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9...a5 against the Bayonet Attack: the 'few concrete lines' promise in the King's Indian Defence2026-10-16In a game I re-watched on tape, White's ninth move was b4. The pawn advanced,...
Woodward Takes Down Caruana, Lee Widens the Gap — and the 60-Minute Opening Course Behind the Headline2026-10-16A midweek afternoon, and I was sorting a stack of notes on the round-by-round...
After 1.d4 d5: Four Quiet Systems and a Preparation Lesson for Black2026-10-10I remember a Saturday morning at the Binh Duong chess club, when a...
The Modern Italian: 5.e5, the White King's Walk, and a Trap That Only Works on the Unprepared2026-09-26The Modern Italian: 5.e5, the White King's Walk, and a Trap That Only Works o...
ChessDecoding the Elephant Gambit: How a Move-Two Pawn Sacrifice Became Chess's Psychological WeaponIn a small room in Nha Trang, I look back at a game on screen beginning with...
Chess9...a5 Against the Bayonet Attack: A Strategic Detour in the Engine EraOn the board, White's pawn comes to rest on b4. One square. Yet for anyone wh...
Chess9...a5 against the Bayonet Attack: The Low-Theory Path of the King's Indian DefenseIn the analysis room of an open tournament in Shanghai this summer, I sat...
Chess9...a5 and the Trust Problem: When the Chess World Sells an 'Antidote' to the Bayonet AttackThere is a moment in every commentary session where I learn more than in a...
Chess9...a5 against the Bayonet Attack: the 'few concrete lines' promise in the King's Indian DefenceIn a game I re-watched on tape, White's ninth move was b4. The pawn advanced,...
ChessWoodward Takes Down Caruana, Lee Widens the Gap — and the 60-Minute Opening Course Behind the HeadlineA midweek afternoon, and I was sorting a stack of notes on the round-by-round...
ChessUS Chess Championship: Woodward Takes Down Caruana, Lee Widens the Gap, and the Data Gap Behind the HeadlineLast Thursday at a chess club in District 3, Saigon, I sat behind a young man...
ChessAI Proves a 63-Check Chess Record, but the 364-Move Problem Remains OpenA single position, 63 legal checking moves, and a proof closed from both ends...
ChessFIDE Shortens Time Controls: When Openings Become the Amateur Game's 'Time-Saving' CommodityThe FIDE General Assembly adopted a resolution on shorter time controls. That...
ChessYu Yangyi beats Ding Liren at Shenzhen Masters: An open victory, missing dataI rewind the Shenzhen Masters footage to find what people overlook. The resul...
ChessLiang Beats Niemann in Round 1 of the US Championship: Reading a News Headline Like a Product CatalogueThe game ended and the headline appeared: Awonder Liang defeated Hans Niemann...
ChessAfter 1.d4 d5: Four Quiet Systems and a Preparation Lesson for BlackI remember a Saturday morning at the Binh Duong chess club, when a...
ChessChessBase Magazine #225: The Headline Says Bent Larsen, but Prague 2026 Is the Real StageOne Cover, Two Stories In 2026, in Moscow, I learned something from Ahmed's...
