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3.Bc4 on Board One: An 11-Year-Old, the Number 2504, and the Small-Sample TrapI was watching round seven of the Chess Olympiad in Samarkand when one move...
Bodhana Sivanandan, 11, scores 6/7 and posts a 2504 performance on board one at the Samarkand 2026 Chess OlympiadAt the Samarkand 2026 Chess Olympiad, Bodhana Sivanandan, an 11-year-old play...
Learning Strategy from Bent Larsen: What Chess Magazine Issue 225 Promises and What It Actually ContainsOn the cover is the name Bent Larsen. The Danish player, who died in 2026, on...
ChessBase Magazine #225: Bent Larsen on the Cover, Prague 2026 Inside — and the Gap in BetweenI opened issue 225 of ChessBase Magazine on a Saturday morning in Mumbai, as...
The King's Indian Defence and the 9...a5 Gamble: A Strategic Escape Route in the Engine AgeThe King's Indian Defence and the 9...a5 Gamble: A Strategic Escape Route in...
The Scandinavian Defense: The Decisive Knight and the Truth Behind an Underrated SystemI remember that evening. A December drizzle tapped against the Hanoi window,...
The Scandinavian Defense and the Sixty-Minute Promise: What Lies Behind the 1...d5 Opening MoveOn the third floor of a small chess club tucked down an alley near a subway...
Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş at the 2026 Chess Olympiad: 2,731 ELO and the Verification ProblemIn the hallway of a tournament hall in Samarkand, among boards still smelling...
Scotch, Kasparov 2026, and a FIDE Headline That Was SwappedPeople still remember the third move. A pawn push to d4 that sounds almost...
When White Skips 2.c4: Black and the Lesson of Reading the Board AgainOn an afternoon in Nha Trang, an October downpour softened the heat, and I sa...
Bodhana Sivanandan and the Elephant Storm: When the Headline Says One Thing and the Board Says AnotherThere is a moment in the chess world I always keep in my emotional notebook:...
India at Samarkand: Six Individual Medals and a Conversion ProblemThe final round in Samarkand ended, and the moment that stayed with me was...
The Scotch Opening: Twenty-Five Years for a Move to Be ForgivenThe Scotch Opening: Twenty-Five Years for a Move to Be Forgiven There is a...
Chess Olympiad 2026: India Won on Bench Depth, Not on GeniusBudapest, September 22, 2026. The final standings of the Chess Olympiad...
ChessBase #225 and the Media Trick: When China Women's 15/16 Lead Becomes Bait to Sell a ProductChessBase #225 and the Media Trick: When China Women's 15/16 Lead Becomes Bai...
Savitha Shri's 7/7 at the Chess Olympiad: What the Data Says, and Where the Data Runs OutThe game ran nearly five hours. The position had settled into a dead draw — t...
The Theory Forest and Those Who Take the Side Roads: Why Club Players Turn Away from 2.c4Shanghai, a rainy Wednesday. The basement chess club behind a narrow alley on...
Three Moves in Samarkand: When Nihal Sarin and India Dropped a GenerationThree moves. Just three moves. I have been writing about sport for thirty-sev...
The Scotch 36 Years On: Kasparov 2026 and Mikhalchishin's Practical AntidoteThe game began with 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4. In the autumn of 2026, in Lyon, t...
2026 Chess Olympiad Round 5: India Beat Netherlands 3-1 as Praggnanandhaa and Gukesh Deliver from Opposite EndsOn board one, Anish Giri pushed a piece towards Praggnanandhaa. A move,...
Samarkand, the U.S. Women's Team, and a Week of Chess Told Out of JointIn Nha Trang, this is the windy season. I keep the habit of waking at five in...
US Women's Team Dominates in Samarkand, But the Real Story Lies in a Najdorf DVDWhen the scoreboard in Samarkand showed 15/16 points for the US women's team...
ChessBase Magazine #225: 27 Prague Miniatures and 10 Opening Articles, Seen from 2039On March 14, 2039, a coach in Hanoi reopened a file labelled CB225 while...
Chess Olympiad 2026 in Samarkand: India and the Problem of Defending Two Thrones at OnceBefore round one of the 2026 Chess Olympiad begins, there is a sheet of paper...
