Chess
The 9...a5 Move and the Long Night of the King's Indian Defence
Chess Olympiad 2026: The Torch Reaches Samarkand and Three Claims That Need Verification
The Bayonet 9.b4 and the 9...a5 Move: Dissecting a King's Indian Defence Repertoire Option
Bayonet 9.b4 and the 9...a5 plan: an opening repertoire with an unverified gap
Chess Olympiad 2026 in Samarkand: The Torch, Three Claims, and a Verification Protocol
The Bayonet 9.b4 and the 9...a5 Move: Dissecting a King's Indian Defence Repertoire OptionOn the first Saturday of August 2026, the hall of the Chess Olympiad in...
Bayonet 9.b4 and the 9...a5 plan: an opening repertoire with an unverified gapMove nine leaves a square that almost every analysis skips over: a5. White ha...
The 9...a5 Move and the Long Night of the King's Indian DefenceThere is a black pawn that advances exactly one square, from a7 to a5. Inside...
Chess Olympiad 2026 in Samarkand: The Torch, Three Claims, and a Verification ProtocolThe torch passed through four hands at a ceremony in Samarkand. On the giving...
After the Olympiad Gold, When the Coach Says His Students Are Stronger: I Turned Over Every NumberI still keep that tape. Not a tape of a game, but the recording of a press...
The Samarkand Torch and Three Claims That Need Verification Before the 2026 Chess OlympiadI read chess news in two layers. The first is the story: who appears, where, ...
Knight Magic and the 5.e5 Move: An Opening Sold Like an Insurance PolicyDa Nang, end of the month. The small chess club on the side street still has...
Chess Olympiad 2026: The Torch Reaches Samarkand and Three Claims That Need VerificationThe red torch passed from official hands into those of a young grandmaster, a...
ChessBase August Product Roundup: Petroff Defence and the Saturation Problem in the Chess Training MarketOn September 13, 2026, ChessBase published its August product roundup. In tha...
The 5.e5 Move, Sveshnikov, and the Trap Called 'Easy to Learn'The afternoon heat in Hai Phong hit thirty-five degrees, and the editing room...
Bayonet 9.b4 and the 9...a5 plan: an opening repertoire with an unverified gapMove nine leaves a square that almost every analysis skips over: a5. White ha...
The 9...a5 Move and the Long Night of the King's Indian DefenceThere is a black pawn that advances exactly one square, from a7 to a5. Inside...
Chess Olympiad 2026 in Samarkand: The Torch, Three Claims, and a Verification ProtocolThe torch passed through four hands at a ceremony in Samarkand. On the giving...
After the Olympiad Gold, When the Coach Says His Students Are Stronger: I Turned Over Every NumberI still keep that tape. Not a tape of a game, but the recording of a press...
The Samarkand Torch and Three Claims That Need Verification Before the 2026 Chess OlympiadI read chess news in two layers. The first is the story: who appears, where, ...
Knight Magic and the 5.e5 Move: An Opening Sold Like an Insurance PolicyDa Nang, end of the month. The small chess club on the side street still has...
Chess Olympiad 2026: The Torch Reaches Samarkand and Three Claims That Need VerificationThe red torch passed from official hands into those of a young grandmaster, a...
ChessBase August Product Roundup: Petroff Defence and the Saturation Problem in the Chess Training MarketOn September 13, 2026, ChessBase published its August product roundup. In tha...
The 5.e5 Move, Sveshnikov, and the Trap Called 'Easy to Learn'The afternoon heat in Hai Phong hit thirty-five degrees, and the editing room...