Chess
European Club Cup: Eleven Co-Leaders, Giri–Abdusattorov on Board One, and the Physiology of Club Chess
Carlsen's Confession: Chess in the AI Era as a Mirror of Human Limits
Budva's Headline, Paltan's Truth: The Elephant Gambit's Marketing Corpse, a Board Without News
The Ledger: Five Grandmasters and an Empty Scoresheet in Bangladesh Chess
A World Champion on Board 4: The 54-Move Escape and the Gap in India's Gold Arithmetic
A Name, No Scoresheet: The Empty Verification Column in the Chess MarketThe tea stall beside the hall in Purana Paltan is where I spent Tuesday...
Sasikiran in the Bavarian Headline, an Engine Advertisement in the BodySasikiran in the Bavarian Headline, an Engine Advertisement in the Body In 20...
The Evidence Gap in Chess Analysis: Why Players, Tournaments and Competitive Developments Must Be VerifiedThe First Question in Chess Analysis: Where Is the Evidence? The result of a...
King's Move in the Lizard's Shadow: Sindarov's Battle of Time and Memory on the ChessboardIn the hall of the Saint Louis Chess Club, as the clock ticked in the rhythm ...
The Samarkand Ledger: How One Nihal Move Wrecked India's Title ArithmeticThree moves. Thirty minutes on the clock. Almost two points of advantage on t...
The London System Trap: An Incomplete Preparation Checklist for Bangladeshi Chess PlayersThe move 1.d4 d5 2.c4 — stepping outside those three moves does not mean...
He Became South Asia's First Grandmaster in 2026, No One Since 2026: Why Bangladesh Chess Still Lives on the Echo of That Steel CupboardA steel cupboard in the Bangladesh Chess Federation hall in Purana Paltan sti...
The Ledger That Does Not Trust the Scale: Bangladesh's Chess Budget, Audited from MoscowIn the last week of May, in a club room in Moscow, I was reconciling an old...
Niaz's Folder, Neer's Clock: The Patron Shortage Behind Bangladesh ChessIn the summer of 2026, holed up in a Delhi hostel room while the Russia World...
The Story the Fujairah Headline Never Told: Two Layers of Chess News, One Invisible Community, and a Cheaper RoadAugust 30, 2026. FIDE Online Chess Olympiad final. India and Russia, 3-3. A...
A New Perspective on Defensive Preparation: Black's Plans Against White's 1.d4 SidelinesA fundamental article in the international chess arena has recently sparked...
European Club Cup: Eleven Co-Leaders, Giri–Abdusattorov on Board One, and the Physiology of Club ChessSix Hours at the Board, and One Table The first pages of my board-physiology...
Carlsen's Confession: Chess in the AI Era as a Mirror of Human LimitsI laid the board out, and the pattern had been waiting. In an interview with...
Two Translations, One Sentence: The Preparation Architecture Inside Carlsen's 'Humans Aren't That Good'Madrid, 21 October 2026. In a long interview with the Spanish sports daily AS...
Budva's Headline, Paltan's Truth: The Elephant Gambit's Marketing Corpse, a Board Without NewsMinutes ago I opened a link whose headline announced that the European Club C...
Atyrau Masters' Invisible Seeds: One Headline, Zero Numbers, and Bangladesh's Five-Grandmaster LedgerOne — The Headline That Shows No Room Last week a headline walked up to me an...
The Ledger: Five Grandmasters and an Empty Scoresheet in Bangladesh ChessOn the second Tuesday of last December, winter light fell across a table on t...
The Chess Industry Galaxy: A 60-Minute Scandinavian Defense Video for Club Players and an In-Depth Analysis of Headline-Content MismatchIn the world of chess, the flow of information never follows a straight line....
The Empty Chair in the Bundesliga: The 2026/87 Rules War and a Title's GapThe clock was running and the chair was empty. A round of the 2026/87 German...
Bundesliga in the Title, an Elephant on the Board: Autopsy of a Sixty-Minute AdvertisementA link arrived by forward last week. The headline read "A dispute in the...
A Bundesliga Dispute, or an Elephant Gambit Advert? A Metadata Autopsy of an Opening ProductHook: The Crack Between the Title and the Board I sat down with tea and a pie...
The Endgame Craftsman: Karsten Müller's Real Strength Is Not on the Board but in the ExplanationChennai, 2026. In the press room of the 44th Chess Olympiad the air was thick...
One Result, One Advertisement: The Liang-Niemann Headline and the Ledger Economy of ChessIn early October, a promotional notice landed on my desk — an advertisement f...
