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FIDE General Assembly Adopts Resolution on Shorter Time Controls and New Time-Saving Strategy
Misleading Chess Report: Headline Names 'FIDE President Timur Turlov' While the Body Is a King's Indian DVD Ad
Is Chess the Least Expressive Sport? The Debate Through a Former Badminton Athlete's Eyes
9...a5 in the King's Indian Defense: A Strategic Escape from the Bayonet Attack in the Engine Era
The World Champion on Board 4: India's Silver Nearly Slipped in Samarkand
The 2...d5 Move and the Trap Called Elephant: When Opening Theory Becomes a CommodityThere is something I learned after years of sitting in tournament halls in...
FIDE General Assembly Adopts Resolution on Shorter Time Controls and New Time-Saving StrategyRecently, the international chess community was abuzz with news that FIDE hel...
Misleading Chess Report: Headline Names 'FIDE President Timur Turlov' While the Body Is a King's Indian DVD AdA chess news item is being shared across content platforms with a headline...
Is Chess the Least Expressive Sport? The Debate Through a Former Badminton Athlete's EyesIn a personal commentary that drew attention, Naganethra Reddy — a former...
ChessBase Magazine No. 225: 27 Short Games, the Name Bent Larsen, and the Data Gap on the Cover27 short games. That is the most concrete number in the entire promotional...
Bent Larsen and the Gap Between the Headline and the Table of Contents: Decoding ChessBase Magazine #225I opened the downloaded package of ChessBase Magazine number 225 on a Tuesday...
9...a5 in the King's Indian Defense: A Strategic Escape from the Bayonet Attack in the Engine EraOn the ninth move, when White's pawn advances to b4, few spectators realize...
White Turns Its Back on Theory: Six Opening Systems and Black's Forgotten BurdenIn a tournament hall in Nha Trang, in August 2026, I sat behind a...
The Elephant Gambit, an Eleven-Year-Old, and a Headline That Went MissingIn a small chess club in Da Nang, on a rainy evening, I watched a...
Samarkand Olympiad: India Brings Home Silver, Bronze, a Trophy — and a Standard That Cannot RepeatThe Nona Gaprindashvili Cup was carried out and placed on a table in Samarkan...
The World Champion on Board 4: India's Silver Nearly Slipped in SamarkandGukesh sat on Board 4. The world chess champion, the man all of India pinned...
The 9...a5 Move in the King's Indian Defense: When Chess Memory Seeks an Exit from the MachineThe empty stadium, but the applause of 2026 still echoes in every old record....
9...a5 Against the Bayonet Attack: A Quiet Sideline in the King's Indian DefenseThe Ninth Move Pauses At a small chess club on Nguyen Dinh Chieu Street,...
2026 Chess Olympiad: The Empty Board in Samarkand and the Price of a RefusalOn the morning of Monday, September 21, inside the Samarkand sports venue, th...
Samarkand After Four Rounds: A 15/16 Board Score and a Najdorf Repertoire RewrittenSamarkand at night smells of stone dust mixed with fennel. Inside the playing...
FIDE Elects Its President on September 26 in Samarkand: Three Businessmen, One Unverifiable Pledge and the Format QuestionOn September 26, in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, no chess clock will be pressed. Th...
The Game That Never Started: Samarkand, Pakistan, and the Move Off the BoardThere is a particular kind of silence that only someone sitting close to a...
FIDE General Assembly Adopts Resolution on Shorter Time Controls and New Time-Saving StrategyRecently, the international chess community was abuzz with news that FIDE hel...
Misleading Chess Report: Headline Names 'FIDE President Timur Turlov' While the Body Is a King's Indian DVD AdA chess news item is being shared across content platforms with a headline...
Is Chess the Least Expressive Sport? The Debate Through a Former Badminton Athlete's EyesIn a personal commentary that drew attention, Naganethra Reddy — a former...
ChessBase Magazine No. 225: 27 Short Games, the Name Bent Larsen, and the Data Gap on the Cover27 short games. That is the most concrete number in the entire promotional...
Bent Larsen and the Gap Between the Headline and the Table of Contents: Decoding ChessBase Magazine #225I opened the downloaded package of ChessBase Magazine number 225 on a Tuesday...
9...a5 in the King's Indian Defense: A Strategic Escape from the Bayonet Attack in the Engine EraOn the ninth move, when White's pawn advances to b4, few spectators realize...
White Turns Its Back on Theory: Six Opening Systems and Black's Forgotten BurdenIn a tournament hall in Nha Trang, in August 2026, I sat behind a...
The Elephant Gambit, an Eleven-Year-Old, and a Headline That Went MissingIn a small chess club in Da Nang, on a rainy evening, I watched a...
Samarkand Olympiad: India Brings Home Silver, Bronze, a Trophy — and a Standard That Cannot RepeatThe Nona Gaprindashvili Cup was carried out and placed on a table in Samarkan...
The World Champion on Board 4: India's Silver Nearly Slipped in SamarkandGukesh sat on Board 4. The world chess champion, the man all of India pinned...
The 9...a5 Move in the King's Indian Defense: When Chess Memory Seeks an Exit from the MachineThe empty stadium, but the applause of 2026 still echoes in every old record....
9...a5 Against the Bayonet Attack: A Quiet Sideline in the King's Indian DefenseThe Ninth Move Pauses At a small chess club on Nguyen Dinh Chieu Street,...
2026 Chess Olympiad: The Empty Board in Samarkand and the Price of a RefusalOn the morning of Monday, September 21, inside the Samarkand sports venue, th...
Samarkand After Four Rounds: A 15/16 Board Score and a Najdorf Repertoire RewrittenSamarkand at night smells of stone dust mixed with fennel. Inside the playing...
FIDE Elects Its President on September 26 in Samarkand: Three Businessmen, One Unverifiable Pledge and the Format QuestionOn September 26, in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, no chess clock will be pressed. Th...
The Game That Never Started: Samarkand, Pakistan, and the Move Off the BoardThere is a particular kind of silence that only someone sitting close to a...