Chess
Sindarov Sends a Major Message Before the World Championship by Beating Nakamura
Three Points, One Ledger: What Bangladesh Chess Is Not Adding Up
One Typo, Twenty-Seven Miniatures: The Quiet Ledger of the Chess Content Market
Samarkand Round 7: The Engine Advertisement Sitting Underneath a Scoreline
No Saint Louis Tournament Report: Valeri Lilov's Black Repertoire Course Takes Centre StageA commercial chess publication carried a headline announcing a Saint Louis...
Sindarov Sends a Major Message Before the World Championship by Beating NakamuraThe red light on the clock was flashing in Saint Louis, but for Javokhir...
Three Points, One Ledger: What Bangladesh Chess Is Not Adding UpI opened an old notebook in Saint Petersburg last night. A clipping from a 20...
Wei Yi's 'Model Game' and the Keymer System: A Coaching Lesson in Black's Counter-AttackA game played by Chinese top grandmaster Wei Yi in the eighth round of a team...
Empty Board, Full Ledger: What Bangladesh Chess Lost and What Can Still Be SavedEntering the second floor of the chess hall in Purana Paltan, the first thing...
A One-Word File, a Five-Name Ledger: From Chess's Empty Board to Bangladesh's Grandmaster CountHook: A File With One Word I opened the file and found a single word inside:...
4 d4 exd4 5 e5!: Sarana's King Walk, Sveshnikov's Seal and the Club-Room NotebookAt half past seven on Saturday evening the lamp was flickering in the Leonine...
Budva's 2715: Where the Favourite Tag Is a Budget Signature, Not a RatingAt seven in the evening in a Budva hotel lobby, the round-three pairing sheet...
Sixty Minutes of the Elephant Gambit: Where Surprise, Not Truth, Commands the Price in Chess EducationThe headline read "The European Club Cup kicks off in Budva." Not one of the...
The Scotch Opening: A 2026 Receipt, a 2026 Advertisement, and a Headline at the Wrong AddressLate last Thursday I opened an archived product page. The first thing I saw w...
A FIDE Ratings Headline, a Scotch-Defence Ad: What the Paper Trail ShowsThe headline said “FIDE Ratings — October 2026.” Five words, and the page...
The System-Opening Market: Six Videos, One Quote, and Bangladesh's Empty Preparation PipelineIt was 11:30 p.m. at my Bangalore desk. A chess course landing page sat open....
One Typo, Twenty-Seven Miniatures: The Quiet Ledger of the Chess Content MarketThe headline misspelled it: “Sicilan Brilliancy.” One letter removed, and the...
Move 45.Rd1: India 2-2 China in Samarkand, and the Draw That Was Worth Zero Match PointsHook: A Contract Was Lying On The Board The position had already repeated...
Samarkand Round 9: Gukesh's 'Houdini' and the Red Mark in India's LedgerThe clock in the Samarkand hall was tipping into evening. On board four, the...
Samarkand Round 8 and a Sixty-Minute Course: Where the Headline and the Body Testify SeparatelyThe file took sixteen seconds to open. The headline took three: “Samarkand R8...
Samarkand's Result Vanished Inside a 60-Minute Video: One Headline, Two Different GamesThe laptop on my Khulna desk was still warm. The router drops the line every...
Samarkand R7 (Women): China and Kazakhstan Draw, a One-Match-Point Lead — and an Advertisement Seated Inside a News HeadlineHook: A Pulse That Never Reaches the Monitor I read a headline. Then I measur...
The 9...a5 Business: A Samarkand Headline, a King's Indian Board and an Old Engine MythAt two in the morning, from a flat in Dublin, I opened a link. The headline...
King's Indian 9...a5: The 'Antidote' Claim, the NNUE-Era Question, and the Samarkand Headline GapAugust 2026, inside London Stadium. Stride-count on the right monitor,...
Samarkand Round 7: The Engine Advertisement Sitting Underneath a Scoreline“Samarkand R7 (women): China and Kazakhstan draw, now lead by a single match...
9...a5, the DVD's Promise, and a Memory Error from Before the Engine AgeThe headline slid onto my phone screen: “Samarkand R7 (open): Uzbekistan...
One Match Point, Zero Scoresheet: How a Samarkand Women's Headline Became an Ad Wrapper6 p.m. in the corridor of a Samarkand team hotel, pre-round silence behind th...
Samarkand in the Headline, a DVD in the Body: The Bayonet Attack 'Antidote' and a Data FissureA file landed on my desk last week. The headline said Round 7 of the Samarkan...
