Chess
King's Indian Defense, the Bayonet Attack and 9...a5: a practical answer or an unverified sales pitch?
Decoding 9...a5: A Low-Theory Choice for Black Against the Bayonet Attack
The Pawn Sacrifice in the Bundesliga: An Opening the Engine Rejects and the Story of 'Secret Weapons'
Saint Louis 2026: The American Chessboard and a Quiet Generational Handover
King's Indian Mar del Plata: 9...a5 and the Cost of Selling a Move as ‘Easy to Remember’One July evening, in the analysis room of a chess centre in Da Nang, I opened...
9...a5 and the Borrowed Name of Capablanca: A Chess DVD Selling Strategy Under a Title That Never ExistedIn August 2026, José Raúl Capablanca walked into the Buenos Aires Chess...
Bayegan Pendik and Monte-Carlo Win the 2026 European Club Cup: The Title Was Decided on Board FiveI read the headline three times. The first time in the morning, with the...
Carlsen and the Human Ceiling: When AI Levels the Playing Field and the Elo Crown Sits Outside the CycleThere is a moment in modern chess that I always keep like an old photograph:...
FRITZ 20 and the Trap of Titles: When the Chess World Sells Itself Out With a HeadlineThere is a gap on the diagram that nobody bothers to redraw. In August 2026, ...
European Club Cup 2026: Bayegan's 2715 and the 65-point Elo gap per board a draw cannot hideOn the electronic board in the tournament hall in Budva, after the second rou...
European Club Cup 2026: Bayegan Pendik buys a roster, the rest go looking for a miracleOn the morning of the third playing day of the 2026 European Club Cup in Budv...
The Hour of the Seconds: Why the Small Move 9...a5 Sells Better Than It DeservesOn my desk there is a thin book on the King's Indian that I bought in 2026, a...
King's Indian Defense, the Bayonet Attack and 9...a5: a practical answer or an unverified sales pitch?White's clock read 4 minutes 12 seconds when he pushed the pawn to b4. The...
"Dortmund 2027" Does Not Exist: Decoding a Scandinavian Defense Course Sales PageOpening I opened that page on a Tuesday evening, just after closing out an...
9...a5 in the King's Indian: A Strategic Sideline, Not a Refutation of the BayonetAt a weekend rapid tournament in Ho Chi Minh City, I sat behind a young playe...
The Bayonet Attack and the 9...a5 Answer: Where the Data Ends and the Marketing Begins1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Be2 e5 7.0-0 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.b4...
Decoding 9...a5: A Low-Theory Choice for Black Against the Bayonet AttackDuring a notebook review after a round at an open tournament in Mumbai, I fou...
AI solves a 58-year-old chess problem: 63 is a proven peak, 364 remains an open ceilingThat night I sat for a long time before a single position. White to move, and...
Scotch 2026: Kasparov Reopened the Door, and the Market Learned to Sell the KeyIn a small apartment in Chengdu, there is an old computer running a database...
Kasparov's Legacy and the Scotch Game: How a Forgotten Opening Became a Weapon of Mass DestructionIn the world of elite chess, where every move is dissected to the hundredth o...
The Pawn Sacrifice in the Bundesliga: An Opening the Engine Rejects and the Story of 'Secret Weapons'Inside a German tournament hall, among rows of chessboards under warm light, ...
US Chess Championships: A Beautiful Headline and the Moves That Don't ExistI read the headline three times before scrolling down to the body. "Liang bea...
When White Declines 2.c4: The Anti-Theory Weapons and Black's AnswerHundreds of spectators in the playing hall wait for the familiar 2.c4. Instea...
9...a5 and the Borrowed Name of Capablanca: A Chess DVD Selling Strategy Under a Title That Never ExistedIn August 2026, José Raúl Capablanca walked into the Buenos Aires Chess...
Bayegan Pendik and Monte-Carlo Win the 2026 European Club Cup: The Title Was Decided on Board FiveI read the headline three times. The first time in the morning, with the...
Carlsen and the Human Ceiling: When AI Levels the Playing Field and the Elo Crown Sits Outside the CycleThere is a moment in modern chess that I always keep like an old photograph:...
FRITZ 20 and the Trap of Titles: When the Chess World Sells Itself Out With a HeadlineThere is a gap on the diagram that nobody bothers to redraw. In August 2026, ...
European Club Cup 2026: Bayegan's 2715 and the 65-point Elo gap per board a draw cannot hideOn the electronic board in the tournament hall in Budva, after the second rou...
European Club Cup 2026: Bayegan Pendik buys a roster, the rest go looking for a miracleOn the morning of the third playing day of the 2026 European Club Cup in Budv...
The Hour of the Seconds: Why the Small Move 9...a5 Sells Better Than It DeservesOn my desk there is a thin book on the King's Indian that I bought in 2026, a...
King's Indian Defense, the Bayonet Attack and 9...a5: a practical answer or an unverified sales pitch?White's clock read 4 minutes 12 seconds when he pushed the pawn to b4. The...
"Dortmund 2027" Does Not Exist: Decoding a Scandinavian Defense Course Sales PageOpening I opened that page on a Tuesday evening, just after closing out an...
9...a5 in the King's Indian: A Strategic Sideline, Not a Refutation of the BayonetAt a weekend rapid tournament in Ho Chi Minh City, I sat behind a young playe...
The Bayonet Attack and the 9...a5 Answer: Where the Data Ends and the Marketing Begins1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Be2 e5 7.0-0 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.b4...
Decoding 9...a5: A Low-Theory Choice for Black Against the Bayonet AttackDuring a notebook review after a round at an open tournament in Mumbai, I fou...
AI solves a 58-year-old chess problem: 63 is a proven peak, 364 remains an open ceilingThat night I sat for a long time before a single position. White to move, and...
Scotch 2026: Kasparov Reopened the Door, and the Market Learned to Sell the KeyIn a small apartment in Chengdu, there is an old computer running a database...
Kasparov's Legacy and the Scotch Game: How a Forgotten Opening Became a Weapon of Mass DestructionIn the world of elite chess, where every move is dissected to the hundredth o...
The Pawn Sacrifice in the Bundesliga: An Opening the Engine Rejects and the Story of 'Secret Weapons'Inside a German tournament hall, among rows of chessboards under warm light, ...
US Chess Championships: A Beautiful Headline and the Moves That Don't ExistI read the headline three times before scrolling down to the body. "Liang bea...
When White Declines 2.c4: The Anti-Theory Weapons and Black's AnswerHundreds of spectators in the playing hall wait for the familiar 2.c4. Instea...
