Chess
Italian Game's 5.e5 Line: A Hidden Weapon for Club Players, But What Does the Title-Content Gap Reveal?Sitting in Saint Petersburg, when I opened the Stage-1 package, an odd...
European Club Cup: Comfortable Wins for the Favourites, But Whose Story Is the Magazine Telling?European Club Cup: Comfortable Wins for the Favourites, But Whose Story Is th...
A NATO Chess Title and a Najdorf Video: Two Stories in One Package, and What the Record Will SupportThe headline announced that Vahap Sanal and Team Türkiye had triumphed at the...
European Club Cup: A 2715 Average Does Not Win Titles — Boards 4 to 6 DoAfter two rounds, 25 teams sat on 2/2. In a 108-team open Swiss, that number ...
Comfortable Wins, Uncomfortable Questions: ChessBase Magazine #225 and the Invisible Economy of ChessA Hyderabad night. On the desk lies issue #225 of ChessBase Magazine. The fir...
European Club Cup: A 2715 Average and the Half-Point Gap Across Six BoardsIt was close to 1 a.m. when the pairing screen refreshed. Round two was over...
Scandinavian Defense: A 60-Minute Claim, an Uncited Carlsen, and the Ledger of a HeadlineLast week I opened a page whose headline read: from quitting chess to becomin...
Total Chess's 'Fast Classic' Experiment: The Arithmetic Behind the Budapest Pilot and Its Unresolved QuestionsIn a Budapest tournament hall, when the first move is played on a November 20...
European Club Cup: Comfortable Wins for the Favourites, But Whose Story Is the Magazine Telling?European Club Cup: Comfortable Wins for the Favourites, But Whose Story Is th...
A NATO Chess Title and a Najdorf Video: Two Stories in One Package, and What the Record Will SupportThe headline announced that Vahap Sanal and Team Türkiye had triumphed at the...
European Club Cup: A 2715 Average Does Not Win Titles — Boards 4 to 6 DoAfter two rounds, 25 teams sat on 2/2. In a 108-team open Swiss, that number ...
Comfortable Wins, Uncomfortable Questions: ChessBase Magazine #225 and the Invisible Economy of ChessA Hyderabad night. On the desk lies issue #225 of ChessBase Magazine. The fir...
European Club Cup: A 2715 Average and the Half-Point Gap Across Six BoardsIt was close to 1 a.m. when the pairing screen refreshed. Round two was over...
Scandinavian Defense: A 60-Minute Claim, an Uncited Carlsen, and the Ledger of a HeadlineLast week I opened a page whose headline read: from quitting chess to becomin...
Total Chess's 'Fast Classic' Experiment: The Arithmetic Behind the Budapest Pilot and Its Unresolved QuestionsIn a Budapest tournament hall, when the first move is played on a November 20...

