Chess
Eleven Teams Level, a Headline Saying Three: The European Club Cup's Real Fight Isn't on Board One2026-10-24The laptop on the desk in my Mymensingh room is open to a standings table. In...
A Meeting in Nicosia, a Wrong Title, and Chess's Real Question: Who Is Paying?2026-10-22“FIDE President Timur Turlov met Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides in...
Sixty Minutes of Scandinavian: Carlsen's Name, a Mislabeled Headline, and the Arithmetic of the Amateur Chess Market2026-10-20Sixty minutes. That is the length of a video, and a headline has been placed ...
A Benko Gambit Ad, a Fritz Sale: The Page That Calls Itself a Review2026-10-18Last week at the desk I opened a product page. The headline stopped me: “The...
9...a5: An Off-Chain Move Against the Bayonet, and the Blockchain of Opening Theory2026-10-16I have counted heartbeats in Paltan, and the numbers confessed more than the...
After Move Nine: The Bayonet Attack, 9...a5, and the Uneven Promises of Chess Instruction2026-10-16Hook: Three Answers in a League Hall, and a Press Note It was half past nine ...
ChessChess Report Requires Evidence: The Original Source Material Is MissingA reliable chess news report requires verifiable information about the match,...
ChessThe Promise of Learning a Chess Opening in 60 Minutes: Petroff or Scandinavian, Which Defence Is Actually Being Taught?Can 60 minutes be enough to learn a chess opening? For a club player, the...
ChessChess Analysis Stalls Before the First Move: Eight Dimensions Remain Unassessable Due to Missing EvidenceChess Analysis Stalls Before the First Move An old chessboard sits ready. The...
ChessA 15-Year-Old Besou and Six Videos: The Bavarian Mid-Event Lead and the Real Ledger of the Coaching MarketBefore I looked at the scoreboard, one thing caught my eye: a fifteen-year-ol...
ChessFour Opening Traps and a Sales Pitch: What Is Being Sold in the Name of Chess TrainingFrom a bedroom in Mymensingh, I was reading an advertisement for a paid video...
ChessWhere the Ledger Fails on the ChessboardThe wooden plaque at the door of the Purana Paltan chess hall has never quite...
ChessModern Chess: The Battle Beyond the BoardInternational chess is no longer simply a game of wooden pieces on a checkere...
ChessFive Grandmasters, Nearly Two Decades of Nothing: Bangladesh Chess's Deficit Is Structural, Not a Talent ShortageBatumi, September 2026. The sixth round of the 43rd Chess Olympiad is running...
ChessA Fujairah Headline, a Prague Magazine: The World Final That Cannot Name a Single CompetitorHalf past midnight, the ChessBase feed open on the laptop. The headline runs...
ChessChigorin or Italian? Major Contradiction Surfaces in Chess Training Video ReviewIn the international chess publishing market, short-form instructional video...
Chess45.Rd1: The Arithmetic of the Title Race in Samarkand, and Two Faces of the Same RiskIt was nearly three in the morning in Rangpur. The laptop was open, the board...
ChessSilver and Bronze in Samarkand: Board Order, Conversion, and the Arithmetic of ExpectationI begin with arithmetic, not emotion. At the Samarkand Chess Olympiad, India...
Chess9...a5 Against the Bayonet: An Opening DVD That Sells an Attack and Teaches a DefenceWhite's 9.b4. The Bayonet. I first saw that move up close at a Premier Divisi...
ChessEleven Teams Level, a Headline Saying Three: The European Club Cup's Real Fight Isn't on Board OneThe laptop on the desk in my Mymensingh room is open to a standings table. In...
ChessThe Promise of Learning a Chess Opening in 60 Minutes: Petroff or Scandinavian, Which Defence Is Actually Being Taught?Can 60 minutes be enough to learn a chess opening? For a club player, the...
ChessChess Analysis Stalls Before the First Move: Eight Dimensions Remain Unassessable Due to Missing EvidenceChess Analysis Stalls Before the First Move An old chessboard sits ready. The...
ChessA 15-Year-Old Besou and Six Videos: The Bavarian Mid-Event Lead and the Real Ledger of the Coaching MarketBefore I looked at the scoreboard, one thing caught my eye: a fifteen-year-ol...
ChessFour Opening Traps and a Sales Pitch: What Is Being Sold in the Name of Chess TrainingFrom a bedroom in Mymensingh, I was reading an advertisement for a paid video...
ChessWhere the Ledger Fails on the ChessboardThe wooden plaque at the door of the Purana Paltan chess hall has never quite...
ChessModern Chess: The Battle Beyond the BoardInternational chess is no longer simply a game of wooden pieces on a checkere...
ChessFive Grandmasters, Nearly Two Decades of Nothing: Bangladesh Chess's Deficit Is Structural, Not a Talent ShortageBatumi, September 2026. The sixth round of the 43rd Chess Olympiad is running...
ChessA Fujairah Headline, a Prague Magazine: The World Final That Cannot Name a Single CompetitorHalf past midnight, the ChessBase feed open on the laptop. The headline runs...
ChessChigorin or Italian? Major Contradiction Surfaces in Chess Training Video ReviewIn the international chess publishing market, short-form instructional video...
Chess45.Rd1: The Arithmetic of the Title Race in Samarkand, and Two Faces of the Same RiskIt was nearly three in the morning in Rangpur. The laptop was open, the board...
ChessSilver and Bronze in Samarkand: Board Order, Conversion, and the Arithmetic of ExpectationI begin with arithmetic, not emotion. At the Samarkand Chess Olympiad, India...
Chess9...a5 Against the Bayonet: An Opening DVD That Sells an Attack and Teaches a DefenceWhite's 9.b4. The Bayonet. I first saw that move up close at a Premier Divisi...
ChessEleven Teams Level, a Headline Saying Three: The European Club Cup's Real Fight Isn't on Board OneThe laptop on the desk in my Mymensingh room is open to a standings table. In...