Chess
ChessThe Land of Five Grandmasters: Where Bangladesh Chess Stopped2026-11-03From a club room in Rangpur, an old scoresheet opened a question that no pres...
ChessFujairah's Final Announced, Not One Solver Named: Anatomy of a Chess Composition Story2026-11-02I closed my notebook after reading the ChessBase headline. Fujairah to host...
Chess9...a5: The 'Antidote' to the Bayonet and the Market for Preparation Anxiety2026-10-19The title says "The hour of the seconds." In chess, a second is the assistant...
ChessA Samarkand Headline, a Mar del Plata Body: The 9...a5 DVD and a Forensic Audit of a Feed Error2026-09-27Last week I turned a page in the ledger and stopped. The headline said Round ...
ChessThe Fifth Hour in Samarkand: Gukesh's Houdini Act and the Single Shoulder Holding Up India's Gold2026-09-261. The Fifth Hour The air inside the playing hall in Samarkand is dry; outsid...
Chinese Team Wins Hong Kong Team Rapid, But Ding Liren Exits Chinese Rapid: The Hidden Question Between Two ReportsIn the final of the World Team Rapid and Blitz Championships in Hong Kong,...
Italian Game's 5.e5: A Practical Weapon for Club Players, But How Proven Is Its Efficacy?In a club tournament in Chennai last month, I observed a scene. On board four...
The Land of Five Grandmasters: Where Bangladesh Chess StoppedFrom a club room in Rangpur, an old scoresheet opened a question that no pres...
Chigorin on the Cover, Italian on the Board: Two Colours Inside a 60-Minute RepertoireLast month I opened the page for a short chess repertoire video and stopped a...
Chigorin Defence or Italian Center Attack: The 60-Minute Repertoire Review That Cannot Balance Its Own ColourI opened the file. The header said Chigorin Defence. 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6 — a Bla...
Fujairah's Final Announced, Not One Solver Named: Anatomy of a Chess Composition StoryI closed my notebook after reading the ChessBase headline. Fujairah to host...
When the Empty Square Is the Story: Chess Media's Silent Failure ModeWhen the Empty Square Is the Story: Chess Media's Silent Failure Mode Last we...
European Club Cup: Eleven Teams Tied, and a Board One Written in PencilThe paper is still on my desk in Khulna. Above, the dried coffee ring, dark...
Novy Bor and SuperChess Are 'Perfect' — and Nobody Showed the Denominator: The European Club Cup Coverage GapLast week, cross-checking the European Club Cup results, I got stuck on one...
Carlsen's Confession: Human Limits and the New Architecture of Preparation in the AI EraOn 10 November, before the first World All-Round Championship began in...
The Mislabeled 60 Minutes: Scandinavian Repertoire, the Evidence Gap, and the Limits of Blockchain ProvenanceI opened the file expecting to hear Arturs Neiksans. The headline said: 'From...
A One-Hour Repertoire Under a Wrong Headline: The Real Ledger of Bangladesh's Low-Theory Chess Market9:30 pm, a club room in Mymensingh. On the board: 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5. The bo...
The 5.e5 Trap and a Wrong Headline: What the Italian Game's 'Easy' Line Actually TeachesMonday, half past nine at a club room in Delhi. Monsoon outside, only the clo...
Sixty Minutes of Shield: The Scandinavian Defence Advert, the Neiksans Headline, and an Empty LedgerI laid the board out, and the pattern had been waiting. The file that landed ...
9...a5: The 'Antidote' to the Bayonet and the Market for Preparation AnxietyThe title says "The hour of the seconds." In chess, a second is the assistant...
The Elephant Gambit Ad and a US Championship Headline: A Receipt for Two Stories Without Numbers"Woodward takes down Caruana." The headline is placed so that the reader...
The Empty Data Problem in Blockchain Analytics: Decision-Making from Information-Free Inputs Is DangerousIn the world of blockchain and crypto asset analytics, a silent but dangerous...
Caruana's Crown and Lilov's Course: A Ledger of a Headline-Body SplitTuesday, 11 August 2026. 11:40 p.m. at a Bangalore desk. A page open in the...
Where the Chess Stopped: Bangladesh's Five Grandmasters and a Single LedgerOn 5 July 2026, at a club-league match in Dhaka, GM Ziaur Rahman sat down at...