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Insights on chess strategy, game analysis, and the evolution of Big Chess.
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Marat Fatalov
Co-inventor of Big Chess
High School Student, Co-inventor of Big Chess, Second Category chess player.
Rinat Fatalov
Co-inventor of Big Chess
University Student, Co-inventor of Big Chess, First Category chess player.
Vilen Fatalov
Creator of Big Chess
Ukrainian entrepreneur and chess enthusiast with over 40 years of chess experience and a Candidate Master of Sport title. Creator of Big Chess.
New Chess Thinking
March 15, 2026
New Chess Thinking: How BigChess Rewrites the Rules with a 10×10 Board, Long Pawn Moves, and the Clone The game is still chess. The thinking is completely different. The Quiet Crisis at the Top of...
The Clone's Tactical Arsenal: A Complete Guide to BigChess's Most Powerful Piece
February 19, 2026
The Clone's Tactical Arsenal: A Complete Guide to BigChess's Most Powerful Piece Fifteen centuries of chess produced four fundamental piece types. BigChess adds a fifth — and it changes everything...
What Would Capablanca, Fischer, and Kasparov Think of BigChess?
January 27, 2026
What Would Capablanca, Fischer, and Kasparov Think of BigChess? Published at bigchessgame.com — by the BigChess editorial team Speculation is one of chess's great pleasures. We argue endlessly about...
Chess in the Classroom: How Strategy Games Build Smarter Thinkers
January 3, 2026
Chess in the Classroom: How Strategy Games Build Smarter Thinkers Published on bigchessgame.com — Chess Culture & Education In 2011, the government of Armenia made a decision that astonished...
Spatial Thinking and the 10×10 Board: Why More Space Creates Better Chess
December 11, 2025
Spatial Thinking and the 10×10 Board: Why More Space Creates Better Chess Published at bigchessgame.com — by the BigChess editorial team There is a question at the heart of every chess move that...
The Online Chess Revolution: How the Internet Transformed the Game — and Made BigChess Possible
November 17, 2025
The Online Chess Revolution: How the Internet Transformed the Game — and Made BigChess Possible Published at bigchessgame.com — by the BigChess editorial team In 1990, if you wanted to play a game of...
Four Centuries of Compound Pieces: The Long History of the Archbishop in Chess
October 25, 2025
Four Centuries of Compound Pieces: The Long History of the Archbishop in Chess Published at bigchessgame.com — by the BigChess editorial team Every now and then, across the long history of chess...
The Story of Chess
October 1, 2025
From Ancient India to a 10×10 Board: The Story of Chess and the Rise of BigChess A game born in war, refined by scholars, reinvented by rebels, and now expanded by a piece unlike anything seen before...
The Psychology of Chess: How BigChess Trains a Sharper, More Creative Mind
September 8, 2025
The Psychology of Chess: How BigChess Trains a Sharper, More Creative Mind Chess has long been celebrated as a game that builds the mind. Neuroscience is now explaining precisely why — and BigChess...
Why BigChess Changes the Game
August 15, 2025
Why BigChess Changes the Game: The Case for a 10×10 Board and the Clone Piece Chess has been played for over 1,500 years. It has survived empires, survived wars, survived the internet, survived...