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ChessScandinavian Defense: IM Andrew Martin, the 60-Minute Promise and the Gap After Move 122026-10-20On a Thursday night at a small chess club off Fort, Mumbai, a 1,650-rated...
ChessThe Najdorf and a 60-Minute Update: When Chess Opening Theory Is Sold by the Season2026-10-05On my screen sits a single file, exactly sixty minutes long. No disc, no book...
ChessKing's Indian Defense: The 9...a5 Gamble and a Promise the Engine Has Not Verified2026-10-04In my opening-monitoring notes across many seasons, I recorded a striking...
ChessThe 9...a5 Move Against the Bayonet Attack: A Strategic Detour Through a Saturated Analytical Zone2026-09-30I opened that page at eleven at night, after I had closed the data notebook a...
European Club Cup: Bayegan's 2715 and the 65-Elo gap per boardIn the playing hall in Budva, the first sound is not applause. It is the...
Scandinavian Defense: IM Andrew Martin, the 60-Minute Promise and the Gap After Move 12On a Thursday night at a small chess club off Fort, Mumbai, a 1,650-rated...
Dortmund Sparkassen Trophy 2027 — The Tournament That Doesn't Exist and the Scandinavian Defense Course Behind ItThree in the morning, the computer screen in a small apartment in Saigon was...
5.e5 in the Italian Game: Power That Comes From the Opponent's ForgetfulnessPushed out into the AFC Cup 2026 corridor, I learned to read matches from wha...
ChessBase Magazine #225: The Content Map Behind the Title From Dusk till DawnINTRODUCTION: THE SILENCE BEFORE THE MOVE In chess, the most valuable moment ...
ChessBase Magazine #225: 27 Miniatures, Four Formats, and a Human MoatOn a single day, ChessBase released four formats of the same product: a direc...
Daniel King's Najdorf Update: When Opening Theory Becomes a Recurring ProductThe bottom drawer of my opening database is where I keep the lines most peopl...
The Najdorf and a 60-Minute Update: When Chess Opening Theory Is Sold by the SeasonOn my screen sits a single file, exactly sixty minutes long. No disc, no book...
9...a5 against the Bayonet Attack: a promise to escape the engineOn the ninth move, White's pawn advances to b4. That is the Bayonet Attack —...
9...a5: When Chess Seeks an Escape from the Computer ScreenIn the analysis room of an amateur chess tournament in Binh Duong, I stayed...
King's Indian Defense: The 9...a5 Gamble and a Promise the Engine Has Not VerifiedIn my opening-monitoring notes across many seasons, I recorded a striking...
The 9...a5 Move Against the Bayonet Attack: A Strategic Detour Through a Saturated Analytical ZoneI opened that page at eleven at night, after I had closed the data notebook a...
Bodhana Sivanandan, the Elephant Gambit, and the Gap Between Two BoardsOn the second move of a game, a black pawn leaves its defensive rank and step...
Samarkand: India Loses Both Golds, but the Depth Remains IntactMy editorial office in Saint Petersburg looks out over the Neva. On a Septemb...
The Bayonet Attack and 9...a5: When the “Gap” Is Closed by a Chess DVDOpening: The gap between headline and content On the morning news aggregate,...
5.e5! – The Modern Italian Game and Black's Three Response DoorsOn the screen tracking the game between Arjun Erigaisi and Laohawirapap, ther...
The Elephant Gambit, a 60-Minute Repertoire, and a Misleading Headline Bearing a Junior Prodigy's NameThe Elephant Gambit, a 60-Minute Repertoire, and a Misleading Headline Bearin...
FRITZ 20 and the Chess Training Revolution: When the Machine Becomes Your Personal CoachFRITZ 20 and the Chess Training Revolution: When the Machine Becomes Your...
The Scotch Opening: From a 'Harmless' Move to Kasparov's Weapon and Adrian Mikhalchishin's Way to Counter ItIn 2026, during a game in the World Chess Championship match, Garry Kasparov...
Chess Olympiad 2026: India Men Beat the Netherlands, India Women Fall to Poland in Round 5A Small Shake of the Head in a Quiet Hall The playing hall in Tashkent was no...
King's Indian Defense: The 9...a5 Move and the Promise of Solving the Bayonet AttackThere is a move that, the first time I saw it, made me think I had misread th...