Chess
6th Intercontinental Online Chess Championship for Prisoners: The Record 140 Teams and the Data Gap Behind a Number
2026 Chess Olympiad: India Beat Uzbekistan 2 by 3.5–0.5, but 12 of Their 16 Individual Wins Came From Boards 3 and 4
FRITZ 20 and the Chess Training Revolution: When the Engine Learns to Become a Teacher
Poland Again Proves India Women's Achilles Heel: Round 5 of the Chess Olympiad and the Open Questions
Samarkand Round 4: An Eight-Way Tie and the Gap Hidden Behind a Headline
A Benko Gambit Review With No Moves: Sipke Ernst, FRITZ 20, and the Gap Between Headline and BodyThe product page opens with a clean line: The Modern Benko Gambit — A Full...
Atyrau Masters: Two Top Seeds Fall and the Silence Behind a News ItemOn a chessboard in Atyrau, a hand stops in mid-air. That is all the report...
6th Intercontinental Online Chess Championship for Prisoners: The Record 140 Teams and the Data Gap Behind a Number"A record 140 teams." Four words standing alone, with no source, no compariso...
2026 Chess Olympiad: India Beat Uzbekistan 2 by 3.5–0.5, but 12 of Their 16 Individual Wins Came From Boards 3 and 4India's board-order sheet for Round 10 carried a detail most reports walked...
FRITZ 20 and the Chess Training Revolution: When the Engine Learns to Become a TeacherIn November 2026, in Bonn, Vladimir Kramnik sat motionless before the board...
The Scotch Opening: From Kasparov's Weapon to Lessons for Young Vietnamese Chess PlayersI remember an afternoon at the Khanh Hoa Provincial Sports Hall, where a...
Three Moves, One Generation: Nihal Sarin and the Crack at SamarkandAt 2:17 p.m. Samarkand time, on board three, Nihal Sarin's clock still showed...
Poland Again Proves India Women's Achilles Heel: Round 5 of the Chess Olympiad and the Open QuestionsOpening: one word, “again” The Round 5 result of the Chess Olympiad reminds u...
The Handwritten Scoresheet and the Diplomatic Handshake: When Chess Stops Being a Matter of 64 SquaresNovember, Delhi. I sat in my small studio in Greater Kailash, headphones stil...
Samarkand Round 4: An Eight-Way Tie and the Gap Hidden Behind a HeadlineOne Headline, and Ten Data Points Behind It That Do Not Tell the Same Story T...
The Samarkand Torch and Three Titles That Need Re-examinationSamarkand, a morning in September. The torch of the 2026 Chess Olympiad passe...
Empty Data and the Trap of 'Hollow Analysis' in Vietnamese ChessEleven at night, in a small chess club tucked down an alley on Nguyen Chi Tha...
From 5.e5 to the Name Taimanov: A Labelling Error Inside a Chess Opening CourseAt the fifth move the board can be reduced to a small sketch: a white pawn...
FRITZ 20 and the Chess Training Puzzle in the Era of Free ToolsIn 2026, inside a small studio in Nha Trang, I listened to two young chess...
When Headlines Say One Thing, Content Says Another: Analysis of the ChessBase Magazine #225 Case and Lessons in Chess Media CredibilityAfter four decades of following tournaments, I have witnessed countless momen...
The Elephant Gambit: Move Two and the Trap of Data-Free BeliefThe Elephant Gambit: Move Two and the Trap of Data-Free Belief Night in Binh...
Carlsen's Confession, Ramesh's Slogan, and the Data Gap Around PraggnanandhaaIn Saint Petersburg, summer arrives late. The snow thaws slowly along the...
Praggnanandhaa: The 'King Hunter' That Makes Carlsen AdmireWhen Magnus Carlsen – the world chess champion for over a decade – says he is...
Carlsen Beats Vachier-Lagrave at Global Chess League: When the Headline Says One Thing and the Body Sells AnotherI rewound the SEA Games 29 footage to find what people had forgotten, but thi...