Derek Yuan·Oct 12Chess’s New Superpower Has a Budget Line: How Uzbekistan Won the OlympiadTwenty out of twenty-two match points, $200,000 a head and a 500-seat chess palace on the way. Uzbekistan’s Olympiad gold was planned years…
Bobby Fischer's True Story·Mar 24, 2025Alexander Alekhine, collaboration with NazisThis morning I find myself still chipping away at culling all newspaper clippings on Alexander Alekhine in the year, 1946. Following his…
InILLUMINATIONbySriram Yaladandi·Jan 2, 2025Attitude of GratitudeYoung Chess World Champion’s Power of Thankfulness and DedicationA response icon7A response icon7
Rajarshi Chaudhuri·Apr 24, 2024Chess Is Still Alive! Engines Didn’t Kill It.Even after 62 years, Stockfish repeated Rashid Nezhmetdinov’s IMMORTAL Queen Sacrifice.
Kartik Unnikrishnan·Sep 20, 2023A closer look into Capablanca’s effortless dominanceWhat made Capablanca so great? I’ve pondered this question myself many times. While there are obvious answers like- he was a prodigy, what…
