Chess
The Knight on the Rim, the Empty Hall and Eleven Lakh Taka: Auditing Bangladesh's Chess Pipeline
European Club Cup 2026: Bayegan's 2715 Average in Budva, and the Women's Section's 22 Teams
Total Chess's 'Unified Rating' Test: Budapest's Twelve Days Will Measure Bodies, Not Ratings
The Gap Between Headline and Body: Tsaghkadzor's Children, the King's Indian Bayonet, and a DVD's Clever Sell
The Price of the Fifth Board: Savitha Shri's Seven Wins and a Family's Exhausted Savings
Chess Report Requires Source Material: Analysis Contains No Player, Match or Tournament InformationA chess match can only be analysed when the events on the board are known:...
9...a5 Against the Bayonet Attack: A Strategic Alternative in the King's Indian DefenseA chess opening can change character with a single pawn move. In the Mar del...
A Chess Opening in 60 Minutes, But Which One? The Petroff–Scandinavian Confusion Raises Bigger QuestionsA chess opening can be introduced in sixty minutes. But when the identity of...
Besou at 15 and the Bavarian Crown: What to Check Before Turning a Regional Lead into a ‘Prodigy Filter’Hussain Besou, aged 15, has joined the leaders at the Bavarian Championship....
A 5-1 Team Rapid Final in Hong Kong and a Headline Saying Quarterfinal Exit: The Ding Liren Form Question That Still Has No AnswerThe World Team Rapid and Blitz Championships in Hong Kong ended with Dragon...
The Scotch Rebirth and a Coach's Antidote: From Kasparov 2026 to a Club-Level Tactical LessonA moment from the 2026 World Championship still sends tremors through the wor...
Counting Heartbeats in Paltan: The Physiological Cost of Anti-1.d4 Preparedness for BlackCounting heartbeats in Paltan reveals that a long middlegame against the...
The Knight on the Rim, the Empty Hall and Eleven Lakh Taka: Auditing Bangladesh's Chess PipelineThe Knight on the Rim, the Empty Hall and Eleven Lakh Taka: Auditing...
Behind the Giri–Abdusattorov Headline: A Promotion of Lilov's Six Videos and a Sports-Media ReviewWhen an instructional chess item is titled 'Giri vs Abdusattorov, Game of the...
ChessBase Magazine #225: What a Contents Page Says About the Training MarketTwenty-seven miniatures, ten opening articles, three named video presenters,...
2715 vs 2600: Budva's Paper Favourite and the Invisible Economy of Club ChessLate last night in Delhi, before I closed the final file, a headline caught m...
The Headline That Misidentified the FIDE President: Timur Turlov, Cyprus, and the Credibility Crisis in Chess MediaA headline has been circulating in chess media this week: 'FIDE President Tim...
European Club Cup 2026: Bayegan's 2715 Average in Budva, and the Women's Section's 22 TeamsOn the tournament board in Budva, after two rounds, twenty-five team names we...
Total Chess's Unified Rating: A Headline With No DefinitionI read the release three times. The first time my eye caught the headline: a...
Total Chess's 'Unified Rating' Test: Budapest's Twelve Days Will Measure Bodies, Not RatingsBudapest, 10–21 November 2026. Twelve days, three time controls, four names....
9...a5 and the Engine Excuse: A Story of Preparation Asymmetry in the King's Indian DefenseReading product blurbs is not part of my routine. But one sentence in the...
9...a5 Against the Bayonet Attack: A Strategic Alternative in the King's Indian DefenseA chess opening can change character with a single pawn move. In the Mar del...
A Chess Opening in 60 Minutes, But Which One? The Petroff–Scandinavian Confusion Raises Bigger QuestionsA chess opening can be introduced in sixty minutes. But when the identity of...
Besou at 15 and the Bavarian Crown: What to Check Before Turning a Regional Lead into a ‘Prodigy Filter’Hussain Besou, aged 15, has joined the leaders at the Bavarian Championship....
A 5-1 Team Rapid Final in Hong Kong and a Headline Saying Quarterfinal Exit: The Ding Liren Form Question That Still Has No AnswerThe World Team Rapid and Blitz Championships in Hong Kong ended with Dragon...
The Scotch Rebirth and a Coach's Antidote: From Kasparov 2026 to a Club-Level Tactical LessonA moment from the 2026 World Championship still sends tremors through the wor...
Counting Heartbeats in Paltan: The Physiological Cost of Anti-1.d4 Preparedness for BlackCounting heartbeats in Paltan reveals that a long middlegame against the...
The Knight on the Rim, the Empty Hall and Eleven Lakh Taka: Auditing Bangladesh's Chess PipelineThe Knight on the Rim, the Empty Hall and Eleven Lakh Taka: Auditing...
Behind the Giri–Abdusattorov Headline: A Promotion of Lilov's Six Videos and a Sports-Media ReviewWhen an instructional chess item is titled 'Giri vs Abdusattorov, Game of the...
ChessBase Magazine #225: What a Contents Page Says About the Training MarketTwenty-seven miniatures, ten opening articles, three named video presenters,...
2715 vs 2600: Budva's Paper Favourite and the Invisible Economy of Club ChessLate last night in Delhi, before I closed the final file, a headline caught m...
The Headline That Misidentified the FIDE President: Timur Turlov, Cyprus, and the Credibility Crisis in Chess MediaA headline has been circulating in chess media this week: 'FIDE President Tim...
European Club Cup 2026: Bayegan's 2715 Average in Budva, and the Women's Section's 22 TeamsOn the tournament board in Budva, after two rounds, twenty-five team names we...
Total Chess's Unified Rating: A Headline With No DefinitionI read the release three times. The first time my eye caught the headline: a...
Total Chess's 'Unified Rating' Test: Budapest's Twelve Days Will Measure Bodies, Not RatingsBudapest, 10–21 November 2026. Twelve days, three time controls, four names....
9...a5 and the Engine Excuse: A Story of Preparation Asymmetry in the King's Indian DefenseReading product blurbs is not part of my routine. But one sentence in the...