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ChessBase Magazine #225: Inside the Headline About China's Women's Team in Samarkand
Savitha Shri's 5/5 and the Inverted Structure of India's Women's Team at the Samarkand Chess Olympiad
The Empty Report and the Applause No One Recorded
Pakistan Boycotts Israel Board at the 2026 Chess Olympiad: Read the Data Before You Read the Emotion
The World Champion Sitting on Board Four: India's Silent Move at the Chess Olympiad
Total Chess Proposes a Unified Rating System: Four Names, Three Formats, and a Method That Has Not AppearedThe press release went out on 29 August 2026, short enough that I read the...
Game of the Week #743: One Game, 743 Episodes and Fourteen Years of RhythmOn Wednesday evening in Amsterdam, Merijn van Delft sits down at the chessboa...
ChessBase Magazine Issue 225: 'From Dusk till Dawn' – 27 Miniatures, 10 Opening Articles and an All-Star Annotation TeamChessBase Magazine issue 225 has been released under the title "From Dusk til...
ChessBase Magazine #225: Behind the 'China Lead 15/16' HeadlineA product page opens with a short headline: Round 8 at Samarkand, women's...
ChessBase Magazine #225: Inside the Headline About China's Women's Team in SamarkandI sat in front of the screen, coffee going cold beside me, eyes fixed on a...
The 60-minute Scandinavian Defense course: a real tactical blueprint or a marketing promise?The AFC Cup 2026 press room rejected me because there was “no seat for a...
Three Moves That Threw Away Nihal Sarin's +2: The Match Day That Pushed India to the BrinkIn the commentary room in Samarkand, I fixed my eyes on a single column on th...
Plus Two, Thirty Minutes Left, Three Moves to Reversal: The Nihal Sarin Variable in India's GambleThe analysis screen showed plus two. The clock showed thirty minutes remainin...
Savitha Shri's 5/5 and the Inverted Structure of India's Women's Team at the Samarkand Chess OlympiadThe game lasted 47 moves. Nothing worth noting beyond a small number in the...
Poland Beats India in Round 5 of the Chess Olympiad: Reading a Rivalry PatternI keep a blank sheet of paper beside my desk whenever I follow the Chess...
The Empty Report and the Applause No One RecordedThat night, in a hall in Shanghai, the live transmission board of a team matc...
9...a5 and the Promise of Solving the Bayonet: The Hidden Corner of King's Indian Theory in the Engine EraIn the catalog of a European chess publisher, there is a DVD teaching an...
Pakistan Boycotts Israel Board at the 2026 Chess Olympiad: Read the Data Before You Read the EmotionOn the opening day of the 46th World Chess Olympiad in Samarkand, Uzbekistan,...
The World Champion Sitting on Board Four: India's Silent Move at the Chess OlympiadIn a small meeting room in Budapest in the summer of 2026, a single A4 sheet...
A Chess Course Labelled "Taimanov Sicilian" — But the Second Move Told a Different StoryThe first move was e4. The second move was e5. I stopped the video right ther...
Carlsen Calls Sindarov the Clear Favourite Against Gukesh: The World Chess Championship and the Psychology of Striking FirstMagnus Carlsen rotated a glass of water once on the table and said something...
The News Trap in Chess: David Antón's Victory Hijacked by an AdLast week, I stumbled upon an article on a familiar chess website. The headli...
Vietnamese Chess in a Generational Shift: Re-measuring the Gaps Behind the Elo NumbersVietnamese Chess in a Generational Shift: Re-measuring the Gaps Behind the El...
When Vietnamese Women's Football Is No Longer Just Their StoryOn the eve of the 2027 Women's World Cup qualifiers, I received a special...
Game of the Week #743: One Game, 743 Episodes and Fourteen Years of RhythmOn Wednesday evening in Amsterdam, Merijn van Delft sits down at the chessboa...
ChessBase Magazine Issue 225: 'From Dusk till Dawn' – 27 Miniatures, 10 Opening Articles and an All-Star Annotation TeamChessBase Magazine issue 225 has been released under the title "From Dusk til...
ChessBase Magazine #225: Behind the 'China Lead 15/16' HeadlineA product page opens with a short headline: Round 8 at Samarkand, women's...
ChessBase Magazine #225: Inside the Headline About China's Women's Team in SamarkandI sat in front of the screen, coffee going cold beside me, eyes fixed on a...
The 60-minute Scandinavian Defense course: a real tactical blueprint or a marketing promise?The AFC Cup 2026 press room rejected me because there was “no seat for a...
Three Moves That Threw Away Nihal Sarin's +2: The Match Day That Pushed India to the BrinkIn the commentary room in Samarkand, I fixed my eyes on a single column on th...
Plus Two, Thirty Minutes Left, Three Moves to Reversal: The Nihal Sarin Variable in India's GambleThe analysis screen showed plus two. The clock showed thirty minutes remainin...
Savitha Shri's 5/5 and the Inverted Structure of India's Women's Team at the Samarkand Chess OlympiadThe game lasted 47 moves. Nothing worth noting beyond a small number in the...
Poland Beats India in Round 5 of the Chess Olympiad: Reading a Rivalry PatternI keep a blank sheet of paper beside my desk whenever I follow the Chess...
The Empty Report and the Applause No One RecordedThat night, in a hall in Shanghai, the live transmission board of a team matc...
9...a5 and the Promise of Solving the Bayonet: The Hidden Corner of King's Indian Theory in the Engine EraIn the catalog of a European chess publisher, there is a DVD teaching an...
Pakistan Boycotts Israel Board at the 2026 Chess Olympiad: Read the Data Before You Read the EmotionOn the opening day of the 46th World Chess Olympiad in Samarkand, Uzbekistan,...
The World Champion Sitting on Board Four: India's Silent Move at the Chess OlympiadIn a small meeting room in Budapest in the summer of 2026, a single A4 sheet...
A Chess Course Labelled "Taimanov Sicilian" — But the Second Move Told a Different StoryThe first move was e4. The second move was e5. I stopped the video right ther...
Carlsen Calls Sindarov the Clear Favourite Against Gukesh: The World Chess Championship and the Psychology of Striking FirstMagnus Carlsen rotated a glass of water once on the table and said something...
The News Trap in Chess: David Antón's Victory Hijacked by an AdLast week, I stumbled upon an article on a familiar chess website. The headli...
Vietnamese Chess in a Generational Shift: Re-measuring the Gaps Behind the Elo NumbersVietnamese Chess in a Generational Shift: Re-measuring the Gaps Behind the El...
When Vietnamese Women's Football Is No Longer Just Their StoryOn the eve of the 2027 Women's World Cup qualifiers, I received a special...