The Name No Database Holds: The Scotch Game, a One-Hour Video, and the Ghost in the ArchiveIt was nearly two in the morning in my Saint Petersburg flat. I had no intere...
A Headline Called It an Achilles Heel: Nobody Checked the India-Poland Score SheetThe line landed on my phone last night: Poland, again, the Achilles heel of...
Sindarov Sends a Major Message Before the World Championship by Beating NakamuraThe red light on the clock was flashing in Saint Louis, but for Javokhir...
Three Points, One Ledger: What Bangladesh Chess Is Not Adding UpI opened an old notebook in Saint Petersburg last night. A clipping from a 20...
Wei Yi's 'Model Game' and the Keymer System: A Coaching Lesson in Black's Counter-AttackA game played by Chinese top grandmaster Wei Yi in the eighth round of a team...
Empty Board, Full Ledger: What Bangladesh Chess Lost and What Can Still Be SavedEntering the second floor of the chess hall in Purana Paltan, the first thing...
A One-Word File, a Five-Name Ledger: From Chess's Empty Board to Bangladesh's Grandmaster CountHook: A File With One Word I opened the file and found a single word inside:...
4 d4 exd4 5 e5!: Sarana's King Walk, Sveshnikov's Seal and the Club-Room NotebookAt half past seven on Saturday evening the lamp was flickering in the Leonine...
Budva's 2715: Where the Favourite Tag Is a Budget Signature, Not a RatingAt seven in the evening in a Budva hotel lobby, the round-three pairing sheet...
Sixty Minutes of the Elephant Gambit: Where Surprise, Not Truth, Commands the Price in Chess EducationThe headline read "The European Club Cup kicks off in Budva." Not one of the...
The Scotch Opening: A 2026 Receipt, a 2026 Advertisement, and a Headline at the Wrong AddressLate last Thursday I opened an archived product page. The first thing I saw w...
A FIDE Ratings Headline, a Scotch-Defence Ad: What the Paper Trail ShowsThe headline said “FIDE Ratings — October 2026.” Five words, and the page...
The System-Opening Market: Six Videos, One Quote, and Bangladesh's Empty Preparation PipelineIt was 11:30 p.m. at my Bangalore desk. A chess course landing page sat open....
One Typo, Twenty-Seven Miniatures: The Quiet Ledger of the Chess Content MarketThe headline misspelled it: “Sicilan Brilliancy.” One letter removed, and the...
Move 45.Rd1: India 2-2 China in Samarkand, and the Draw That Was Worth Zero Match PointsHook: A Contract Was Lying On The Board The position had already repeated...
Samarkand Round 9: Gukesh's 'Houdini' and the Red Mark in India's LedgerThe clock in the Samarkand hall was tipping into evening. On board four, the...
Samarkand Round 8 and a Sixty-Minute Course: Where the Headline and the Body Testify SeparatelyThe file took sixteen seconds to open. The headline took three: “Samarkand R8...
Samarkand's Result Vanished Inside a 60-Minute Video: One Headline, Two Different GamesThe laptop on my Khulna desk was still warm. The router drops the line every...
Samarkand R7 (Women): China and Kazakhstan Draw, a One-Match-Point Lead — and an Advertisement Seated Inside a News HeadlineHook: A Pulse That Never Reaches the Monitor I read a headline. Then I measur...
The 9...a5 Business: A Samarkand Headline, a King's Indian Board and an Old Engine MythAt two in the morning, from a flat in Dublin, I opened a link. The headline...
King's Indian 9...a5: The 'Antidote' Claim, the NNUE-Era Question, and the Samarkand Headline GapAugust 2026, inside London Stadium. Stride-count on the right monitor,...
Samarkand Round 7: The Engine Advertisement Sitting Underneath a Scoreline“Samarkand R7 (women): China and Kazakhstan draw, now lead by a single match...
9...a5, the DVD's Promise, and a Memory Error from Before the Engine AgeThe headline slid onto my phone screen: “Samarkand R7 (open): Uzbekistan...
One Match Point, Zero Scoresheet: How a Samarkand Women's Headline Became an Ad Wrapper6 p.m. in the corridor of a Samarkand team hotel, pre-round silence behind th...
Samarkand in the Headline, a DVD in the Body: The Bayonet Attack 'Antidote' and a Data FissureA file landed on my desk last week. The headline said Round 7 of the Samarkan...
The Name No Database Holds: The Scotch Game, a One-Hour Video, and the Ghost in the ArchiveIt was nearly two in the morning in my Saint Petersburg flat. I had no intere...
A Headline Called It an Achilles Heel: Nobody Checked the India-Poland Score SheetThe line landed on my phone last night: Poland, again, the Achilles heel of...