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Carlsen: 'AI Shows Humans Are Not That Good' — And Why That Changes Everything2026-10-22I once sat in a press room in Kolkata, listening to a young chess player ask...
When the Teacher Becomes the Brand: ChessBase, Kavutskiy and the Race for Chess Training Content2026-10-10A Room That Smelled of Old Paper I still remember the smell of the old chess...
UzChess Cup: Two Lines of Text, Two Opening Families, and the Data Gap Inside a Chess Analysis2026-10-10Two Lines of Text, Two Opening Families Two lines of text, less than a page...
ChessBase Magazine Issue 225: A Multi-Format Training Structure and the Problem of Verifying Quality2026-10-08Late at night in Nha Trang, I finished downloading ChessBase Magazine issue 2...
Moves of the Desert: The U.S. Women's 15/16 in Samarkand and the Shelf Life of an Idea2026-09-21In Samarkand, a city where time is stamped on blue ceramic tiles, where...
ChessBayegan Pendik and Monte-Carlo crowned 2026 European Club Cup champions: When champions are named in silenceI still remember the way a radio station announced the winner while the stadi...
ChessEuropean Club Cup 2026: Bayegan Pendik and Monte-Carlo Crowned, but the Technical Data Sits in Prague 2026Two names, and the rest is blank space "Bayegan Pendik and Monte-Carlo are th...
ChessBodhana Sivanandan Breaks Judit Polgar's IM Record: The Round-Four Draw Was the Real Turning PointBoard one, round four, Budva. Nino Batsiashvili, a five-time Georgian women's...
Chess108 Teams in Budva, a 2715 Average, and a Headline That Took the Wrong Road to BarcelonaBudva, Tuesday morning. The hall lights came on at 9:40, twenty minutes befor...
ChessEuropean Club Cup in Budva: 2715 Elo, 108 Teams and a Headline Without a BodyInside the playing hall in Budva, the pairing board is re-pasted after every...
ChessCarlsen: 'AI Shows Humans Are Not That Good' — And Why That Changes EverythingI once sat in a press room in Kolkata, listening to a young chess player ask...
ChessThe Headline Says Neiksans, the Body Sells Martin's CourseOn a chess course sales page, the headline names Arturs Neiksans: “From...
ChessScandinavian Defense and the Unverifiable Shadow of CarlsenOn a chess product page, the headline reads: "Dortmund Sparkassen Trophy 2027...
ChessWhen the Teacher Becomes the Brand: ChessBase, Kavutskiy and the Race for Chess Training ContentA Room That Smelled of Old Paper I still remember the smell of the old chess...
ChessUzChess Cup: Two Lines of Text, Two Opening Families, and the Data Gap Inside a Chess AnalysisTwo Lines of Text, Two Opening Families Two lines of text, less than a page...
ChessUzChess Cup: Brandon Jacobson beats Jakhongir Vakhidov in a miniature, and the fog around the opening's nameThe game ended while pieces still sat untouched on the board. At the UzChess...
ChessChessBase Magazine Issue 225: A Multi-Format Training Structure and the Problem of Verifying QualityLate at night in Nha Trang, I finished downloading ChessBase Magazine issue 2...
ChessThe Empty Analysis: When Chess Data Goes SilentI opened the file at two in the morning. Inside was a pre-built analysis...
ChessThe Headline Names One Man, the Body Teaches Another: Decoding a Black Repertoire Package Inside the Chess Content MarketAt 1:47 a.m. on August 12, 2026, someone dropped a link into a chess data gro...
ChessThe Scotch Loses Its Teeth: Adrian Mikhalchishin's 60-Minute AnswerHook October 2026, New York. Garry Kasparov pushed his pawn to e4. Anatoly...
ChessThe Scotch: An Opening Misjudged for 25 Years, and How Adrian Mikhalchishin Put It Back in Its PlaceGame fourteen. Lyon, November 2026. Garry Kasparov pushed his e-pawn two...
ChessMoves of the Desert: The U.S. Women's 15/16 in Samarkand and the Shelf Life of an IdeaIn Samarkand, a city where time is stamped on blue ceramic tiles, where...
ChessMaster Class Vol. 20 – Bent Larsen: 60 Minutes for the Scandinavian and Claims That Need VerificationMaster Class Vol. 20 – Bent Larsen: 60 Minutes for the Scandinavian and Claim...
ChessThe Fourth Board: When the World Champion Steps Down HimselfI have an occupational habit: every time I watch a chess player sit down at t...
ChessThe Scandinavian Defense: Unpacking an Opening Sold on Legendary NamesAt two in the morning, I muted the game and rewound the opening for the fourt...
ChessThe 9...a5 Move and the Disc That Calls Itself an Antidote to the Bayonet AttackIn April in Nha Trang, I dragged an old crate of tapes out from under the...