Chess
ChessHeartbeats on the Board: A Physiological Autopsy of the 1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 System2026-11-04A scene from the 2026 Olympiad's eighth round is still stuck in my notebook:...
ChessA Samarkand Headline, a Prague File: What Lies Beyond the Metadata2026-09-26The notebook lies open on the desk, the tea beside it has gone cold, and the...
ChessSamarkand Round 7: A One-Match-Point Lead and Zero Board Reports2026-09-24Seven in the evening, Mumbai. I had my spreadsheet open for Round 7 of the...
ChessIndia's One-Board Trap at the Chess Olympiad: Nihal Sarin Lost, Yet Was Named Player of the Day2026-09-24Thirty Minutes Is Not a Shortage of Time The clock still had thirty minutes o...
ChessThe Achilles Heel Ledger: Where India's Women Actually Lost to Poland at the Chess Olympiad2026-09-24Round 5. No scoreline. No boards. No moves. The headline rests on a single...
ChessA Clock Is Not a Crown: The Sindarov Lesson2026-11-06Nakamura had 4 minutes 12 seconds on his clock, and Sindarov faced the famili...
A Clock Is Not a Crown: The Sindarov LessonNakamura had 4 minutes 12 seconds on his clock, and Sindarov faced the famili...
Hussain Besou Leads the Bavarian Championship: Promise Is Visible, but the Evidence File Remains ThinOne of the most dangerous words in chess journalism is “talent.”...
Dragon Chilling Wins World Team Rapid & Blitz in Hong Kong, But Headline Says Ding Liren Out in Quarterfinals — Which Is True?June 6, 2026, Hong Kong. The final of the World Team Rapid and Blitz...
The Keymer System in the Shadow of the Sämisch: Wei Yi's 'Model Game' and the Gap in the TitleSitting at the board for round eight, I first glanced at the title—'Sämisch...
Heartbeats on the Board: A Physiological Autopsy of the 1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 SystemA scene from the 2026 Olympiad's eighth round is still stuck in my notebook:...
The Dhaka Audit: Bangladesh's Five Grandmasters and the Silence of Home Norm Tournaments After 2026On December 7, 2026, the last rating-approved norm tournament in Dhaka had...
New Chess Prep Course: Black's 9...a5 Antidote to the Bayonet AttackA newly released instructional video course on chess opening preparation has...
The Champions Were Announced, the Results Weren't: Club Chess's Invisible EconomyThe headline arrived and stopped: Bayegan Pendik and Monte-Carlo are the 2026...
The Elephant Gambit, a Wrong Name, and a Sixty-Minute PromiseThe rain over Delhi had stopped by mid-afternoon, but a few drops were still...
Sixty Minutes of Scandinavian: One Video, One Hollow Headline, and the Club Player's Time EconomyEleven at night, third floor of a club room in Dhaka. The ceiling fan turns,...
From SCHACH to CHESS INSIGHT: Chess Changes Its Language, Not Its Money StoryTwelve players, eleven rounds, one club. What unfolds at the Saint Louis Ches...
The Receipt for 2,731: The Record That Has Not Yet Been Stamped in FIDE's LedgerThe Turkish Chess Federation's statement reached my feed weighted with number...
A Samarkand Label on a King's Indian Disc: Who Is 9...a5's Agent?The steel cupboard at Purana Paltan still gets opened. Every time it does, I...
A Samarkand Headline, a Prague File: What Lies Beyond the MetadataThe notebook lies open on the desk, the tea beside it has gone cold, and the...
One Match Point in Samarkand: Whose Ledger, Whose HeadlineAt two in the morning the kettle in my Saint Petersburg kitchen was still...
The Price of One Match Point: Samarkand Round 7, an Advertisement Inside a Headline, and the Empty Square in Chess JournalismOne match point. That is the whole gap between China and Kazakhstan in the...
Samarkand R7 or a King's Indian DVD: Two Truths in One File, and the Unproven Claim of 9...a5Late Sunday night I opened a file on my desk. The headline read: “Samarkand R...
Samarkand Round 7: A One-Match-Point Lead and Zero Board ReportsSeven in the evening, Mumbai. I had my spreadsheet open for Round 7 of the...
A Samarkand Headline with a 9...a5 Body: Auditing One Chess StoryLast Friday, 7 August 2026, at half past eleven at night, a headline surfaced...