Chess
Atyrau Masters Loses Its Top Two Seeds in the Opening Rounds — and the Format Race Behind ChessBase Magazine #225
6th Intercontinental Online Chess Championship for Prisoners: Record 140 Teams Participating
ChessBase Magazine #225: From Prague Festival 2026 to the Art of Curating 27 Miniatures
The Move 9...a5 and the Promise of an Antidote in the King's Indian Defense
Bayegan Pendik and Monte-Carlo Win the 2026 European Club Cup: What a News Item Leaves OutThat morning I opened the news item, picked up a pencil, and did the work...
77 Prisoner Chess Teams, Five Continents and a Data VoidOver eleven days in May 2026, from 13 to 23 May, 77 teams from five continent...
A 60-Minute Patch for the Najdorf: Daniel King Updates a Leaking SystemAt 10:45 p.m. in a chess café on Nguyen Thi Minh Khai Street in Saigon, table...
Rachel Li and the Title Without a CrosstableThe page opens with a line of headline type: Rachel Li stunningly wins US...
Carlsen and the Human Ceiling: How AI Forces Chess to Change Its StorytellingIn an interview cited by Marca from AS, Magnus Carlsen said something that,...
Carlsen and the Human Ceiling: When AI Flattens Preparation Edges, Chess Enters a New EraIn an interview with Spanish newspaper AS in October, Magnus Carlsen said...
Carlsen, AI and the Human Ceiling: When Advantage Is Flattened, the Champion Learns to Win FasterIn a small room in Nha Trang, I replayed a VHS tape recorded in 2026. On it,...
European Club Cup 2026: Bayegan Pendik at 2715 Elo and a title race that starts in round fiveBudva, Montenegro, October 19, 2026. The European Club Cup 2026 enters round...
The 60-Minute Scandinavian Defense Course: A Convenience Promise and a Missing MiddlegameOn a Tuesday evening, in a small chess training room on Nguyen Van Linh Stree...
The Scandinavian Defense in 60 Minutes: A Sound System, an Overstated PromiseThe Scandinavian Defense in 60 Minutes: A Sound System, an Overstated Promise...
Dortmund 2027 Does Not Exist — But the 60-Minute Course DoesLate at night in Da Nang, I typed "Dortmund Sparkassen Trophy 2027" into the...
Bayonet 9.b4 and the 9...a5 Answer: A Sound Equalizer, or a Sales Pitch Packaged Too Well?In the footage I keep rewinding, the most interesting thing is not the pawn...
Atyrau Masters Loses Its Top Two Seeds in the Opening Rounds — and the Format Race Behind ChessBase Magazine #225In Atyrau, the oil city on the banks of the Ural River in Kazakhstan, a...
6th Intercontinental Online Chess Championship for Prisoners: Record 140 Teams ParticipatingThe 6th Intercontinental Online Chess Championship for Prisoners has official...
The d5 Move in the Heart of the Bundesliga: The Elephant Gambit and an Unfinished ArgumentI sat in front of the screen on a rainy night in Da Nang, rewinding the foota...
Kavutskiy and ChessBase's Move: When Chess Courses Become a Battle of Personal BrandsOn December 9, 2026, the ChessBase website published the second installment i...
Liang Beats Niemann: When the Headline Swallows the GameI read that headline four times, and I still could not find a single move. It...
ChessBase Magazine #225: From Prague Festival 2026 to the Art of Curating 27 MiniaturesIn Prague, a chess game sometimes ends before the spectator finishes writing...
The Move 9...a5 and the Promise of an Antidote in the King's Indian DefenseAt an amateur chess tournament in Binh Duong, I once sat beside a...
77 Prisoner Chess Teams, Five Continents and a Data VoidOver eleven days in May 2026, from 13 to 23 May, 77 teams from five continent...
A 60-Minute Patch for the Najdorf: Daniel King Updates a Leaking SystemAt 10:45 p.m. in a chess café on Nguyen Thi Minh Khai Street in Saigon, table...
Rachel Li and the Title Without a CrosstableThe page opens with a line of headline type: Rachel Li stunningly wins US...
Carlsen and the Human Ceiling: How AI Forces Chess to Change Its StorytellingIn an interview cited by Marca from AS, Magnus Carlsen said something that,...
Carlsen and the Human Ceiling: When AI Flattens Preparation Edges, Chess Enters a New EraIn an interview with Spanish newspaper AS in October, Magnus Carlsen said...
Carlsen, AI and the Human Ceiling: When Advantage Is Flattened, the Champion Learns to Win FasterIn a small room in Nha Trang, I replayed a VHS tape recorded in 2026. On it,...
European Club Cup 2026: Bayegan Pendik at 2715 Elo and a title race that starts in round fiveBudva, Montenegro, October 19, 2026. The European Club Cup 2026 enters round...
The 60-Minute Scandinavian Defense Course: A Convenience Promise and a Missing MiddlegameOn a Tuesday evening, in a small chess training room on Nguyen Van Linh Stree...
The Scandinavian Defense in 60 Minutes: A Sound System, an Overstated PromiseThe Scandinavian Defense in 60 Minutes: A Sound System, an Overstated Promise...
Dortmund 2027 Does Not Exist — But the 60-Minute Course DoesLate at night in Da Nang, I typed "Dortmund Sparkassen Trophy 2027" into the...
Bayonet 9.b4 and the 9...a5 Answer: A Sound Equalizer, or a Sales Pitch Packaged Too Well?In the footage I keep rewinding, the most interesting thing is not the pawn...
Atyrau Masters Loses Its Top Two Seeds in the Opening Rounds — and the Format Race Behind ChessBase Magazine #225In Atyrau, the oil city on the banks of the Ural River in Kazakhstan, a...
6th Intercontinental Online Chess Championship for Prisoners: Record 140 Teams ParticipatingThe 6th Intercontinental Online Chess Championship for Prisoners has official...
The d5 Move in the Heart of the Bundesliga: The Elephant Gambit and an Unfinished ArgumentI sat in front of the screen on a rainy night in Da Nang, rewinding the foota...
Kavutskiy and ChessBase's Move: When Chess Courses Become a Battle of Personal BrandsOn December 9, 2026, the ChessBase website published the second installment i...
Liang Beats Niemann: When the Headline Swallows the GameI read that headline four times, and I still could not find a single move. It...
ChessBase Magazine #225: From Prague Festival 2026 to the Art of Curating 27 MiniaturesIn Prague, a chess game sometimes ends before the spectator finishes writing...
The Move 9...a5 and the Promise of an Antidote in the King's Indian DefenseAt an amateur chess tournament in Binh Duong, I once sat beside a...
