Chess
The Scotch: Kasparov's Revived Opening and the Swapped European Club Cup Headline2026-10-23On the editor's desk, the headline sits on the top line: Novy Bor and...
Total Chess unveils the 2026 Budapest pilot: the unified rating system is still a blank page2026-10-20On 29 August 2026, a short bulletin of fewer than four hundred words appeared...
Total Chess and the Unified Rating Proposal: A Headline Without a Body2026-10-20In the release dated 29 August 2026 announcing the event Total Chess will sta...
9...a5 against the Bayonet Attack: a strategic escape or a sales pitch?2026-10-17Two sentences, same promotional page, same seller. The first: “objectively,...
Countering the Scotch Opening: From Kasparov to Mikhalchishin and Lessons for Vietnamese Chess2026-10-15In the world of chess, the Scotch Opening (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4) was once...
Daniel King's 60-Minute Najdorf Patch: Enough for Habits, Not Enough for a SystemI began the morning with an action unusual for a tactical analyst: I opened a...
Novy Bor, SuperChess and a Scotch Video: When a European Club Cup Headline Does Not Match Its Own BodyThe headline was tidy enough that I expected three minutes of work: European...
The Scotch: Kasparov's Revived Opening and the Swapped European Club Cup HeadlineOn the editor's desk, the headline sits on the top line: Novy Bor and...
Carlsen and the $20 Million Question: When Data Unlocks the Chess GameOn an October evening, I sat in front of my screen, rewinding and replaying a...
FRITZ 20 and the 'Presidency' Trap in Chess News: When a Headline Misleads an Entire EcosystemA headline circulating in chess groups claims that Timur Turlov has been...
The Scandinavian Defence: 60 Minutes, One Main Line, and the Part Left OutA Saturday evening at a small chess club in Hanoi. Board four, a female...
Total Chess unveils the 2026 Budapest pilot: the unified rating system is still a blank pageOn 29 August 2026, a short bulletin of fewer than four hundred words appeared...
The 5.e5 Thrust in "60 Minutes" #340: A Club Weapon and the Cost of a Mismatched TitleOn a Tuesday night I opened video file number 340 in the "60 Minutes" folder ...
Total Chess and the Unified Rating Proposal: A Headline Without a BodyIn the release dated 29 August 2026 announcing the event Total Chess will sta...
The ninth move 9...a5: an opening DVD that sells surpriseIn the winter of 2026, in a small chess club on Bolshoy Prospekt in Saint...
The Ninth Move at Mar del Plata: The 9...a5 Antidote and the Price of SurpriseHe plays the King's Indian. On move nine his opponent pushes b4, and over the...
The Hour of the Seconds: Why Black's Ninth Move in the King's Indian Is a Preparation GambleOn a summer afternoon in 2026, I sat in the analysis room of a coaching staff...
The Elephant Gambit: Sixty Minutes to Buy a Trap, and Why "Underrated" Does Not Mean "Good"I started the stopwatch at zero and let it run. Sixty minutes. That is the...
Vua Bong's Reckless Move: The Elephant Gambit and the 60-Minute Trade-OffI once spent an entire evening at a small chess club on Nguyen Thien Thuat...
