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The Prison Chess Championship: 77 Teams, Five Continents, and Eleven Days Without a Single Published GameIn late May 2026, I opened a chess tournament to analyse it. It had 77 teams,...
FIDE's Online Chess Championship for Prisoners: 77 Teams, Five Continents, and an Evidence GapBetween 13 and 23 May 2026, the International Chess Federation (FIDE) ran an...
FRITZ 20, a False FIDE Presidency Headline, and the Limits of Trust in Chess MediaA question from a fourteen-year-old On the afternoon of 29 August 2026, the...
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...
Bodhana Sivanandan, 11, and the Third WGM Norm: A Record That Was Signed, Not InflatedIn chess, a norm is not a gift handed over. It is a clause that gets signed....
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...
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...
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,...
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...
Nepo strangles Carlsen then chokes Sindarov on the clock: A GCL night where memory runs backwardsI have watched thousands of chess games over four decades, but rarely have I...
Carlsen returns, Gukesh absent: Global Chess League 2026 and the brutal scheduling puzzleWhen Magnus Carlsen walked into the arena on September 5, there was an unusua...
Carlsen Returns, India Flexes Muscle: Global Chess League 2026 and the Inhumane Scheduling PuzzleThe number is 1 million. That is not Magnus Carlsen's rating, but the prize...
Carlsen Returns, Rapid Chess Throne Shakes at Global Chess League 2026When Magnus Carlsen walked into the hotel lobby in London on the first Saturd...
Carlsen Returns, Gukesh Absent: Global Chess League 2026 and the Scheduling PuzzleWhen Magnus Carlsen walked into the main hall of the hotel hosting the Tech...
Tech Mahindra Global Chess League Season 4: Magnus Carlsen Returns for Thrilling Rapid Chess Event Before OlympiadThe Tech Mahindra Global Chess League season four is approaching with high...
Global Chess League 2026: Carlsen Returns, India's Future in QuestionWhen the clock at the Global Chess League rapid event starts counting down th...
PM Modi gifts Sindarov's World Cup scoresheet to Uzbek president: Chess becomes a diplomatic bridgeAt Tashkent International Airport, on a late-year afternoon, Indian Prime...
Chess Olympiad 2026 Schedule: India Defends Double Title, Gukesh and Sindarov Set the SpotlightThey call me a contrarian because they are not ready for a shock that strikes...
Chess Diplomacy: PM Modi Gifts Sindarov's World Cup Scoresheet to Uzbek PresidentThe moment was not on the chessboard, but in the space between two leaders....
2026 Chess Olympiad: India defends throne, Uzbekistan hosts, Gukesh–Sindarov showdown heats upIn just a few months, the 46th Chess Olympiad will officially kick off in...
2026 Chess Olympiad: India Defends Crown, Gukesh and Sindarov Face Off Ahead of World ChampionshipWhen Gukesh and Sindarov step onto the board in Samarkand in September 2026,...
PM Modi gifts Sindarov's World Cup scoresheet to Uzbek president: The era of chess diplomacy and a generational clashFor 39 years, I have followed elite chess, from the records of legends to the...
Samarkand Olympiad 2026: India Defends Two Thrones Amid Uzbekistan Home Pressure and the Gukesh–Sindarov NarrativeThe number 11 rounds, 6 consecutive days without rest, and a final round...
Chess Olympiad 2026: India Brings 'All-Star Lineup' to Samarkand, but the 11-Round Marathon Schedule Is the Real PuzzleSamarkand, the legendary city on the Silk Road, is about to become the...
FIDE's Online Chess Championship for Prisoners: 77 Teams, Five Continents, and an Evidence GapBetween 13 and 23 May 2026, the International Chess Federation (FIDE) ran an...
FRITZ 20, a False FIDE Presidency Headline, and the Limits of Trust in Chess MediaA question from a fourteen-year-old On the afternoon of 29 August 2026, the...
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...
Bodhana Sivanandan, 11, and the Third WGM Norm: A Record That Was Signed, Not InflatedIn chess, a norm is not a gift handed over. It is a clause that gets signed....
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...
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...
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,...
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...
Nepo strangles Carlsen then chokes Sindarov on the clock: A GCL night where memory runs backwardsI have watched thousands of chess games over four decades, but rarely have I...
Carlsen returns, Gukesh absent: Global Chess League 2026 and the brutal scheduling puzzleWhen Magnus Carlsen walked into the arena on September 5, there was an unusua...
Carlsen Returns, India Flexes Muscle: Global Chess League 2026 and the Inhumane Scheduling PuzzleThe number is 1 million. That is not Magnus Carlsen's rating, but the prize...
Carlsen Returns, Rapid Chess Throne Shakes at Global Chess League 2026When Magnus Carlsen walked into the hotel lobby in London on the first Saturd...
Carlsen Returns, Gukesh Absent: Global Chess League 2026 and the Scheduling PuzzleWhen Magnus Carlsen walked into the main hall of the hotel hosting the Tech...
Tech Mahindra Global Chess League Season 4: Magnus Carlsen Returns for Thrilling Rapid Chess Event Before OlympiadThe Tech Mahindra Global Chess League season four is approaching with high...
Global Chess League 2026: Carlsen Returns, India's Future in QuestionWhen the clock at the Global Chess League rapid event starts counting down th...
PM Modi gifts Sindarov's World Cup scoresheet to Uzbek president: Chess becomes a diplomatic bridgeAt Tashkent International Airport, on a late-year afternoon, Indian Prime...
Chess Olympiad 2026 Schedule: India Defends Double Title, Gukesh and Sindarov Set the SpotlightThey call me a contrarian because they are not ready for a shock that strikes...
Chess Diplomacy: PM Modi Gifts Sindarov's World Cup Scoresheet to Uzbek PresidentThe moment was not on the chessboard, but in the space between two leaders....
2026 Chess Olympiad: India defends throne, Uzbekistan hosts, Gukesh–Sindarov showdown heats upIn just a few months, the 46th Chess Olympiad will officially kick off in...
2026 Chess Olympiad: India Defends Crown, Gukesh and Sindarov Face Off Ahead of World ChampionshipWhen Gukesh and Sindarov step onto the board in Samarkand in September 2026,...
PM Modi gifts Sindarov's World Cup scoresheet to Uzbek president: The era of chess diplomacy and a generational clashFor 39 years, I have followed elite chess, from the records of legends to the...
Samarkand Olympiad 2026: India Defends Two Thrones Amid Uzbekistan Home Pressure and the Gukesh–Sindarov NarrativeThe number 11 rounds, 6 consecutive days without rest, and a final round...
Chess Olympiad 2026: India Brings 'All-Star Lineup' to Samarkand, but the 11-Round Marathon Schedule Is the Real PuzzleSamarkand, the legendary city on the Silk Road, is about to become the...
