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ChessBase Issue 225: A Sales Page Dressed as a European Club Cup Report
The Scotch Opening: How Kasparov Revived a Forgotten Move, and the 25-Year Data Trap
Kavutskiy Joins ChessBase: The Chess Instructional-Content War Is Not Fought on the Board
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ChessChessBase Issue 225: A Sales Page Dressed as a European Club Cup ReportThe ChessBase headline reads: European Club Cup, Comfortable wins for the...
ChessThe Rare 9...a5 in the King's Indian: A Data Test for a DVD Sold as an AntidoteIn a chess club in Hanoi, I sat beside a player in his mid-thirties. He had...
ChessKing's Indian and 9...a5: The Promise of a Tactical DVD That Needs VerificationOn a Thursday evening at a small chess club on Nguyen Chi Thanh Street in Da...
ChessThe Pawn Sacrifice and the Noise of the Market: When the Benko Gambit Becomes MerchandiseOn the board, a pawn is pushed sideways to b5. There is no applause, no camer...
ChessThe 2...d5 Move and the 60-Minute Illusion: When a Number in Budva Refuses to Stand StillThere is a number that should not exist during the opening week of the Europe...
ChessSipke Ernst and the Benko Gambit: Inside an Opening Product With No Moves in ItThe pawn went to b5 on move three, was captured four moves later, and never...
ChessThe 9...a5 Move Against the Bayonet Attack: A Playable Sideline, Not an Absolute AntidoteLast Tuesday evening, at a chess club in South Delhi, a nineteen-year-old...
ChessWoodward beats Caruana, Lee widens the gap — and an opening course hidden behind the headlineLate at night in Chengdu, I open a chess news page and read the English...
ChessThe Scotch Opening: How Kasparov Revived a Forgotten Move, and the 25-Year Data TrapIn the archives of the chess world, there is a small note that should make...
ChessThe Elephant Gambit and the Bundesliga Dispute: When an Underrated Opening Becomes a ProductI remember the evening of June 2026, sitting in the VTC studio, my eyes fixed...
ChessYu Yangyi Beats Ding Liren at the Shenzhen Masters: A Major Result Buried in a Promotional Article"Yu Yangyi beat Ding Liren in the final of the Shenzhen Masters." That is...
ChessThe Scandinavian Defense: A Beginner's System or a Champion's Reserve Weapon?Sixty minutes. That is the entire runtime IM Andrew Martin devotes to the...
ChessThe Scotch Opening, Adrian Mikhalchishin, and a 25-Year Promise of 'Taming'In the summer of 2026, the world chess championship match between Garry...
ChessKavutskiy Joins ChessBase: The Chess Instructional-Content War Is Not Fought on the BoardIn the entire announcement about ChessBase's two new courses, the most notabl...
ChessWhen a Chess Report Mislabels FIDE's LeadershipI read that headline on a late-weekend evening, just after the rain had stopp...
ChessInternational chess training issue No. 225: 27 miniatures and 10 opening articlesHanoi, October 15, 2026 — Vietnamese chess circles have received another...
ChessChessBase Issue 225: The Bent Larsen Promise and the Buyer's Trust ProblemOn my desk, the release of ChessBase Magazine issue 225 sits beside three oth...
ChessThe Rare 9...a5 in the King's Indian: A Data Test for a DVD Sold as an AntidoteIn a chess club in Hanoi, I sat beside a player in his mid-thirties. He had...
ChessKing's Indian and 9...a5: The Promise of a Tactical DVD That Needs VerificationOn a Thursday evening at a small chess club on Nguyen Chi Thanh Street in Da...
ChessThe Pawn Sacrifice and the Noise of the Market: When the Benko Gambit Becomes MerchandiseOn the board, a pawn is pushed sideways to b5. There is no applause, no camer...
ChessThe 2...d5 Move and the 60-Minute Illusion: When a Number in Budva Refuses to Stand StillThere is a number that should not exist during the opening week of the Europe...
ChessSipke Ernst and the Benko Gambit: Inside an Opening Product With No Moves in ItThe pawn went to b5 on move three, was captured four moves later, and never...
ChessThe 9...a5 Move Against the Bayonet Attack: A Playable Sideline, Not an Absolute AntidoteLast Tuesday evening, at a chess club in South Delhi, a nineteen-year-old...
ChessWoodward beats Caruana, Lee widens the gap — and an opening course hidden behind the headlineLate at night in Chengdu, I open a chess news page and read the English...
ChessThe Scotch Opening: How Kasparov Revived a Forgotten Move, and the 25-Year Data TrapIn the archives of the chess world, there is a small note that should make...
ChessThe Elephant Gambit and the Bundesliga Dispute: When an Underrated Opening Becomes a ProductI remember the evening of June 2026, sitting in the VTC studio, my eyes fixed...
ChessYu Yangyi Beats Ding Liren at the Shenzhen Masters: A Major Result Buried in a Promotional Article"Yu Yangyi beat Ding Liren in the final of the Shenzhen Masters." That is...
ChessThe Scandinavian Defense: A Beginner's System or a Champion's Reserve Weapon?Sixty minutes. That is the entire runtime IM Andrew Martin devotes to the...
ChessThe Scotch Opening, Adrian Mikhalchishin, and a 25-Year Promise of 'Taming'In the summer of 2026, the world chess championship match between Garry...
ChessKavutskiy Joins ChessBase: The Chess Instructional-Content War Is Not Fought on the BoardIn the entire announcement about ChessBase's two new courses, the most notabl...
ChessWhen a Chess Report Mislabels FIDE's LeadershipI read that headline on a late-weekend evening, just after the rain had stopp...
ChessInternational chess training issue No. 225: 27 miniatures and 10 opening articlesHanoi, October 15, 2026 — Vietnamese chess circles have received another...
ChessChessBase Issue 225: The Bent Larsen Promise and the Buyer's Trust ProblemOn my desk, the release of ChessBase Magazine issue 225 sits beside three oth...