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Five GM Titles and an Eleven-Lakh Budget: The Endgame of Bangladeshi Chess2026-11-02One number has stayed on the first page of my notebook since 2026: Niaz Mursh...
ChessBase Magazine #225: The Headline the Data Sheet Cannot Find2026-10-06I opened the product page and counted fourteen information points. Then I typ...
5.e5 — The Olympiad Headline and the Ledger of the Board2026-10-03September 2026, Batumi. In the hall of the 43rd Chess Olympiad I sit with...
A Najdorf Update and an Unsupported Headline: Two Documents Colliding Inside One Chess File2026-09-27Late one night last week, in my room in Delhi, I opened a file whose headline...
Sixty Minutes of Promise: The Elephant Gambit, a Nine-Year-Old's Name, and the Quiet Erosion of Chess Media2026-09-25The headline belonged to a nine-year-old girl. Inside were thirteen informati...
Samarkand Round 7, One Engine Advertisement, and the Invisible Economy of Women's Chess2026-09-25The headline was precise: Samarkand, Round 7, women's section, China and...
Chess Without Evidence: The Information Gap Behind a Failed Analytical ReportChess Without Evidence: The Information Gap Behind a Failed Analytical Report...
Hussain Besou, 15, Leads Bavarian Championship: An Interpretive Caution on a Regional ResultThe headline catches the eye: a fifteen-year-old co-leading the Bavarian...
Five GM Titles and an Eleven-Lakh Budget: The Endgame of Bangladeshi ChessOne number has stayed on the first page of my notebook since 2026: Niaz Mursh...
Chigorin, the Italian Game and a Missing Colour: The Gaps Inside a Sixty-Minute Opening CourseIntroduction: This Is Not a Game Report The market for chess opening theory i...
A Fujairah Headline, a ChessBase Product: Anatomy of an Incomplete WFCC Grand Prix Final AnnouncementA close structural reading of a recent ChessBase item produces an uncomfortab...
Seventy-Seven Teams Behind Walls: The Chess Infrastructure Nobody Is Writing AboutFrom a bedroom in Mymensingh, one number stopped me. May 13, 2026 to May 23,...
Three Newsrooms, Two Translations, Zero Ratings: What Carlsen's Interview Has and What It LacksIt was nearly two in the morning in Mumbai. The table lamp was on, the laptop...
Dortmund 2027 Versus a Scandinavian Video: A Tactical Audit of a Title-Content FractureThe anomaly surfaced before I even set the pieces. The headline reads "Dortmu...
One Round's Result, One Magazine's Ad: Who Makes Chess News, Who Sells ItI switched off the Round 1 broadcast with a single line on the scoreboard:...
ChessBase Magazine #225: The Headline the Data Sheet Cannot FindI opened the product page and counted fourteen information points. Then I typ...
Strategy Sold Under Bent Larsen's Name: Issue 225 and Khulna's Empty SquaresI opened the 2026 laptop in my Khulna flat. The router still drops every fort...
5.e5 — The Olympiad Headline and the Ledger of the BoardSeptember 2026, Batumi. In the hall of the 43rd Chess Olympiad I sit with...
Prague's 27 Miniatures, Saint Louis's Shadow: The Unwritten Physiology of the Chess Training IndustryA chess magazine's cover says Saint Louis — America's chess-elite city, Octob...
9...a5 Against the King's Indian Bayonet: A Repertoire DVD, Its Claims, and the Economics of Chess ContentIn the Mar del Plata structure, Black's ninth move is usually an exam questio...
A Najdorf Update and an Unsupported Headline: Two Documents Colliding Inside One Chess FileLate one night last week, in my room in Delhi, I opened a file whose headline...
Sixty Minutes of Promise: The Elephant Gambit, a Nine-Year-Old's Name, and the Quiet Erosion of Chess MediaThe headline belonged to a nine-year-old girl. Inside were thirteen informati...
Samarkand Round 7, One Engine Advertisement, and the Invisible Economy of Women's ChessThe headline was precise: Samarkand, Round 7, women's section, China and...