Samarkand, the Night Before Round One: Defending Champions Left Outside the Hotel Room DoorPulling back the curtain on speed, I encountered a whole generation on the ru...
Bodhana Sivanandan, 11, scores 6/7 and posts a 2504 performance on board one at the Samarkand 2026 Chess OlympiadAt the Samarkand 2026 Chess Olympiad, Bodhana Sivanandan, an 11-year-old play...
Learning Strategy from Bent Larsen: What Chess Magazine Issue 225 Promises and What It Actually ContainsOn the cover is the name Bent Larsen. The Danish player, who died in 2026, on...
ChessBase Magazine #225: Bent Larsen on the Cover, Prague 2026 Inside — and the Gap in BetweenI opened issue 225 of ChessBase Magazine on a Saturday morning in Mumbai, as...
The King's Indian Defence and the 9...a5 Gamble: A Strategic Escape Route in the Engine AgeThe King's Indian Defence and the 9...a5 Gamble: A Strategic Escape Route in...
The Scandinavian Defense: The Decisive Knight and the Truth Behind an Underrated SystemI remember that evening. A December drizzle tapped against the Hanoi window,...
The Scandinavian Defense and the Sixty-Minute Promise: What Lies Behind the 1...d5 Opening MoveOn the third floor of a small chess club tucked down an alley near a subway...
Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş at the 2026 Chess Olympiad: 2,731 ELO and the Verification ProblemIn the hallway of a tournament hall in Samarkand, among boards still smelling...
Scotch, Kasparov 2026, and a FIDE Headline That Was SwappedPeople still remember the third move. A pawn push to d4 that sounds almost...
When White Skips 2.c4: Black and the Lesson of Reading the Board AgainOn an afternoon in Nha Trang, an October downpour softened the heat, and I sa...
Bodhana Sivanandan and the Elephant Storm: When the Headline Says One Thing and the Board Says AnotherThere is a moment in the chess world I always keep in my emotional notebook:...
India at Samarkand: Six Individual Medals and a Conversion ProblemThe final round in Samarkand ended, and the moment that stayed with me was...
The Scotch Opening: Twenty-Five Years for a Move to Be ForgivenThe Scotch Opening: Twenty-Five Years for a Move to Be Forgiven There is a...
Chess Olympiad 2026: India Won on Bench Depth, Not on GeniusBudapest, September 22, 2026. The final standings of the Chess Olympiad...
ChessBase #225 and the Media Trick: When China Women's 15/16 Lead Becomes Bait to Sell a ProductChessBase #225 and the Media Trick: When China Women's 15/16 Lead Becomes Bai...
Savitha Shri's 7/7 at the Chess Olympiad: What the Data Says, and Where the Data Runs OutThe game ran nearly five hours. The position had settled into a dead draw — t...
The Theory Forest and Those Who Take the Side Roads: Why Club Players Turn Away from 2.c4Shanghai, a rainy Wednesday. The basement chess club behind a narrow alley on...
Three Moves in Samarkand: When Nihal Sarin and India Dropped a GenerationThree moves. Just three moves. I have been writing about sport for thirty-sev...
The Scotch 36 Years On: Kasparov 2026 and Mikhalchishin's Practical AntidoteThe game began with 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4. In the autumn of 2026, in Lyon, t...
2026 Chess Olympiad Round 5: India Beat Netherlands 3-1 as Praggnanandhaa and Gukesh Deliver from Opposite EndsOn board one, Anish Giri pushed a piece towards Praggnanandhaa. A move,...
Samarkand, the U.S. Women's Team, and a Week of Chess Told Out of JointIn Nha Trang, this is the windy season. I keep the habit of waking at five in...
US Women's Team Dominates in Samarkand, But the Real Story Lies in a Najdorf DVDWhen the scoreboard in Samarkand showed 15/16 points for the US women's team...
ChessBase Magazine #225: 27 Prague Miniatures and 10 Opening Articles, Seen from 2039On March 14, 2039, a coach in Hanoi reopened a file labelled CB225 while...
Chess Olympiad 2026 in Samarkand: India and the Problem of Defending Two Thrones at OnceBefore round one of the 2026 Chess Olympiad begins, there is a sheet of paper...
Samarkand, the Night Before Round One: Defending Champions Left Outside the Hotel Room DoorPulling back the curtain on speed, I encountered a whole generation on the ru...
