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ChessBase Magazine #225: A European Club Cup Headline, a Catalogue Body
The Second Move: When 9...a5 Is Not a Solution, But a Deferred Invoice
Bodhana Sivanandan and the Unverified Headline: When Chess Is Sold on Bad Data
Move 27 at SEA Games 30: A Board With No Crowd, and the Only Thing I Trust Is the Tape
Timur Turlov Does Not Hold the FIDE Presidency: A False Headline and the Price of VerificationAt 1:40 a.m. on August 31, 2026, in Chengdu, I opened a link a friend had sen...
ChessBase Magazine #225: A European Club Cup Headline, a Catalogue BodyChessBase's news page ran a headline strong enough to pull anyone who follows...
The Second Move: When 9...a5 Is Not a Solution, But a Deferred InvoiceIn the last three games of the Bayonet line of the King's Indian, Black spent...
The Reckless Move on Europe's Chessboard: Andrew Martin and the Elephant Gambit GambleThere is a moment I still remember vividly, more than thirty years on. In 202...
The Bayonet Attack and the 9...a5 Move: When the King's Indian Defense Forces a Choice Between Memory and UnderstandingThe clock on the tournament hall wall reads three in the afternoon. At board...
Scandinavian Defense, a 60-Minute Video and a FIDE Headline That Misses the ContentOne morning in Chengdu, I opened a chess article and read the headline first:...
The Scotch Opening: How Kasparov Revived a Line and the Trap of Collective MemoryIn 2026, at the World Chess Championship, Garry Kasparov played three moves...
Bodhana Sivanandan and the 3.Bc4 Move: Rereading a 2504 Performance in SamarkandSamarkand, September 2026. Board one for England's women's team. Sitting ther...
ChessBase Magazine #225: 27 Miniatures and How the Chess World Teaches Itself to ThinkIn 2026, when I began working as a sports science researcher for Sanna Khanh...