Samarkand R7: China-Kazakhstan Draw, a One-Match-Point Lead, and the Board With No MovesThe spreadsheet was open last night. First column: event. Second: round. Thir...
Samarkand Round Seven: A Draw on the Board, an Advertisement on the PageSamarkand. Round seven. Women's section. China and Kazakhstan drew. The lead ...
The Headline Says Samarkand, the Body Says DVD: A Data Audit of 9...a5 Against the King's Indian Bayonet AttackThe scanner in my Mumbai room never stopped humming, because if it stopped, I...
Hussain Besou, 15, Leads Bavarian Championship: An Interpretive Caution on a Regional ResultThe headline catches the eye: a fifteen-year-old co-leading the Bavarian...
Five GM Titles and an Eleven-Lakh Budget: The Endgame of Bangladeshi ChessOne number has stayed on the first page of my notebook since 2026: Niaz Mursh...
Chigorin, the Italian Game and a Missing Colour: The Gaps Inside a Sixty-Minute Opening CourseIntroduction: This Is Not a Game Report The market for chess opening theory i...
A Fujairah Headline, a ChessBase Product: Anatomy of an Incomplete WFCC Grand Prix Final AnnouncementA close structural reading of a recent ChessBase item produces an uncomfortab...
Seventy-Seven Teams Behind Walls: The Chess Infrastructure Nobody Is Writing AboutFrom a bedroom in Mymensingh, one number stopped me. May 13, 2026 to May 23,...
Three Newsrooms, Two Translations, Zero Ratings: What Carlsen's Interview Has and What It LacksIt was nearly two in the morning in Mumbai. The table lamp was on, the laptop...
Dortmund 2027 Versus a Scandinavian Video: A Tactical Audit of a Title-Content FractureThe anomaly surfaced before I even set the pieces. The headline reads "Dortmu...
One Round's Result, One Magazine's Ad: Who Makes Chess News, Who Sells ItI switched off the Round 1 broadcast with a single line on the scoreboard:...
ChessBase Magazine #225: The Headline the Data Sheet Cannot FindI opened the product page and counted fourteen information points. Then I typ...
Strategy Sold Under Bent Larsen's Name: Issue 225 and Khulna's Empty SquaresI opened the 2026 laptop in my Khulna flat. The router still drops every fort...
5.e5 — The Olympiad Headline and the Ledger of the BoardSeptember 2026, Batumi. In the hall of the 43rd Chess Olympiad I sit with...
Prague's 27 Miniatures, Saint Louis's Shadow: The Unwritten Physiology of the Chess Training IndustryA chess magazine's cover says Saint Louis — America's chess-elite city, Octob...
9...a5 Against the King's Indian Bayonet: A Repertoire DVD, Its Claims, and the Economics of Chess ContentIn the Mar del Plata structure, Black's ninth move is usually an exam questio...
A Najdorf Update and an Unsupported Headline: Two Documents Colliding Inside One Chess FileLate one night last week, in my room in Delhi, I opened a file whose headline...
Sixty Minutes of Promise: The Elephant Gambit, a Nine-Year-Old's Name, and the Quiet Erosion of Chess MediaThe headline belonged to a nine-year-old girl. Inside were thirteen informati...
Samarkand Round 7, One Engine Advertisement, and the Invisible Economy of Women's ChessThe headline was precise: Samarkand, Round 7, women's section, China and...
Samarkand R7: China-Kazakhstan Draw, a One-Match-Point Lead, and the Board With No MovesThe spreadsheet was open last night. First column: event. Second: round. Thir...
Samarkand Round Seven: A Draw on the Board, an Advertisement on the PageSamarkand. Round seven. Women's section. China and Kazakhstan drew. The lead ...
The Headline Says Samarkand, the Body Says DVD: A Data Audit of 9...a5 Against the King's Indian Bayonet AttackThe scanner in my Mumbai room never stopped humming, because if it stopped, I...