Chess
The Elephant Gambit in the Bundesliga: Between Rumour and the Board
Yu Yangyi Beats Ding Liren at the Shenzhen Masters: The Data Verdict Beneath a Promotional Shell
Yu Yangyi Beats Ding Liren in Shenzhen: Reading a Result Between Two Chess Generations
The 5.e5 Move and the Strange Comforts of Superstition in Chess
The Modern Italian's 5 e5!: One Hour of Study, Three Critical Replies, and a Headline That Does Not Match Its ContentIn a small coffee shop on Nguyen Trai Street, District 5, a man in his fortie...
Atyrau Masters and the Echo of a Chess Content IndustryIn Atyrau, an oil city on the banks of the Ural River in Kazakhstan, the top...
US Chess Championships: Woodward Takes Down Caruana, Lee Widens the GapIn the playing hall of the US Chess Championships, on move thirty-seven, a...
The Scandinavian Defense: A Controversial Time-Saving Weapon for Club PlayersIn the world of chess, the battle against ever-expanding opening theory is a...
Unveiling Speed: The Scotch Opening Story and Kasparov's 2026 RevolutionIn the summer of 2026, in New York, a seemingly insignificant moment on the...
The Elephant Gambit in the Bundesliga: Between Rumour and the BoardIn a Bundesliga playing hall in Germany, amid the long team season, there was...
Yu Yangyi Beats Ding Liren at the Shenzhen Masters: The Data Verdict Beneath a Promotional ShellA Victory Buried Inside a Product Catalogue A result powerful enough to shake...
Shenzhen Masters: Yu Yangyi Beats Ding Liren and the Unverified Spatial MapA move that never appears in the news. At the Shenzhen Masters, the most...
Yu Yangyi Beats Ding Liren in Shenzhen: Reading a Result Between Two Chess GenerationsIn Shenzhen, at the moment the electronic clock ticked to the final move, all...
The 5.e5 Move and the Strange Comforts of Superstition in ChessIn a club chess hall in Delhi, where I sat taking notes across three days of ...
Game of the Week #743 – Gaal vs Smeets: When a Chess Game Becomes a Habit, and a Habit Becomes an AssetOn a Wednesday evening, I sat in front of my screen in Moscow, my tea long go...
Bodhana Sivanandan: Age 11, Board One, 6/7 and a 2504 Performance in SamarkandEvery time I remember Samarkand, I see a pair of feet that never reach the...
Atyrau Masters and the Echo of a Chess Content IndustryIn Atyrau, an oil city on the banks of the Ural River in Kazakhstan, the top...
US Chess Championships: Woodward Takes Down Caruana, Lee Widens the GapIn the playing hall of the US Chess Championships, on move thirty-seven, a...
The Scandinavian Defense: A Controversial Time-Saving Weapon for Club PlayersIn the world of chess, the battle against ever-expanding opening theory is a...
Unveiling Speed: The Scotch Opening Story and Kasparov's 2026 RevolutionIn the summer of 2026, in New York, a seemingly insignificant moment on the...
The Elephant Gambit in the Bundesliga: Between Rumour and the BoardIn a Bundesliga playing hall in Germany, amid the long team season, there was...
Yu Yangyi Beats Ding Liren at the Shenzhen Masters: The Data Verdict Beneath a Promotional ShellA Victory Buried Inside a Product Catalogue A result powerful enough to shake...
Shenzhen Masters: Yu Yangyi Beats Ding Liren and the Unverified Spatial MapA move that never appears in the news. At the Shenzhen Masters, the most...
Yu Yangyi Beats Ding Liren in Shenzhen: Reading a Result Between Two Chess GenerationsIn Shenzhen, at the moment the electronic clock ticked to the final move, all...
The 5.e5 Move and the Strange Comforts of Superstition in ChessIn a club chess hall in Delhi, where I sat taking notes across three days of ...
Game of the Week #743 – Gaal vs Smeets: When a Chess Game Becomes a Habit, and a Habit Becomes an AssetOn a Wednesday evening, I sat in front of my screen in Moscow, my tea long go...
Bodhana Sivanandan: Age 11, Board One, 6/7 and a 2504 Performance in SamarkandEvery time I remember Samarkand, I see a pair of feet that never reach the...