Chess
A Void in Chess News Analysis: Silent Data Extraction Failure Raises Serious WarningA chess analysis report has been prepared with no identifiable player,...
Four Grandmasters in the Headline, Six Videos in the Body: A Data Audit of a 1.d4 Sidelines PageA headline landed on my desk last week: "Clutch Chess: Caruana, Nakamura,...
One Headline, Two Cities: The Lonely 2715 Summit at the Budva Club CupThe light was going out of the Budva hall and the arbiter had already set his...
Who Underwrites the Durable Edge: Chess Preparation Politics in the DVD EraA DVD. The seal breaks and out comes no champion, no second sits before a...
9...a5: A Practical Answer to the Mar del Plata Bayonet — and a Ledger of Verification Behind the HeadlineLast night I had two tabs open on my laptop. One carried the headline of a...
The Samarkand Ledger: India Took Silver, but the Arithmetic Is Stuck on Two BoardsI read the final-round pairing sheet three times on the cold desk of the...
What 'Hidden Highlights' Really Hides: Sicilian Brilliancy, Empty Halls and the Chess-Learning MarketThe headline contains a typo. "Sicilian" is spelled "Sicilan" — by a publishe...
Vietnam's Remarkable Success: Group B Gold at the Olympiad and Two GM NormsIn September 2026, Vietnam's men's chess team made history at the Chess...
When the King Walks: Sarana's King-Walk, 5 e5!, and the Olympiad's Missing GameThere was a game at the Olympiad — Alexei Sarana took his king for a walk. Th...
Samarkand Round 9: Gukesh's Houdini Act Keeps India Alive, But the Gold Arithmetic Still Belongs to ArmeniaHook: Five Hours, 54 Moves, and One Empty Board I was sitting in my room in...
Turlov's Headline, a Najdorf Video Underneath: Reading a Chess-News Document That Broke in HalfIt was 11:45 on a Wednesday night. The online blitz broadcast of a Dhaka club...
The Modern Italian 5.e5: Erigaisi as Bait, Club-Level Traps, and the Missing Engine ProofThe clock compresses for Black the moment 5.e5 lands. White's e-pawn has...
Samarkand Round 9: Gukesh's Houdini Act and a Team's Unbalanced LedgerI was scanning the Round 9 score-sheet of the 2026 Chess Olympiad in Samarkan...
Twenty-Seven Miniatures and One Wrong Headline: Where Chess Training Money StandsWinter morning in my Delhi flat. On the table, a download-key card; beside it...
Savitha Shri's 7/7: The Ledger Behind the Family That Funded ItHook On Thursday evening, sitting at a Mumbai desk, I wrote one odd figure on...
Scandinavian Defense: One Tempo, Sixty Minutes, and an Unverified Testimonial1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3. Three moves in, and Black has opened a ledger. The...
Four Grandmasters in the Headline, Six Videos in the Body: A Data Audit of a 1.d4 Sidelines PageA headline landed on my desk last week: "Clutch Chess: Caruana, Nakamura,...
One Headline, Two Cities: The Lonely 2715 Summit at the Budva Club CupThe light was going out of the Budva hall and the arbiter had already set his...
Who Underwrites the Durable Edge: Chess Preparation Politics in the DVD EraA DVD. The seal breaks and out comes no champion, no second sits before a...
9...a5: A Practical Answer to the Mar del Plata Bayonet — and a Ledger of Verification Behind the HeadlineLast night I had two tabs open on my laptop. One carried the headline of a...
The Samarkand Ledger: India Took Silver, but the Arithmetic Is Stuck on Two BoardsI read the final-round pairing sheet three times on the cold desk of the...
What 'Hidden Highlights' Really Hides: Sicilian Brilliancy, Empty Halls and the Chess-Learning MarketThe headline contains a typo. "Sicilian" is spelled "Sicilan" — by a publishe...
Vietnam's Remarkable Success: Group B Gold at the Olympiad and Two GM NormsIn September 2026, Vietnam's men's chess team made history at the Chess...
When the King Walks: Sarana's King-Walk, 5 e5!, and the Olympiad's Missing GameThere was a game at the Olympiad — Alexei Sarana took his king for a walk. Th...
Samarkand Round 9: Gukesh's Houdini Act Keeps India Alive, But the Gold Arithmetic Still Belongs to ArmeniaHook: Five Hours, 54 Moves, and One Empty Board I was sitting in my room in...
Turlov's Headline, a Najdorf Video Underneath: Reading a Chess-News Document That Broke in HalfIt was 11:45 on a Wednesday night. The online blitz broadcast of a Dhaka club...
The Modern Italian 5.e5: Erigaisi as Bait, Club-Level Traps, and the Missing Engine ProofThe clock compresses for Black the moment 5.e5 lands. White's e-pawn has...
Samarkand Round 9: Gukesh's Houdini Act and a Team's Unbalanced LedgerI was scanning the Round 9 score-sheet of the 2026 Chess Olympiad in Samarkan...
Twenty-Seven Miniatures and One Wrong Headline: Where Chess Training Money StandsWinter morning in my Delhi flat. On the table, a download-key card; beside it...
Savitha Shri's 7/7: The Ledger Behind the Family That Funded ItHook On Thursday evening, sitting at a Mumbai desk, I wrote one odd figure on...
Scandinavian Defense: One Tempo, Sixty Minutes, and an Unverified Testimonial1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3. Three moves in, and Black has opened a ledger. The...