Chess
ChessWhen the Engine Becomes the Coach: The Commercial Turn in Chess Training and the Lesson of an Incomplete 'Full Repertoire'2026-10-18A secondhand laptop in a Mymensingh bedroom, an old PGN file open on the...
ChessDortmund's Signboard, a Sixty-Minute Video: The Scandinavian Defense Market and Our Inattention2026-10-17In April 2026, inside the steel cupboard at Purana Paltan, I found a folded...
ChessA Dortmund 2027 Headline, a Scandinavian Defense Ad Inside: Prying Open the Shell of the Chess Content Economy2026-10-17Three in the morning in a Mymensingh bedroom. A listing open on the laptop, t...
ChessWar in the Headline, an Ad in the Body: From the US Championship to a Sixty-Minute Gambit Course2026-10-16It was 2:40 in the morning in Mymensingh when a newsletter opened on a...
Knight on the Rim, Still Winning: Black's One-Plan Curriculum Against the Anti-Slav DodgeLast month, at a club night in Dublin, a rapid game was running. White had...
Chess Analysis Without Source Material: Sports Journalism Must Wait for Verification, Not GuessA sports news report usually begins with a name, a date, an event, or a match...
Empty Evidence Stops Chess Reporting Before Analysis BeginsThe game stopped before the first move. The supplied chess analysis contains ...
The Silent Antidote to the Bayonet: A Tactical Audit of 9...a5 in the King's Indian DefenseIn March 2026, while annotating PGN files from the National Championship in m...
Not Chess News, But An Ad: Lessons in Quick Decisions from the Transfer WindowI laid out the board, and the pattern had been waiting. Last week, when I...
Chess Olympiad: Why India Picked Nihal Sarin as Player of the Day Despite Defeat to UzbekistanIndia went into the Chess Olympiad clash against Uzbekistan knowing that two...
Black on the Cover, White Inside: The Sixty-Minute Defence in the Chess Knowledge MarketA product page. Across the top, a defence's name in large type — 1.d4 d5 2.c4...
Chigorin on the Cover, Italian Game Inside: Auditing a 60-Minute Repertoire VideoTuesday, 11:40 at night. The round is over, and I am sitting by a hotel windo...
Zero Rows, Same Story: The Silent Data-Pipeline Failure in Bangladesh ChessTwo boxes on the screen. On the left, one word — chess. On the right, a table...
Chess Analysis Without Source Material: Sports Journalism Must Wait for Verification, Not GuessA sports news report usually begins with a name, a date, an event, or a match...
Empty Evidence Stops Chess Reporting Before Analysis BeginsThe game stopped before the first move. The supplied chess analysis contains ...
The Silent Antidote to the Bayonet: A Tactical Audit of 9...a5 in the King's Indian DefenseIn March 2026, while annotating PGN files from the National Championship in m...
Not Chess News, But An Ad: Lessons in Quick Decisions from the Transfer WindowI laid out the board, and the pattern had been waiting. Last week, when I...
Chess Olympiad: Why India Picked Nihal Sarin as Player of the Day Despite Defeat to UzbekistanIndia went into the Chess Olympiad clash against Uzbekistan knowing that two...
Black on the Cover, White Inside: The Sixty-Minute Defence in the Chess Knowledge MarketA product page. Across the top, a defence's name in large type — 1.d4 d5 2.c4...
Chigorin on the Cover, Italian Game Inside: Auditing a 60-Minute Repertoire VideoTuesday, 11:40 at night. The round is over, and I am sitting by a hotel windo...
Zero Rows, Same Story: The Silent Data-Pipeline Failure in Bangladesh ChessTwo boxes on the screen. On the left, one word — chess. On the right, a table...