Chess
European Club Cup in Budva: Bayegan Pendik's 2715 and What the Scoreboard Has Not SaidThe online scoreboard of the European Club Cup refreshes every forty seconds,...
Yu Yangyi Beats Ding Liren in Shenzhen: A Result That Came Through the Back DoorA chess result of the highest weight — Yu Yangyi defeating Ding Liren in the...
Two Stories Wrongly Merged: Perfect Scores at the US Chess Championship and a Black Repertoire Against 1.d4 d5Two Stories Wrongly Merged: Perfect Scores at the US Chess Championship and a...
5.e5 and the Comfort of Superstition: The Practical Power of an Engine-Overlooked MoveIn a weekend rapid tournament in Chengdu, I sat behind an amateur player. The...
Liang Beats Niemann in US Championships Round 1: Reading a Headline Through the Lens of a CatalogI read the headline three times, and by the third time I realized I was not...
Kavutskiy Joins ChessBase: A Transfer Deal With No ChessboardKavutskiy Joins ChessBase: A Transfer Deal With No Chessboard In my log...
Bodhana Sivanandan and the 3.Bc4 Anti-Sicilian: Board One, 6/7 Score and the 2504 Milestone at the Samarkand Olympiad – A Data Story About an 11-Year-Old ProdigyWhen Arne Kähler sat down to interview Bodhana Sivanandan in Samarkand, he...
ChessBase Magazine #225: The Real Signal Lies in the Packaging, Not the Contributor ListOne small detail in the release notice for ChessBase Magazine issue 225 made ...
When the Chess Data Table Returns ZeroLate at night in Chengdu, after a game had ended at an open tournament in...
Sveshnikov's 5.e5 Pawn Push: An Old Weapon Still Trouble for Club PlayersOn the chessboard, some moves force you to pause for a few seconds. The move...
Daniel King's Najdorf Update: Sixty Minutes, Five Lines, and a Headline That Lost Its WayLate one evening in a small chess club tucked down an alley, I sat beside a...
Sixty Minutes at the Najdorf Board: Daniel King and the Trade of Updating TheorySixty Minutes and an Empty Chair In a small studio, Daniel King sits alone in...
The Najdorf and a 60-Minute Update: Five Choke Points Reshaping the Sicilian DefenseOn a Thursday evening, in a small chess club on the second floor of an old...
Daniel King's Najdorf Update: 60 Minutes of Theory PatchingOn a Wednesday evening at a small chess club on Nguyen Dinh Chieu Street, a...
