Chess
Six Rounds of Ledger, Three Rounds of Questions: Where the WACC 2026 Title Race Stops at the Scoreboard
When Petroff and Scandinavian Became One Video: The 60-Minute Promise and the Chess-Education Market
The Scotch Defence Revival: From Kasparov 2026 to Mikhalchishin's 60 Minutes — The Ledger Nobody Kept
Chess in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: From Board to Algorithm
Gukesh's 54-Move Escape Keeps India Alive, but the Gold Bid Rests on One Man
Six Rounds of Ledger, Three Rounds of Questions: Where the WACC 2026 Title Race Stops at the ScoreboardWhen the Round 6 results went up in the Selangor Chess Association hall, one...
Najdorf Lines and a Headline Myth: The Report That Contradicts ItselfReading the headline, one assumes Türkiye's team won the NATO Chess...
When Petroff and Scandinavian Became One Video: The 60-Minute Promise and the Chess-Education MarketThe title said one thing; the body said another. The first thing that jumps o...
Elephant Gambit: How Effective Is This Unconventional Chess Weapon? Andrew Martin's 60-Minute Course Under ScrutinyThe most uncomfortable question in chess can sometimes arise on the second...
The Scotch Defence Revival: From Kasparov 2026 to Mikhalchishin's 60 Minutes — The Ledger Nobody KeptThe first thing that greets you on a chess course's promotional page is not a...
The Empty Square Also Testifies: When the Record Comes Back BlankThe file arrived on my screen labelled 'chess'. That was the only word in it....
Chess in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: From Board to AlgorithmChess was never merely a board game. It has long served as a public test of...
WFCC Grand Prix Final in Fujairah: The Long Shadow of a Brief AnnouncementFujairah, United Arab Emirates: The World Federation for Chess Composition...
Missing Input: Why the Chess Article Analysis Cannot ProceedThis is not a report on a specific chess tournament, a player's result, or th...
The 2-2 in Samarkand: India's Silver-Bronze and Bangladesh's Unwritten LedgerBoard four, final round, Samarkand. Twenty minutes left on the clock. Gukesh ...
Gukesh's 54-Move Escape Keeps India Alive, but the Gold Bid Rests on One ManBefore Round 9 in Samarkand, India's biggest squad decision was the board...
Giri in the Title, Six Videos in the Body: The Preparation Market and the Board’s Empty SquareAt 2:40 in the morning in a Khulna flat, the laptop fan turns, the router lig...
Black's Preparation Against 1.d4 Sidelines: Analysis of a Training CourseOpening preparation is always a crucial matter in chess. Especially when the...
Türkiye at the NATO Chess Championship: When the Headline and the Board Tell Two Different StoriesLast month, at my desk in Dublin, I opened a file whose headline announced...
Misattributed FIDE Presidency and a Broken Report: Turlov in the Cyprus Headline, FRITZ 20 Advertising in the BodyThe Headline's Claim, the Body's Reality A report circulating online carries ...
A Türkiye Triumph in the Headline, a Najdorf Download in the Body: The Tactical Anatomy of a Filing ErrorFour days passed after July 5, 2026, before I could write anything. GM Ziaur...
Bodhana in the Headline, e5 on the Board: A Chess Column's Wrong Address and the Economy of TrapsAt eleven o'clock on a February night in Khulna, a link lands on my phone and...
Total Chess's 'Unified Rating': At the Budapest Pilot, the Real Story Is What Wasn't AnnouncedThe Budapest announcement contains four numbers, and a fifth that appears...
Total Chess's 'Unified Rating': The Five Numbers Still Missing Before the Budapest PilotAugust 29, 2026. I read the announcement four times. The first pass caught th...
The Elephant Gambit Ad, Caruana's Loss, and Zero DataThe Typo as Evidence The advertisement's first move was a typographical error...
Ding Liren's Loss: From Shenzhen to Mumbai, the Silent Testimony of a Ledger LineWhat I found by digitizing 41 national championships was not an exciting stor...
The Long Revenge of the Scotch: Kasparov 2026, Mikhalchishin's Course, and a Headline That Belongs to Another PageThe ceiling fan in my Delhi flat was turning slowly, the kettle was still hot...
A Course That Teaches Calculation, With a Sample Size of OneTwo courses. One reviewer. And two established names on the comparison axis....
3.Bc4 and 2504: A Physiological Autopsy of an Eleven-Year-Old's Board-One LoadSix points from seven rounds, a performance rating of 2504 — and the person...
