Chess
ChessThree Moves From +2 to Defeat: Nihal Sarin, India, and the Limits of Believing in Process2026-09-24I sat in front of the screen at one in the morning, Shenzhen time. The...
ChessThe Scotch Is No Longer Frightening: Kasparov 2026 and Mikhalchishin's Remedy2026-09-22In 2026, in Lyon, a move that grandmasters had filed under the label “harmles...
ChessTwo Budapest Golds and the Data Gap Behind India's Chess Wave2026-09-21On 22 September 2026, in Budapest, India's open team and women's team entered...
ChessThe Data Gap in Vietnamese Women's Chess: A Game Nobody Records Can Never Grow2026-09-20The Data Gap in Vietnamese Women's Chess: A Game Nobody Records Can Never Gro...
Chess2026 Chess Olympiad: Pakistan Refuses to Face Israel, and the Pairing Question FIDE Has Not Answered2026-09-17Board one still wore its white cloth as the arbiter filled in the scoresheet....
A Black Repertoire Against Non-Critical d4 Systems: Valeri Lilov, the Theory Tax, and a Headline That Doesn't Match the BodyA Black Repertoire Against Non-Critical d4 Systems: Valeri Lilov, the Theory...
Three Moves From +2 to Defeat: Nihal Sarin, India, and the Limits of Believing in ProcessI sat in front of the screen at one in the morning, Shenzhen time. The...
The Scotch Opening and the Lesson of Reading Subjective Exploitation Information in ChessI rewound the footage of the 2026 match between Garry Kasparov and Anatoly...
The Scotch Is No Longer Frightening: Kasparov 2026 and Mikhalchishin's RemedyIn 2026, in Lyon, a move that grandmasters had filed under the label “harmles...
Blank Fields in the Indian Chess Record: When Data Is Not Enough to ConcludeIn a second-floor classroom of a primary school in Chennai, on a Saturday...
Two Budapest Golds and the Data Gap Behind India's Chess WaveOn 22 September 2026, in Budapest, India's open team and women's team entered...
Samarkand Open Round 4: Eight-Way Tie at the Top, but the Real Story Is a MagazineChessBase opened its report on Round 4 of the Samarkand Open with a strong...
Samarkand After Round 4 and the Najdorf Update: Where the Real Signal Actually SitsOn the provisional scoreboard in the corridor of the Samarkand playing hall,...
The Data Gap in Vietnamese Women's Chess: A Game Nobody Records Can Never GrowThe Data Gap in Vietnamese Women's Chess: A Game Nobody Records Can Never Gro...
The FIDE Election on 26 September in Samarkand: The Carlsen Return Pledge and the Real Vote on Conflict of InterestI replayed the July 2026 footage at two in the morning, the hour every newsro...
2026 Chess Olympiad: Pakistan Refuses to Face Israel, and the Pairing Question FIDE Has Not AnsweredBoard one still wore its white cloth as the arbiter filled in the scoresheet....
5.e5 in 'Knight Magic': A Bet on a Belief Without an InvoiceI sat down at the board at 11 p.m., replaying what the marketers call "Knight...
Chess Data That Looks Complete but Isn't: The Trap in AnalysisIn my personal data folder, filed by year, there is one file I keep on purpos...
The Silent Moment on the Chessboard: Why the Ancient Elephant Gambit Remains a Formidable Surprise WeaponAt the twelfth move of the game, when the opponent had just placed his rook o...
Three Moves From +2 to Defeat: Nihal Sarin, India, and the Limits of Believing in ProcessI sat in front of the screen at one in the morning, Shenzhen time. The...
The Scotch Opening and the Lesson of Reading Subjective Exploitation Information in ChessI rewound the footage of the 2026 match between Garry Kasparov and Anatoly...
The Scotch Is No Longer Frightening: Kasparov 2026 and Mikhalchishin's RemedyIn 2026, in Lyon, a move that grandmasters had filed under the label “harmles...
Blank Fields in the Indian Chess Record: When Data Is Not Enough to ConcludeIn a second-floor classroom of a primary school in Chennai, on a Saturday...
Two Budapest Golds and the Data Gap Behind India's Chess WaveOn 22 September 2026, in Budapest, India's open team and women's team entered...
Samarkand Open Round 4: Eight-Way Tie at the Top, but the Real Story Is a MagazineChessBase opened its report on Round 4 of the Samarkand Open with a strong...
Samarkand After Round 4 and the Najdorf Update: Where the Real Signal Actually SitsOn the provisional scoreboard in the corridor of the Samarkand playing hall,...
The Data Gap in Vietnamese Women's Chess: A Game Nobody Records Can Never GrowThe Data Gap in Vietnamese Women's Chess: A Game Nobody Records Can Never Gro...
The FIDE Election on 26 September in Samarkand: The Carlsen Return Pledge and the Real Vote on Conflict of InterestI replayed the July 2026 footage at two in the morning, the hour every newsro...
2026 Chess Olympiad: Pakistan Refuses to Face Israel, and the Pairing Question FIDE Has Not AnsweredBoard one still wore its white cloth as the arbiter filled in the scoresheet....
5.e5 in 'Knight Magic': A Bet on a Belief Without an InvoiceI sat down at the board at 11 p.m., replaying what the marketers call "Knight...
Chess Data That Looks Complete but Isn't: The Trap in AnalysisIn my personal data folder, filed by year, there is one file I keep on purpos...
The Silent Moment on the Chessboard: Why the Ancient Elephant Gambit Remains a Formidable Surprise WeaponAt the twelfth move of the game, when the opponent had just placed his rook o...