden I...
Learning Strategy from Bent Larsen: When a Legend Becomes a ProductI still remember that afternoon in 2026, sitting in a small room in Hanoi,...
The 60-Minute Najdorf Update and a Data-Label Error Named FIDE General Assembly 2026I opened a data record at 23:40 on August 12, 2026, Chengdu time. Its label...
The 9...a5 Move: A Romantic Escape for Chess Players in the Engine EraThere is a moment that no score sheet ever records: when a player's hand paus...
The Scandinavian Defense: A Simple Promise on the BoardBlack pushes the pawn to d5. White takes. The black queen steps into the cent...
The Scandinavian Defense: 60 Minutes, One Knight, and the Line Between Signal and NoiseThirty-two years in the commentary booth taught me one thing about underrated...
From the Sidelines: The 5.e5! Move and the Modern Italian Game TrapI sat in the third row, behind the organizers' table, a vantage point...
ChessBase Magazine #225: When Grandmasters Decode Prague 2026 Chess Festival from the Margin of the PageOn my wooden desk in Mumbai, next to the coded notebook P3–A4 I have used sin...
ChessBase Magazine #225: 27 Miniatures and How a Magazine Teaches Readers to Re-read the PastA Packaged Silence In the promotional copy for ChessBase Magazine #225, the...
Total Chess and the Unified Rating Proposal: A Headline With No BodyOn 29 August 2026 I printed the brief onto A4, taped it to the wall beside ol...
9...a5 in the Bayonet Attack: an opening course selling surprise, not advantageA Saturday morning at a chess café on Tran Phu Street in Nha Trang, a club...
The First Move With No Audience: Why an Opening Book Cannot Save Its Own BrandThe home field has no stands, yet every time the ball rolls, a sky of memorie...
The Move Without a Crowd: When an Opening Book Is Sold With Engine Advertising CopyIn 2026, I sat in a small editing room in Bengaluru, reviewing three months o...
When the Clock Mattered More Than the Move: The 2026/87 Bundesliga Arrival-Time DisputeAt the German Chess Bundesliga in the 2026/87 season, one match was not decid...
Perfect Scores, a Forgotten Name, and a Feed Item Torn in TwoOn the pairing sheet of a national championship, there are lines so short tha...
5.e5 and the Strange Comforts of Club ChessInside a chess club room in Da Nang, on a late-season Saturday evening, I sat...
Kostya Kavutskiy Joins FritzTrainer: ChessBase and the Content Race for Club PlayersNot a single move is played in this story. No game, no clock, no wooden piece...
Liang Beats Niemann: When a First-Round Game Is Turned Into a Sales CatalogueA game in the first round of the US Chess Championship. Awonder Liang beats...
Bodhana Sivanandan and the 3.Bc4 Move: The Chessboard Geometry of an 11-Year-Old at the Samarkand 2026 OlympiadSamarkand, September 24, 2026. Board one of England's women's team. Across fr...
Wrong Headline, Real Position: When the Chess World Must Relearn How to Read NewsAround eleven at night, in a small apartment in Binh Duong, I opened a chess...
The King's Indian Defense: The Bayonet 9.b4 and the 9...a5 AnswerIn late 2026, during a live commentary session, I watched a single move bring...
ChessBase Magazine Issue 225: From Dusk till Dawn and the Battle to Keep Chess Content AliveIn late 2026, when almost the entire sports media landscape had only one...
When an Outsider Looks at the Board: The Debate Over Chess's 'Expressiveness'In a game I watched on screen not long ago, between two young players at an...
Chess and the Question of "Expressiveness": When an Outsider to the Board Raises the Audience ProblemNaganethra Reddy has never sat at a competitive chessboard. She comes from a...
The Pawn Move Curse: When an Opening 'Weapon' Becomes a 2800 Elo BurdenThe Pawn Move Curse: When an Opening 'Weapon' Becomes a 2800 Elo Burden I...
Learning Strategy from Bent Larsen: When a Legend Becomes a ProductI still remember that afternoon in 2026, sitting in a small room in Hanoi,...
The 60-Minute Najdorf Update and a Data-Label Error Named FIDE General Assembly 2026I opened a data record at 23:40 on August 12, 2026, Chengdu time. Its label...
The 9...a5 Move: A Romantic Escape for Chess Players in the Engine EraThere is a moment that no score sheet ever records: when a player's hand paus...
The Scandinavian Defense: A Simple Promise on the BoardBlack pushes the pawn to d5. White takes. The black queen steps into the cent...
The Scandinavian Defense: 60 Minutes, One Knight, and the Line Between Signal and NoiseThirty-two years in the commentary booth taught me one thing about underrated...
From the Sidelines: The 5.e5! Move and the Modern Italian Game TrapI sat in the third row, behind the organizers' table, a vantage point...
ChessBase Magazine #225: When Grandmasters Decode Prague 2026 Chess Festival from the Margin of the PageOn my wooden desk in Mumbai, next to the coded notebook P3–A4 I have used sin...