Bent Larsen on the Cover, 27 Miniatures Inside: Opening the Ledger of Chess ContentBent Larsen's name sits on the cover. Inside there are 27 miniatures, 10...
Bent Larsen's Name, an Opening File, and Seventeen Years of SilenceThere is a steel cupboard in the Bangladesh Chess Federation hall at Purana...
Najdorf Lines and a Headline Myth: The Report That Contradicts ItselfReading the headline, one assumes Türkiye's team won the NATO Chess...
When Petroff and Scandinavian Became One Video: The 60-Minute Promise and the Chess-Education MarketThe title said one thing; the body said another. The first thing that jumps o...
Elephant Gambit: How Effective Is This Unconventional Chess Weapon? Andrew Martin's 60-Minute Course Under ScrutinyThe most uncomfortable question in chess can sometimes arise on the second...
The Scotch Defence Revival: From Kasparov 2026 to Mikhalchishin's 60 Minutes — The Ledger Nobody KeptThe first thing that greets you on a chess course's promotional page is not a...
The Empty Square Also Testifies: When the Record Comes Back BlankThe file arrived on my screen labelled 'chess'. That was the only word in it....
Chess in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: From Board to AlgorithmChess was never merely a board game. It has long served as a public test of...
WFCC Grand Prix Final in Fujairah: The Long Shadow of a Brief AnnouncementFujairah, United Arab Emirates: The World Federation for Chess Composition...
Missing Input: Why the Chess Article Analysis Cannot ProceedThis is not a report on a specific chess tournament, a player's result, or th...
The 2-2 in Samarkand: India's Silver-Bronze and Bangladesh's Unwritten LedgerBoard four, final round, Samarkand. Twenty minutes left on the clock. Gukesh ...
Gukesh's 54-Move Escape Keeps India Alive, but the Gold Bid Rests on One ManBefore Round 9 in Samarkand, India's biggest squad decision was the board...
Giri in the Title, Six Videos in the Body: The Preparation Market and the Board’s Empty SquareAt 2:40 in the morning in a Khulna flat, the laptop fan turns, the router lig...
Black's Preparation Against 1.d4 Sidelines: Analysis of a Training CourseOpening preparation is always a crucial matter in chess. Especially when the...
Türkiye at the NATO Chess Championship: When the Headline and the Board Tell Two Different StoriesLast month, at my desk in Dublin, I opened a file whose headline announced...
Misattributed FIDE Presidency and a Broken Report: Turlov in the Cyprus Headline, FRITZ 20 Advertising in the BodyThe Headline's Claim, the Body's Reality A report circulating online carries ...
A Türkiye Triumph in the Headline, a Najdorf Download in the Body: The Tactical Anatomy of a Filing ErrorFour days passed after July 5, 2026, before I could write anything. GM Ziaur...
Bodhana in the Headline, e5 on the Board: A Chess Column's Wrong Address and the Economy of TrapsAt eleven o'clock on a February night in Khulna, a link lands on my phone and...
Total Chess's 'Unified Rating': At the Budapest Pilot, the Real Story Is What Wasn't AnnouncedThe Budapest announcement contains four numbers, and a fifth that appears...
Total Chess's 'Unified Rating': The Five Numbers Still Missing Before the Budapest PilotAugust 29, 2026. I read the announcement four times. The first pass caught th...
The Elephant Gambit Ad, Caruana's Loss, and Zero DataThe Typo as Evidence The advertisement's first move was a typographical error...
Ding Liren's Loss: From Shenzhen to Mumbai, the Silent Testimony of a Ledger LineWhat I found by digitizing 41 national championships was not an exciting stor...
The Long Revenge of the Scotch: Kasparov 2026, Mikhalchishin's Course, and a Headline That Belongs to Another PageThe ceiling fan in my Delhi flat was turning slowly, the kettle was still hot...
A Course That Teaches Calculation, With a Sample Size of OneTwo courses. One reviewer. And two established names on the comparison axis....
3.Bc4 and 2504: A Physiological Autopsy of an Eleven-Year-Old's Board-One LoadSix points from seven rounds, a performance rating of 2504 — and the person...
Bent Larsen on the Cover, 27 Miniatures Inside: Opening the Ledger of Chess ContentBent Larsen's name sits on the cover. Inside there are 27 miniatures, 10...
Bent Larsen's Name, an Opening File, and Seventeen Years of SilenceThere is a steel cupboard in the Bangladesh Chess Federation hall at Purana...