Chess
Timur Turlov Is Not FIDE President: Anatomy of a Chess Story That Borrowed Authority to Sell Software
The Scandinavian Defense, a 60-Minute Video, and FIDE's Signal on Shorter Time Controls
Kasparov, the Scotch Opening, and the Trap of Opening 'Solutions'
US Chess Championship: When a Perfect Score Hides the Opening Battle
Bodhana Sivanandan and 3.Bc4: When an 11-Year-Old Forces the Sicilian to Change the Question
Vietnam Women's Football and the Final Twenty Minutes: When Structure Becomes Tactics
Bodhana Sivanandan Completes IM Norms at 11, Breaking Judit Polgar's 38-Year-Old RecordBudva, Montenegro, October 23, 2026. The final round of the European Chess Cl...
Eleven Days, 77 Teams and a Misnamed EventThe closing bulletin I have in hand headlines the event as the...
European Club Cup 2026: Giri Meets Abdusattorov in the Final Round, and Two Standings That Do Not MatchOn the round-four pairing sheet, square one carries two names: Anish Giri and...
Carlsen: AI Has Levelled Preparation, and Human Limits ShowAt four in the morning on 22 October, I reopened on my second monitor a...
Vahap Sanal and Team Türkiye: When a Legend Has Not Yet Been NamedThere is a moment on the chessboard that I always try to return to, even afte...
Timur Turlov Is Not FIDE President: Anatomy of a Chess Story That Borrowed Authority to Sell SoftwareThe chess clock on my editing desk is a mechanical one, wound by hand, and it...
FRITZ 20 and the 'FIDE President' Deception: When Chess Becomes a Marketing ProductOn August 31, 2026, I sat down with an article sent from a content channel I...
European Club Cup 2026: Bayegan Pendik Lead on 2715 Average Elo as Four Teams Chase From 2600Budva, third-round morning. A steward pins the pairing sheet to the wooden wa...
The Scandinavian Defence: A 60-Minute Promise and the Middlegame Gap9:40 in the evening in Chiang Mai. A club player opens a chess course page an...
The Scandinavian Defence: A 60-Minute Package, the Convenience Promise, and the Middlegame Left BehindSaturday morning, the third board from the window of a coffee shop on Tran Ph...
US Chess Championships: Woodward Takes Down Caruana, Lee Widens the GapThat moment did not produce applause right away. In the hall of the Saint Lou...
The Scandinavian Defense, a 60-Minute Video, and FIDE's Signal on Shorter Time ControlsAt eight in the evening, in a small café on Bà Triệu Street in Hà Nội, a club...
Kasparov, the Scotch Opening, and the Trap of Opening 'Solutions'There is a moment I will never forget, even though more than three decades ha...
US Chess Championship: When a Perfect Score Hides the Opening BattleMidway through the US Chess Championship, two names appear on the same perfec...
ChessBase and the Creator Gamble: When FritzTrainer Calls on Kostya KavutskiyAt three in the morning in Chengdu, I still keep an old habit: opening my...
An 11-Year-Old on Board One: Bodhana Sivanandan and the Data Question at the 2026 Samarkand OlympiadOn board one, you do not place a child. That is the unwritten convention of...
Bodhana Sivanandan and 3.Bc4: When an 11-Year-Old Forces the Sicilian to Change the QuestionThe game began with 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3. At that point, anyone who has read an...
Bodhana Sivanandan, 11, Scores 6/7 with a 2504 Performance at the Samarkand 2026 Chess OlympiadAt the Samarkand 2026 Chess Olympiad, England's women's team is producing one...
