Chess
Yu Yangyi's Win Over Ding Liren in Shenzhen and the Problem of an Undated Result
The 5.e5 Move and the Strange Comforts of Belief on the Chessboard
Daniel King's 60-Minute Najdorf Update: When Chess Theory Is Sold as a Renewal Package
The 9...a5 Move and the Escape from the Machine: The King's Indian Defense in the Era of Digitized Opening Theory
Daniel King and the Najdorf Update: When Opening Theory Is a Race Without a Finish LineThere is a moment in professional chess that few outsiders ever see: when a...
The Hour of the Seconds: When Defense Is No Longer a WallIn a training hall in Nha Trang, I have a habit of setting a countdown timer ...
Sipke Ernst and the Benko Gamble: When the Sales Pitch Moves Before the MoveThe headline read "Modern Benko Gambit — A Full Repertoire Against 1.d4", the...
A Dortmund Headline, a Scandinavian Body: The Trust Fracture in Digital ChessI open three tabs at once, a habit every morning before I write. The first ta...
9...a5 in the King's Indian: the promise of “less theory” and the price of understandingA rapid tournament on a small street in Hanoi. Board four. White, a boy of...
Scandinavian Defense, a 60-Minute Course, and the Carlsen Name With No Game AttachedI opened the page introducing that course late one evening in Da Nang, after...
US Chess Championships: Woodward Beats Caruana and the Game Hidden Behind a HeadlineThere are afternoons in Saint Louis when the light in the tournament hall is...
US Championships: Woodward takes down Caruana, Lee widens the gap — but the body tells another storyI sat in front of the screen in Da Nang close to midnight, reopening the news...
The Scotch Opening: From a Forgotten Move to Kasparov's LegacyIn modern chess history, few openings have undergone a journey as strange as...
Yu Yangyi's Win Over Ding Liren in Shenzhen and the Problem of an Undated ResultThere are chess results that reach readers in strange ways. Yu Yangyi beat Di...
Yu Yangyi Beats Ding Liren at Shenzhen Masters: When a Big Win Is Buried in an Advertising CatalogueThere was a moment in the Chinese chess world that should have been covered...
The Scotch Opening, Kasparov's 2026 Ghost, and the 'No Need to Panic' Sales PitchOctober 2026, at the Plaza Hotel in New York, Garry Kasparov sat across from...
The 5.e5 Move and the Strange Comforts of Belief on the ChessboardThere is a moment in the tournament hall I still remember after more than...
Superstition on the Board: The 5.e5 Move and the Comforts of the Club PlayerThere is a moment I always hold my breath for, though I have sat before the...
Bodhana Sivanandan, Eleven Years Old, and the 3.Bc4 That Made Samarkand Ask AgainSamarkand, round seven. Board one of England's women's team. An eleven-year-o...
Bodhana Sivanandan and the 3.Bc4 Move: An 11-Year-Old on Board One in SamarkandIn Samarkand, amid the long rows of tables at the 2026 Chess Olympiad, there...
Bodhana Sivanandan: The 3.Bc4 Move and the Eleven-Year-Old on Board OneSamarkand, round seven. On board one of the women's team event, an...
Is Chess Inexpressive? The Problem Is the Camera, Not the BoardIn a small editing room in Hai Phong, I replayed the footage of an old chess...