Статьи

Редакторский журнал Caissly — длинные эссе о состоянии шахмат, их героях и теории.

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  1. Issue №4
    Antichess Was Solved. Can Chess Be?

    In 2016, antichess was computationally solved: 1.e3 wins for White. Chess is twenty orders of magnitude larger. What would solving it actually mean?

  2. Issue №1
    Carlsen's Abdication, Three Years On

    In 2023, Magnus Carlsen walked away from the world chess championship he had held for ten years. Three years on, has the game survived without him?

  3. Issue №2
    Gukesh and the End of European Hegemony

    At 18, D. Gukesh became the youngest world chess champion in history. The Indian generation behind him is not an accident — it is the end of an order.

  4. Issue №3
    The Death of Opening Theory

    For a century, opening theory was chess's most precious inheritance. Then engines exhausted it. What remains for the human player who still wants to study?