Chess
The Risky Move and the Chess Market: When the Elephant Gambit Looks for Its Place on the Modern Board2026-10-18On an August evening, after the games at the European Club Cup in Budva had...
US Championships: Woodward Beats Caruana, Lee Widens the Gap — When a News Headline Sells an Opening Course2026-10-16I read that headline at 11 p.m., and for three seconds I thought I had missed...
The 58-Year-Old Chess Problem and Double Agent's 63-Check Milestone2026-10-16In a position with no player seated at the board, no clock, and no spectators...
The Scandinavian Defense and the Magnus Carlsen Lesson: When the World No.1's Surprise Weapon Becomes a Club Player's Textbook2026-10-13From the sideline, I see the whole game. This time that sideline was not the...
Ding Liren Loses to Yu Yangyi in Shenzhen: A Rapid Defeat That Does Not Reshape the Chess Throne2026-10-13I misread a player's name, then read the position correctly when the slow...
The Naked Truth: When a Chess Legend is 'Mislabeled' Between News and Advertisement2026-10-13I misread a player's name, then read the position correctly when the...
ChessThe Risky Move and the Chess Market: When the Elephant Gambit Looks for Its Place on the Modern BoardOn an August evening, after the games at the European Club Cup in Budva had...
ChessBayonet 9.b4 and the 9...a5 Answer: The Line Between Understanding and MemorizationIn the summer of 2026, while building my video series "Lifting the Veil on...
ChessDortmund Sparkassen Trophy 2027: The Stray Headline of a Chess Sales PageOn Tuesday night, a friend in Saigon sent me a link with exactly four words:...
ChessUS Chess: Woodward Takes Down Caruana, Lee Widens the Gap — Decoding the Void Before the Game CollapsesI remember checking my clock. Not the game clock — the referee handles that —...
ChessUS Championships: Woodward Beats Caruana, Lee Widens the Gap — When a News Headline Sells an Opening CourseI read that headline at 11 p.m., and for three seconds I thought I had missed...
ChessUS Championships: Woodward Takes Down Caruana, Lee Widens the Gap — and an Old Opening Repackaged as a New WeaponOn Tuesday evening, in a chess club tucked down an alley off Ba Huyen Thanh...
ChessThe 58-Year-Old Chess Problem and Double Agent's 63-Check MilestoneIn a position with no player seated at the board, no clock, and no spectators...
ChessThe Scotch Opening: How Kasparov Revived a Forgotten MoveThere are moves that seem to have died, lying still in the textbooks of the...
ChessKasparov and the Scotch Opening: When an 'Old Weapon' Became a New FearIn the world of chess, there are openings that seem long forgotten, considere...
ChessThe Scandinavian Defense and the Magnus Carlsen Lesson: When the World No.1's Surprise Weapon Becomes a Club Player's TextbookFrom the sideline, I see the whole game. This time that sideline was not the...
ChessDing Liren Loses to Yu Yangyi in Shenzhen: A Rapid Defeat That Does Not Reshape the Chess ThroneI misread a player's name, then read the position correctly when the slow...
ChessThe Naked Truth: When a Chess Legend is 'Mislabeled' Between News and AdvertisementI misread a player's name, then read the position correctly when the...