Chess
Eleven of Twelve Fields Empty: Why a Null Dataset Is Chess Journalism's Most Honest Document
So's Fourth Crown Came in a Tiebreak, and the Real Story Was Waiting Under the Headline
Sixty Minutes of Scandinavian: The Repertoire That Sells Time, Not Theory
9...a5 Against the Bayonet: A 'Human-Friendly' Antidote or an Old Engine-Era Story?
Samarkand Round 9: Gukesh's 54-Move Escape, and India's Gold Dangling on One Board
Eleven of Twelve Fields Empty: Why a Null Dataset Is Chess Journalism's Most Honest DocumentA file landed on my desk last week. No title, no source line, no publication...
A 15-Year-Old Leads Bavaria, But Where Is the Colle-Trompowsky Weapons Factory?I sat in the anchor chair and learned that silence is a production cue. That...
The Hong Kong Team Chess and Chinese Rapid Championship Double Confusion: Two Different Events, One Ambiguous HeadlineOn June 21, 2026, in Hong Kong, the team 'Dragon Chilling' defeated...
The Hidden Ledger in a 60-Minute Repertoire: Reading the Elephant Gambit and an Unverified RecordLast week, around 11 p.m. in my Rangpur mess, I was scrolling a promotional...
The Scotch Gambit Reborn: Is Mikhalchishin's 'Simple' Solution Under Kasparov's Shadow Really Effective?I learned in the anchor chair that silence is a production cue. At the 2026...
Chigorin on the Cover, Italian in the Body: Auditing a 60-Minute Opening RepertoireThe call came at 3:11 a.m. from a club organiser in Dhaka. I was in my Mumbai...
ChessBase Magazine 225: European Club Cup in the Headline, a Training Product on Sale InsideThe promotional page for the 225th issue of ChessBase Magazine is not a...
A Champions Headline With No Move Number: What the ChessBase Magazine #225 Promotion Really Says About the European Club CupThe headline closed in a single line. Bayegan Pendik and Monte-Carlo are the...
So's Fourth Crown Came in a Tiebreak, and the Real Story Was Waiting Under the HeadlineOne evening the scoreboard showed two Americans, both rated above 2700, level...
108 Teams in Budva, One 2715, and the Arithmetic of Board FourA pairing sheet lay on a table in a Budva hotel ballroom. Blue paper, printer...
The Wrong FIDE President: What the Cyprus Headline Actually HidesA meeting took place in Nicosia — so the headline claims. But the person the...
European Club Cup: The 2715 Average, the 115-Point Gap, and the Quiet Number 22European Club Cup: The 2715 Average, the 115-Point Gap, and the Quiet Number ...
Sixty Minutes of Scandinavian: The Repertoire That Sells Time, Not TheorySunday, 11:40 at night. A stopwatch running on the phone, a sixty-minute vide...
The Century's Deception: The Elephant Gambit and the Dark Market of Chess PreparationThe news of the European Club Cup in Budva has drowned beneath the shadow of ...
Blockchain and Chess: On-Chain Gaming Economies Learn from a 60-Minute 'Elephant Gambit' RepertoireIn blockchain we often forget that strategy and proof are not the same thing....
9...a5 Against the Bayonet: A 'Human-Friendly' Antidote or an Old Engine-Era Story?Last year I sat with a clock at board three of a club league in Mymensingh....
The Revival of the Scotch Opening: Kasparov's Historic 2026 Usage and Mikhalchishin's Strategic LessonIn the history of chess, the evolution of opening theory is an extremely...