When the Headline and the Board Diverge: The Closed Sicilian's Quiet WinJune 25, 2026. A video title: “Robert Ris' Fast and Furious: 7.b3 in the...
Is Chess Really 'Inexpressive'? The Paltan Heartbeats the Camera Cannot SeeI counted heartbeats in Paltan, and those numbers confessed more than any...
Sasikiran in the Bavarian Headline, an Engine Advertisement in the BodySasikiran in the Bavarian Headline, an Engine Advertisement in the Body In 20...
The Evidence Gap in Chess Analysis: Why Players, Tournaments and Competitive Developments Must Be VerifiedThe First Question in Chess Analysis: Where Is the Evidence? The result of a...
King's Move in the Lizard's Shadow: Sindarov's Battle of Time and Memory on the ChessboardIn the hall of the Saint Louis Chess Club, as the clock ticked in the rhythm ...
The Samarkand Ledger: How One Nihal Move Wrecked India's Title ArithmeticThree moves. Thirty minutes on the clock. Almost two points of advantage on t...
The London System Trap: An Incomplete Preparation Checklist for Bangladeshi Chess PlayersThe move 1.d4 d5 2.c4 — stepping outside those three moves does not mean...
He Became South Asia's First Grandmaster in 2026, No One Since 2026: Why Bangladesh Chess Still Lives on the Echo of That Steel CupboardA steel cupboard in the Bangladesh Chess Federation hall in Purana Paltan sti...
The Ledger That Does Not Trust the Scale: Bangladesh's Chess Budget, Audited from MoscowIn the last week of May, in a club room in Moscow, I was reconciling an old...
Niaz's Folder, Neer's Clock: The Patron Shortage Behind Bangladesh ChessIn the summer of 2026, holed up in a Delhi hostel room while the Russia World...
The Story the Fujairah Headline Never Told: Two Layers of Chess News, One Invisible Community, and a Cheaper RoadAugust 30, 2026. FIDE Online Chess Olympiad final. India and Russia, 3-3. A...
A New Perspective on Defensive Preparation: Black's Plans Against White's 1.d4 SidelinesA fundamental article in the international chess arena has recently sparked...
European Club Cup: Eleven Co-Leaders, Giri–Abdusattorov on Board One, and the Physiology of Club ChessSix Hours at the Board, and One Table The first pages of my board-physiology...
Carlsen's Confession: Chess in the AI Era as a Mirror of Human LimitsI laid the board out, and the pattern had been waiting. In an interview with...
Two Translations, One Sentence: The Preparation Architecture Inside Carlsen's 'Humans Aren't That Good'Madrid, 21 October 2026. In a long interview with the Spanish sports daily AS...
Budva's Headline, Paltan's Truth: The Elephant Gambit's Marketing Corpse, a Board Without NewsMinutes ago I opened a link whose headline announced that the European Club C...
Atyrau Masters' Invisible Seeds: One Headline, Zero Numbers, and Bangladesh's Five-Grandmaster LedgerOne — The Headline That Shows No Room Last week a headline walked up to me an...
The Ledger: Five Grandmasters and an Empty Scoresheet in Bangladesh ChessOn the second Tuesday of last December, winter light fell across a table on t...
The Chess Industry Galaxy: A 60-Minute Scandinavian Defense Video for Club Players and an In-Depth Analysis of Headline-Content MismatchIn the world of chess, the flow of information never follows a straight line....
The Empty Chair in the Bundesliga: The 2026/87 Rules War and a Title's GapThe clock was running and the chair was empty. A round of the 2026/87 German...
Bundesliga in the Title, an Elephant on the Board: Autopsy of a Sixty-Minute AdvertisementA link arrived by forward last week. The headline read "A dispute in the...
A Bundesliga Dispute, or an Elephant Gambit Advert? A Metadata Autopsy of an Opening ProductHook: The Crack Between the Title and the Board I sat down with tea and a pie...
The Endgame Craftsman: Karsten Müller's Real Strength Is Not on the Board but in the ExplanationChennai, 2026. In the press room of the 44th Chess Olympiad the air was thick...
One Result, One Advertisement: The Liang-Niemann Headline and the Ledger Economy of ChessIn early October, a promotional notice landed on my desk — an advertisement f...
When the Headline and the Board Diverge: The Closed Sicilian's Quiet WinJune 25, 2026. A video title: “Robert Ris' Fast and Furious: 7.b3 in the...
Is Chess Really 'Inexpressive'? The Paltan Heartbeats the Camera Cannot SeeI counted heartbeats in Paltan, and those numbers confessed more than any...