Chess
The Modern Italian: A Sharp Weapon for Club-Level PlayersIn the world of chess, opening preparation has always been a decisive factor....
The Audit of an Empty Cell: Why a Null Result Beats a Forged NumberThe document that landed on my desk last week carries no player's name on its...
Sindarov's Move: Checkmate With Nakamura's Own Weapon, and a Warning Before the World ChampionshipI have watched that moment at least four times. On the Clutch Chess board in...
Fifteen Years Old, Joint Top — and Not a Single Number on the ScreenOn the screen sits the crosstable of the Bavarian Championship. One name —...
The Report on a Zero Baseline: Why the Statistic Bangladesh Chess Never Produced Is the Biggest StoryIn July 2026, sitting in a Moscow editing room, I ran a scrape designed to pu...
A Fujairah Headline, a ChessBase Sales Page: The Announcement With No Player's NameFour countable numbers sit in one headline, and zero names sit in the same...
When the Chess Archive Comes Back EmptyOn Monday night I opened a folder. The label on it was clear: chess. Inside,...
The Paltan Pulse: The Crisis in a Chess Player's Body That Nobody Measures5 July 2026, Dhaka. A club league match, eighth round. Results are being post...
The Data Age of Chess: Ratings, Platforms and the Battle of NarrativesChess is no longer merely a board game. It is an information ecosystem in whi...
Four Stars in the Headline, Six Videos in the Body: The Accounting Gap in Chess MediaI opened the page before the morning tea in my Saint Petersburg flat had gone...
Two Champions Named, No Score Given: Club Chess Blurs the Line Between Result and ProductThe headline in the ChessBase Magazine #225 promotion was simple: Bayegan...
Budva's Score Sheet, Barcelona's Headline: The 2715 Average Trap at the European Club CupAt half past midnight I put two sheets of paper side by side on the desk. One...
The Hour of the Seconds: 9...a5 Against the Bayonet, and an Old Argument About EnginesThe clock on the board is edging toward ten at night in a club room in Delhi,...
Dortmund in the Headline, Scandinavian in the Body: A Trophy That Isn't There, and a 60-Minute Video That IsI opened the file on a Tuesday evening. The headline said Dortmund Sparkassen...
The Atyrau Upset Headline: A Body That Never ArrivedThe top two seeds at the Atyrau Masters were beaten in the opening rounds. Yo...
How the Scotch Returned: Kasparov's 2026, Mikhalchishin's Lesson, and the Ledger of Theory DiffusionThe top line of my notebook reads 2026. Below it is a link, dated around 2026...
The Endgame Craftsman: Karsten Müller and the Knowledge Hidden at the Edge of the BoardOn a Premier Division league night, in the Purana Paltan hall, I sat beside...
The Audit of an Empty Cell: Why a Null Result Beats a Forged NumberThe document that landed on my desk last week carries no player's name on its...
Sindarov's Move: Checkmate With Nakamura's Own Weapon, and a Warning Before the World ChampionshipI have watched that moment at least four times. On the Clutch Chess board in...
Fifteen Years Old, Joint Top — and Not a Single Number on the ScreenOn the screen sits the crosstable of the Bavarian Championship. One name —...
The Report on a Zero Baseline: Why the Statistic Bangladesh Chess Never Produced Is the Biggest StoryIn July 2026, sitting in a Moscow editing room, I ran a scrape designed to pu...
A Fujairah Headline, a ChessBase Sales Page: The Announcement With No Player's NameFour countable numbers sit in one headline, and zero names sit in the same...
When the Chess Archive Comes Back EmptyOn Monday night I opened a folder. The label on it was clear: chess. Inside,...
The Paltan Pulse: The Crisis in a Chess Player's Body That Nobody Measures5 July 2026, Dhaka. A club league match, eighth round. Results are being post...
The Data Age of Chess: Ratings, Platforms and the Battle of NarrativesChess is no longer merely a board game. It is an information ecosystem in whi...
Four Stars in the Headline, Six Videos in the Body: The Accounting Gap in Chess MediaI opened the page before the morning tea in my Saint Petersburg flat had gone...
Two Champions Named, No Score Given: Club Chess Blurs the Line Between Result and ProductThe headline in the ChessBase Magazine #225 promotion was simple: Bayegan...
Budva's Score Sheet, Barcelona's Headline: The 2715 Average Trap at the European Club CupAt half past midnight I put two sheets of paper side by side on the desk. One...
The Hour of the Seconds: 9...a5 Against the Bayonet, and an Old Argument About EnginesThe clock on the board is edging toward ten at night in a club room in Delhi,...
Dortmund in the Headline, Scandinavian in the Body: A Trophy That Isn't There, and a 60-Minute Video That IsI opened the file on a Tuesday evening. The headline said Dortmund Sparkassen...
The Atyrau Upset Headline: A Body That Never ArrivedThe top two seeds at the Atyrau Masters were beaten in the opening rounds. Yo...
How the Scotch Returned: Kasparov's 2026, Mikhalchishin's Lesson, and the Ledger of Theory DiffusionThe top line of my notebook reads 2026. Below it is a link, dated around 2026...
The Endgame Craftsman: Karsten Müller and the Knowledge Hidden at the Edge of the BoardOn a Premier Division league night, in the Purana Paltan hall, I sat beside...