Chess
Scotch Game: the opening once dismissed as harmless, and a headline that does not match its body
Daniel King's Najdorf Patch: Sixty Minutes for Five White Tries
5.e5! and the Depreciation Clock on Easy-to-Learn Moves
King's Indian: When 9...a5 Is Sold as an "Antidote" to the Bayonet Attack
Atyrau Masters: The Top Two Seeds Fall in the Opening Rounds, and the Echo of Games That Were Never Remembered
Scotch Game: the opening once dismissed as harmless, and a headline that does not match its bodyNine in the evening on a Saturday, a coffee shop on Nguyen Du Street in...
Carlsen and the Shocking Statement: 'AI Shows Humans Are Not That Good'Magnus Carlsen sat down, his coffee cooling beside the chessboard, and said a...
The Najdorf Never Stands Still: Daniel King's 60-Minute Patch and the Limits of Opening TheoryHo Chi Minh City, nine in the morning on a Sunday, a small chess café on Nguy...
Daniel King's Najdorf Patch: Sixty Minutes for Five White TriesWhite pushes the f-pawn to f3 on move five, and the board suddenly stops...
Timur Turlov Is Not the FIDE President — and FRITZ 20 Does Not Need That HeadlineAt 6:47 on the morning of 31 August 2026, a colleague sent me a link with one...
The Scandinavian Defense in 60 Minutes: A Convenient Promise and a Crack in the HeadlineSaturday night, table three of a chess café on Nguyen Chi Thanh Street, Da...
5.e5! and the Depreciation Clock on Easy-to-Learn MovesOne Saturday evening at a chess club by the Hàn River, a club-level player...
Learn an Opening in 60 Minutes and Play It the Same Day: The Beautiful Promise of the Chess Course MarketBased on my experience following matches and reading coaching material over...
King's Indian: When 9...a5 Is Sold as an "Antidote" to the Bayonet AttackIn my personal spreadsheet, the column tracking White's ninth move keeps...
Atyrau Masters: Two Seeds Fall and the Echo from a Chess Content Industry Shifting SeatsOn ChessBase's news page, a headline appeared, neatly trimmed: “Atyrau Master...
Atyrau Masters: The Top Two Seeds Fall in the Opening Rounds, and the Echo of Games That Were Never RememberedI sat before the screen at four in the morning. Atyrau was still sunk in...
Carlsen and the Shocking Statement: 'AI Shows Humans Are Not That Good'Magnus Carlsen sat down, his coffee cooling beside the chessboard, and said a...
The Najdorf Never Stands Still: Daniel King's 60-Minute Patch and the Limits of Opening TheoryHo Chi Minh City, nine in the morning on a Sunday, a small chess café on Nguy...
Daniel King's Najdorf Patch: Sixty Minutes for Five White TriesWhite pushes the f-pawn to f3 on move five, and the board suddenly stops...
Timur Turlov Is Not the FIDE President — and FRITZ 20 Does Not Need That HeadlineAt 6:47 on the morning of 31 August 2026, a colleague sent me a link with one...
The Scandinavian Defense in 60 Minutes: A Convenient Promise and a Crack in the HeadlineSaturday night, table three of a chess café on Nguyen Chi Thanh Street, Da...
5.e5! and the Depreciation Clock on Easy-to-Learn MovesOne Saturday evening at a chess club by the Hàn River, a club-level player...
Learn an Opening in 60 Minutes and Play It the Same Day: The Beautiful Promise of the Chess Course MarketBased on my experience following matches and reading coaching material over...
King's Indian: When 9...a5 Is Sold as an "Antidote" to the Bayonet AttackIn my personal spreadsheet, the column tracking White's ninth move keeps...
Atyrau Masters: Two Seeds Fall and the Echo from a Chess Content Industry Shifting SeatsOn ChessBase's news page, a headline appeared, neatly trimmed: “Atyrau Master...
Atyrau Masters: The Top Two Seeds Fall in the Opening Rounds, and the Echo of Games That Were Never RememberedI sat before the screen at four in the morning. Atyrau was still sunk in...
