Chess
European Club Cup: Comfortable Wins for the Favourites, but Where Is the Scoresheet?
Scandinavian Defense: The 60-Minute Claim and the Unresolved Question of Carlsen's Name
The 9...a5 'Antidote' and the Part of the Clock Nobody Logged
Does Chess Need a Unified Rating System? The Real Test of the Budapest Pilot Is the Calendar, Not the Board
ChessDoes Chess Need a Unified Rating System? The Real Test of the Budapest Pilot Is the Calendar, Not the BoardOn the morning of 10 November 2026, when the first clock button is pressed in...
ChessThe Chess Truth the Headline Never Tells: A NATO Title and the Silence of the NajdorfSomething strange happened. Turkish Grandmaster Vahap Sanal and his team won...
ChessEuropean Club Cup: Comfortable Wins for the Favourites, but Where Is the Scoresheet?The first question that arises from the headline 'European Club Cup:...
ChessCarlsen's Claim: AI Proved Humans Are Not as Great as We BelieveThree weeks before the World Open Chess Championship begins in Budapest on...
ChessFIDE President Timur Turlov in Cyprus: A Diplomatic Meeting Whose Story Was Written on an Empty BoardThe queue outside the presidential palace in Nicosia was not for a chess matc...
ChessNATO Chess Championship: The Big Oversight Behind Vahap Sanal and Türkiye's VictoryLast week, when I opened my social feed, a headline stopped me: 'Vahap Sanal...
ChessEuropean Club Cup Kicks Off in Budva, but Behind the Page a 60-Minute Elephant Gambit Course Is Being SoldThe European Club Cup in Budva exists on this page as a headline. Just a...
ChessThe Italian 5.e5 Line: A Real Club Weapon, and a Headline Selling Something ElseA catalogue entry landed on my desk last week. The title read: “Endgame Magic...
ChessScandinavian Defense: The 60-Minute Claim and the Unresolved Question of Carlsen's NameA 60-minute video on the Scandinavian Defense, presented by IM Andrew Martin,...
ChessBenko Gambit or Fritz 20? A Product Review with the Chess MissingWhen Gukesh named his support team at the Toronto Candidates press conference...
ChessThe 60-Minute Scandinavian Defense Promo: Carlsen's Name Is in It, the Game's Is Not"Magnus Carlsen has used this idea to win games." One sentence, and it hangs...
ChessThe 9...a5 'Antidote' and the Part of the Clock Nobody LoggedWhen reviewing a chess product, the first thing I check is how many players a...
ChessBudapest Pilot: Total Chess's Real Experiment Is the Time Control, Not the RatingThe release dated 29 August 2026 carried a headline that read: "Total Chess...
ChessIs 'Total Chess' Really Changing the Rating System? The Hidden Truth Between the Budapest Pilot and the 2027 TourWhen Magnus Carlsen makes his first move at a Budapest indoor arena on Novemb...
ChessEuropean Club Cup: Comfortable Wins for the Favourites, but the Real Story Is the Rating Gap and the Annotator EconomyCoverage of European Club Cup results keeps returning to an old habit —...
ChessTwo Products in One Review: The Benko Gambit Repertoire, FRITZ 20, and the Identity Gap Inside Chess's Content EconomyI keep a dossier on what the scoreboard refuses to explain. This time the...
ChessThe Italian Game Branch the Engine Approves and Grandmasters AvoidA data note has to start here: the material under review promises one thing i...
ChessBenko Gambit or Training Engine? A Review's Identity Crisis and the Packaging of Chess KnowledgeOne Title, Four Bullets, and Two Different Products When I opened this review...
ChessThe Chess Truth the Headline Never Tells: A NATO Title and the Silence of the NajdorfSomething strange happened. Turkish Grandmaster Vahap Sanal and his team won...
ChessEuropean Club Cup: Comfortable Wins for the Favourites, but Where Is the Scoresheet?The first question that arises from the headline 'European Club Cup:...
ChessCarlsen's Claim: AI Proved Humans Are Not as Great as We BelieveThree weeks before the World Open Chess Championship begins in Budapest on...
ChessFIDE President Timur Turlov in Cyprus: A Diplomatic Meeting Whose Story Was Written on an Empty BoardThe queue outside the presidential palace in Nicosia was not for a chess matc...
ChessNATO Chess Championship: The Big Oversight Behind Vahap Sanal and Türkiye's VictoryLast week, when I opened my social feed, a headline stopped me: 'Vahap Sanal...
ChessEuropean Club Cup Kicks Off in Budva, but Behind the Page a 60-Minute Elephant Gambit Course Is Being SoldThe European Club Cup in Budva exists on this page as a headline. Just a...
ChessThe Italian 5.e5 Line: A Real Club Weapon, and a Headline Selling Something ElseA catalogue entry landed on my desk last week. The title read: “Endgame Magic...
ChessScandinavian Defense: The 60-Minute Claim and the Unresolved Question of Carlsen's NameA 60-minute video on the Scandinavian Defense, presented by IM Andrew Martin,...
ChessBenko Gambit or Fritz 20? A Product Review with the Chess MissingWhen Gukesh named his support team at the Toronto Candidates press conference...
ChessThe 60-Minute Scandinavian Defense Promo: Carlsen's Name Is in It, the Game's Is Not"Magnus Carlsen has used this idea to win games." One sentence, and it hangs...
ChessThe 9...a5 'Antidote' and the Part of the Clock Nobody LoggedWhen reviewing a chess product, the first thing I check is how many players a...
ChessBudapest Pilot: Total Chess's Real Experiment Is the Time Control, Not the RatingThe release dated 29 August 2026 carried a headline that read: "Total Chess...
ChessIs 'Total Chess' Really Changing the Rating System? The Hidden Truth Between the Budapest Pilot and the 2027 TourWhen Magnus Carlsen makes his first move at a Budapest indoor arena on Novemb...
ChessEuropean Club Cup: Comfortable Wins for the Favourites, but the Real Story Is the Rating Gap and the Annotator EconomyCoverage of European Club Cup results keeps returning to an old habit —...
ChessTwo Products in One Review: The Benko Gambit Repertoire, FRITZ 20, and the Identity Gap Inside Chess's Content EconomyI keep a dossier on what the scoreboard refuses to explain. This time the...
ChessThe Italian Game Branch the Engine Approves and Grandmasters AvoidA data note has to start here: the material under review promises one thing i...
ChessBenko Gambit or Training Engine? A Review's Identity Crisis and the Packaging of Chess KnowledgeOne Title, Four Bullets, and Two Different Products When I opened this review...