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ChessBase Magazine Issue 225: Prague 2026, 27 Miniatures, and the Limits of Paid Chess Training Material
India wins the 2026 Chess Olympiad: re-reading a century through board geometry
Samarkand and Hong Kong: One Upset, Two Carlsen Defeats, and the Collective Rhythm of Dragon Chilling
Sixty Minutes, One Pawn, and a Promise Called the Elephant Gambit
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US Chess Championship: Two Perfect Scores and an Unverified Defensive RepertoireOn the scoreboard of the US Chess Championship, two names sit side by side in...
Valeri Lilov and the Tactical Video Series: A Black Repertoire Against 1.d4 d5I still remember a game at a Hanoi club tournament in 2026. The player with t...
ChessBase Magazine Issue 225: Prague 2026, 27 Miniatures, and the Limits of Paid Chess Training MaterialOn October 8, when ChessBase Magazine Issue 225 was pushed to the servers, mo...
Turkey's 14-Year-Old, the Unverified 2,731 Number, and How We Write Legends Before the Facts Can SpeakThere is a moment in chess that I always try to capture, even though it lasts...
FIDE Ratings October 2026: One Headline, Two Stories, And A Gap Named ScotchFIDE Ratings October 2026: One Headline, Two Stories, And A Gap Named Scotch...
9...a5 Against the Bayonet Attack: What 'Magic Defense' Is Being Sold to Vietnamese Chess Players?Last night, in a Vietnamese chess group with over 40,000 members, I saw an...
India Wins the Chess Olympiad for the First Time: The Fifth Board and 98 Years of WaitingBudapest, the afternoon of 22 September 2026. Nobody was left sitting in the...
India wins the 2026 Chess Olympiad: re-reading a century through board geometryIndia wins the 2026 Chess Olympiad: re-reading a century through board geomet...
Samarkand Holds the Gold: Uzbekistan Win the 2026 Chess Olympiad, India Take Silver on Direct-Encounter TiebreakIn the playing hall in Samarkand, the silence of the eleventh round did not...
FRITZ 20: The Chess Training Revolution and the Gap Between Machine and LearnerI still remember an evening in late March this year, sitting over a replay of...
FRITZ 20 Arrives: A New Training Machine and an Old Puzzle for Vietnamese ChessThree in the afternoon in a small chess training room on Nguyen Van Linh...
Nihal Sarin, the +2 Position and Three Fateful Moves: When a Win Was Dropped at the Chess OlympiadThirty minutes remained on the clock. On the board, the evaluation sat at +2 ...
Board Four in Samarkand: Savitha Shri and the Load-Bearing Hollow of India's Women's ChessIn Samarkand, board four sits furthest from the stands. Nobody swings a camer...
The Scotch Opening: When a Forgotten Move Became a Champion's WeaponIn the summer of 2026, I sat before a screen in a small apartment in Nizhny...
A Blank Page in Saint Petersburg: Chess Data Verification in the Age of RumourA Blank Page in Saint Petersburg: Chess Data Verification in the Age of Rumou...
15/16 Board Points in Samarkand: When One Chess Report Tells Two Stories at OnceIn Samarkand, after Round 4, the United States women's team board score stand...
The 9...a5 Move and the Echo of a Study Package in the 2026 Chess SeasonI still remember a March afternoon in 2026, sitting in the small studio on Ly...
Valeri Lilov and the Tactical Video Series: A Black Repertoire Against 1.d4 d5I still remember a game at a Hanoi club tournament in 2026. The player with t...
ChessBase Magazine Issue 225: Prague 2026, 27 Miniatures, and the Limits of Paid Chess Training MaterialOn October 8, when ChessBase Magazine Issue 225 was pushed to the servers, mo...
Turkey's 14-Year-Old, the Unverified 2,731 Number, and How We Write Legends Before the Facts Can SpeakThere is a moment in chess that I always try to capture, even though it lasts...
FIDE Ratings October 2026: One Headline, Two Stories, And A Gap Named ScotchFIDE Ratings October 2026: One Headline, Two Stories, And A Gap Named Scotch...
9...a5 Against the Bayonet Attack: What 'Magic Defense' Is Being Sold to Vietnamese Chess Players?Last night, in a Vietnamese chess group with over 40,000 members, I saw an...
India Wins the Chess Olympiad for the First Time: The Fifth Board and 98 Years of WaitingBudapest, the afternoon of 22 September 2026. Nobody was left sitting in the...
India wins the 2026 Chess Olympiad: re-reading a century through board geometryIndia wins the 2026 Chess Olympiad: re-reading a century through board geomet...
Samarkand Holds the Gold: Uzbekistan Win the 2026 Chess Olympiad, India Take Silver on Direct-Encounter TiebreakIn the playing hall in Samarkand, the silence of the eleventh round did not...
FRITZ 20: The Chess Training Revolution and the Gap Between Machine and LearnerI still remember an evening in late March this year, sitting over a replay of...
FRITZ 20 Arrives: A New Training Machine and an Old Puzzle for Vietnamese ChessThree in the afternoon in a small chess training room on Nguyen Van Linh...
Nihal Sarin, the +2 Position and Three Fateful Moves: When a Win Was Dropped at the Chess OlympiadThirty minutes remained on the clock. On the board, the evaluation sat at +2 ...
Board Four in Samarkand: Savitha Shri and the Load-Bearing Hollow of India's Women's ChessIn Samarkand, board four sits furthest from the stands. Nobody swings a camer...
The Scotch Opening: When a Forgotten Move Became a Champion's WeaponIn the summer of 2026, I sat before a screen in a small apartment in Nizhny...
A Blank Page in Saint Petersburg: Chess Data Verification in the Age of RumourA Blank Page in Saint Petersburg: Chess Data Verification in the Age of Rumou...
15/16 Board Points in Samarkand: When One Chess Report Tells Two Stories at OnceIn Samarkand, after Round 4, the United States women's team board score stand...
The 9...a5 Move and the Echo of a Study Package in the 2026 Chess SeasonI still remember a March afternoon in 2026, sitting in the small studio on Ly...