Chess
Null Payload: Where Bangladesh's Chess Record Chain Breaks
The 5.e5! Ledger: Italian Game Traps, Sveshnikov’s Heritage, and a Missing Receipt
ChessBase Magazine 225: Prague's Games, a Selling Wrapper, and the Claim of 'New Ideas'
9...a5: A Practical Antidote to the Bayonet, and the Ledger of the ChessMom DVD
Two Golds in Budapest, One Empty Cupboard in Purana Paltan
Chess in the Headline, Advertising in the Body: The Samarkand Round 7 Women's Match
Petroff or Scandinavian? The Major Factual Inconsistency Behind the Promise of Learning an Opening in 60 MinutesPetroff or Scandinavian: The Identity Must Be Verified Before the Claims How...
1.d4 Without 2.c4: The Prep Bankruptcy of Black Against London-Colle SystemsGame #746. Xiong vs Liang. The tournament bulletin headline made me assume...
2715 in Budva: Money Teams Against Institution Teams in Club ChessI read the rating sheet on the wall of the Budva hotel three times. The first...
9...a5: The Advertised Antidote in the King's Indian, and the Empty File of ProofTwo in the morning in a Delhi flat. The fan turns, June heat sits heavy outsi...
Null Payload: Where Bangladesh's Chess Record Chain BreaksNull Payload: Where Bangladesh's Chess Record Chain Breaks March 2026. A...
One Late Arrival, Four Rulings: How the 2026/87 Bundesliga Season Settled a Single Piece's AccountA hired hall, a clock on the wall, and one empty chair. A round of the 2026...
The Scandinavian Defense, Carlsen's Shadow, and the Ledger of a 60-Minute PromiseIt is eleven at night in Dublin. In Dhaka, it is four in the morning. For a m...
The 5.e5! Ledger: Italian Game Traps, Sveshnikov’s Heritage, and a Missing ReceiptThe title said superstition. Inside, there was not one line of superstition....
The Wednesday Board: Merijn van Delft and Eight Years of a Single GM NormEvery Wednesday evening, for more than ten years, a broadcast goes live. On t...
Is Chess Really 'Inexpressive'? The Silent Board, the Eval Bar, and the Real Arithmetic of the PipelineOn August 30, 2026, in a Delhi studio, I was on the broadcast desk for the...
From Dusk till Dawn: An X-Ray of the Training Magazine, the Elite Annotator, and the Chess EconomyFrom Dusk till Dawn: An X-Ray of the Training Magazine, the Elite Annotator,...
The 225th Issue and Seventeen Years of Silence: Bangladesh's Empty Shelf in the Chess-Training MarketThe steel cupboard at Purana Paltan still stands in the same spot. In April...
ChessBase Magazine 225: Prague's Games, a Selling Wrapper, and the Claim of 'New Ideas'Watching a round of the Prague chess festival on broadcast last year, I kept ...