Chess
A Benko Gambit Review and FRITZ 20: Two Products in One Package, and a Major Extraction Error
The 9...a5 Preparation: In the King's Indian, a Move Built to Hold, Not to Win
European Club Cup: The 2715 Average and the Half-Board-Point Gap
Fritz 20 or the Benko Gambit? When a Product Review's Title and Body Take Two Different Roads
Scandinavian Defense: The 60-Minute Promise and the Unverified Carlsen Claim
European Club Cup: The 2715 Average, the 3.5-Point Arithmetic and the Unfinished Record of 'Direct Encounters'
A Benko Gambit Review and FRITZ 20: Two Products in One Package, and a Major Extraction ErrorHook: One Title, Four Bullet Points, and Two Different Products When this...
Fritz 20 or the Benko Gambit? When a Product Review's Title and Body Take Two Different RoadsThe first clue was not a chess move but two separate worlds stitched onto a...
The 9...a5 Preparation: In the King's Indian, a Move Built to Hold, Not to WinNowhere in the promotional text is there a single game. No player's name, no...
Scandinavian Defense: The 60-Minute Promise and the Unverified Carlsen ClaimIn recent years, the chess coaching-course market has shifted. Opening theory...
European Club Cup: The 2715 Average, the 3.5-Point Arithmetic and the Unfinished Record of 'Direct Encounters'The round-three pairing sheet arrives, and 25 of 108 open teams sit on 2/2....
Headline Says 'Unified Rating System', Body Describes a Budapest Pilot: The Six Empty Cells in Total Chess's AnnouncementHeadline Says 'Unified Rating System', Body Describes a Budapest Pilot On 29...
Scandinavian Defense in 60 Minutes: Carlsen's Uncited Claim and the Title-Body GapI watched the board before I watched the match — that was my mistake. On an...
9...a5 Against the Bayonet: Auditing the 'Antidote' Claim in the King's Indian Mar del PlataA coach friend in Secunderabad forwarded me a promo blurb for an opening...
Carlsen's AI Quote Is the Headline; His Stamina Admission Is the DocumentOn the evening of October 21 a sentence arrived on my phone in Vietnamese — "...
Vahap Sanal's NATO Title and Daniel King's Najdorf Video: One Page, Two LedgersHook: One Page, Two Bodies The page opened cleanly. The headline read: “Vahap...
European Club Cup: The 2715 Average and the Half-Board-Point GapI was standing in front of the scoreboard at the Budapest playing hall as the...
The Hour of the Seconds: 9...a5 in the King's Indian, Sold but UnprovenLast week a product blurb for an opening study landed in my inbox. King's...
A 60-Minute Scandinavian Defense Course: The Carlsen Reference Is There, the Game Is NotLast week a product page for a chess course opened on my screen, and the firs...
An 'Antidote' Without a Scoresheet: Auditing 9...a5 Against the Bayonet AttackA review copy landed on my desk last week: King's Indian Defence, Mar del...
A Budva Headline, an Elephant Gambit on Sale: Auditing Four Claims and Sixty MinutesThere are thirteen information points on the page. The first says: "The...