Chess
Bavarian Championship: Four Players Tie for First, Sasikiran Takes the Title on Tiebreaks — and Three Names Are Still Missing From the Result SheetThe result that reached me last week ran to two lines. Four players tied for...
Withholding a Chess Verdict Is the Right Decision Without a SourcePreliminary assessment: the available material does not verify any player,...
Anuj Shrivatri Becomes India's 100th Grandmaster, Giving Madhya Pradesh Its First Chess GMAnuj Shrivatri's reported achievement of becoming a Grandmaster at the age of...
When the Title Says Petroff and the Copy Says Scandinavian: The Real Test of a Chess Opening CourseOpen the page for an opening course. The title at the top says Petroff Defenc...
Petroff Defence: Fighting Beyond Equality or Selling Safe Draws? A Technical and Commercial Audit of the 60-Minute Chess CoursePetroff Defence: Fighting Beyond Equality or Selling Safe Draws? Hook: When a...
Sixty Minutes of Petroff: One Course, Two Openings, Three Unresolved QuestionsLast Thursday, on the second floor of a Hyderabad club, Arjun opened his...
Sindarov's 6.Bg5: Nakamura's Own Blade, and a Preparation Now Made PublicThe Same Board at Move 17 In 2026, a blitz game was played in Saint Louis...
Sindarov’s Saemisch Statement: King’s Indian Win Over Nakamura Echoes in Pre-Championship Rapid ChessIn the 10+5 rapid encounter at Clutch Chess 2026 in Saint Louis, Uzbekistan’s...
The King's Indian in Saint Louis: When Sindarov Turned Nakamura's Own Sword Against HimI had switched off the lights in my Chicago apartment and sat with the Saint...
Headline vs. Body: The Opening-Course Advertisement Hidden Behind a Bavarian Championship ReportA news report's first responsibility is the alignment between its headline an...
The Najdorf Arms Race: Daniel King's Repertoire Update and the Unending Cost of Chess TheoryIn a chess club in Bangalore, on a Sunday afternoon after the rain, a boy ope...
Najdorf Repertoire Refresh: Daniel King's 'Power Play 18' and Chess's Never-Ending Theory Arms RaceOpening preparation in chess is not a document you write once and file away. ...
A Chigorin Headline Over an Italian Body: Auditing a Chess Opening Review That Sells the Wrong Product“1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.e5.” Those five moves sat in the bod...
Major Discrepancy in Chigorin Defence Review: Headline and Content Point to Different ProductsA recently published chess opening product review has raised serious question...
Fujairah to Host WFCC Grand Prix Final as ChessBase Magazine #225 Brings Prague 2026 AnalysesThe chess world is currently dealing with two quite different pieces of news....
Game of the Week #745: Giri–Abdusattorov in the Headline, a Video Bundle in the BodyIn chess media, a title like 'Game of the Week' normally promises a review of...
