Chess
The Anti-Scotch Video, Kasparov's 2026, and the Gap Inside a Headline
A Crown Without a Scoresheet: Europe's Club Cup and the Ledger in Dhaka
The Business of 2...d5: Where the Headline Is News and the Body Is an Ad
The Rebirth of the Scotch Opening, a Mismatched Headline and the Ledger: From Kasparov's 2026 to Dhaka's Invisible Preparation
9...a5 and the Empty Squares: Mar del Plata Strategy, Kazakhstan's Hand, and Bangladesh's Unfinished Draw
The Position After the Trap: 5.e5! and the Ledger of an Uncited Underdog Weapon
Eight Tables of Zero Data: Reading an Empty Board Against Bangladesh's Five-Grandmaster LedgerThe file opened with an ordinary expectation: one PGN, two ratings, one date....
Sasikiran in the Headline, FRITZ 20 in the Body — Not a Single Move on the ScoresheetI read the headline twice. Sasikiran, Bavarian champion, tiebreak. Then I wen...
Why a Fact-Based Chess News Report Requires Verifiable Source MaterialA review of the supplied analysis reveals that it contains no identifiable...
Petroff or Scandinavian? One 60-Minute Course With Two IdentitiesLast week I opened a course page. The title said one thing: “The Petroff...
Sindarov's Win: What Happened After Move 17, and Why It Is a Cautionary Signal Before the World Championship Against GukeshThe moment was the position after move seventeen on the Clutch Chess board in...
Hong Kong's Team Rapid-Blitz Crown and Dhaka's Quiet Chess LedgerThe last move fell on the Hong Kong table, and the scoreboard read 5-1. A tea...
WFCC Grand Prix Final in Fujairah: One Line of News, the Rest Is PromotionWhere the Headline Ends, the Story Begins A ChessBase item announces that...
India's Women Ride the Lower Boards: A Depth Test at the OlympiadHold the round-five team sheet in your mind for a moment. No name against boa...
The Anti-Scotch Video, Kasparov's 2026, and the Gap Inside a HeadlineAn advertisement for a sixty-minute training video. The line reads: face the...
A Crown Without a Scoresheet: Europe's Club Cup and the Ledger in Dhaka"Bayegan Pendik and Monte-Carlo are the 2026 European Club Cup champions." On...
Magnus Carlsen: 'AI Proves Humans Are Not That Good at Chess' — Inside the Ledger of a 35-Year-Old No. 1Magnus Carlsen paused for a moment before placing his hand on the board. That...
A New Benko Gambit Run: From the Tk 11 Lakh Board to the Software Market ShuffleLast week at the Purana Paltan hall, while setting up the boards, I noticed t...
The Business of 2...d5: Where the Headline Is News and the Body Is an AdTwo moves. 1.e4 e5, then White's 2.Nf3 met by Black's 2...d5!?. Black offers ...
Five Grandmasters, One Empty Ledger: Where the Money Stopped in Bangladesh ChessI always begin with a number, never with a feeling. Numbers can lie, but a...
The Rebirth of the Scotch Opening, a Mismatched Headline and the Ledger: From Kasparov's 2026 to Dhaka's Invisible PreparationI opened the ChessBase page and the first thing I found was not a move — it w...
Caruana in the Headline, Lilov in the Body: A Ledger of Headline-Body DissociationIt was two in the morning. At my desk in Dublin I was working to Dhaka's cloc...
9...a5 and the Empty Squares: Mar del Plata Strategy, Kazakhstan's Hand, and Bangladesh's Unfinished DrawThe steel cupboard still holds the echo of a crowd that never came. There is ...
Two Announcements in Saint Louis: SCHACH Speaks English and the U.S. Title Countdown BeginsA German chess magazine is crossing a language border. SCHACH, one of Europe'...
Vlastimil Hort Tournament 2026: The Chess-Course Economy Hidden Behind the HeadlineTwenty seconds. That is all it took to realise the headline had misled me. On...
Sasikiran in the Headline, FRITZ 20 in the Body — Not a Single Move on the ScoresheetI read the headline twice. Sasikiran, Bavarian champion, tiebreak. Then I wen...
Why a Fact-Based Chess News Report Requires Verifiable Source MaterialA review of the supplied analysis reveals that it contains no identifiable...
Petroff or Scandinavian? One 60-Minute Course With Two IdentitiesLast week I opened a course page. The title said one thing: “The Petroff...
Sindarov's Win: What Happened After Move 17, and Why It Is a Cautionary Signal Before the World Championship Against GukeshThe moment was the position after move seventeen on the Clutch Chess board in...
Hong Kong's Team Rapid-Blitz Crown and Dhaka's Quiet Chess LedgerThe last move fell on the Hong Kong table, and the scoreboard read 5-1. A tea...
WFCC Grand Prix Final in Fujairah: One Line of News, the Rest Is PromotionWhere the Headline Ends, the Story Begins A ChessBase item announces that...
India's Women Ride the Lower Boards: A Depth Test at the OlympiadHold the round-five team sheet in your mind for a moment. No name against boa...
The Anti-Scotch Video, Kasparov's 2026, and the Gap Inside a HeadlineAn advertisement for a sixty-minute training video. The line reads: face the...
A Crown Without a Scoresheet: Europe's Club Cup and the Ledger in Dhaka"Bayegan Pendik and Monte-Carlo are the 2026 European Club Cup champions." On...
Magnus Carlsen: 'AI Proves Humans Are Not That Good at Chess' — Inside the Ledger of a 35-Year-Old No. 1Magnus Carlsen paused for a moment before placing his hand on the board. That...
A New Benko Gambit Run: From the Tk 11 Lakh Board to the Software Market ShuffleLast week at the Purana Paltan hall, while setting up the boards, I noticed t...
The Business of 2...d5: Where the Headline Is News and the Body Is an AdTwo moves. 1.e4 e5, then White's 2.Nf3 met by Black's 2...d5!?. Black offers ...
Five Grandmasters, One Empty Ledger: Where the Money Stopped in Bangladesh ChessI always begin with a number, never with a feeling. Numbers can lie, but a...
The Rebirth of the Scotch Opening, a Mismatched Headline and the Ledger: From Kasparov's 2026 to Dhaka's Invisible PreparationI opened the ChessBase page and the first thing I found was not a move — it w...
Caruana in the Headline, Lilov in the Body: A Ledger of Headline-Body DissociationIt was two in the morning. At my desk in Dublin I was working to Dhaka's cloc...
9...a5 and the Empty Squares: Mar del Plata Strategy, Kazakhstan's Hand, and Bangladesh's Unfinished DrawThe steel cupboard still holds the echo of a crowd that never came. There is ...
Two Announcements in Saint Louis: SCHACH Speaks English and the U.S. Title Countdown BeginsA German chess magazine is crossing a language border. SCHACH, one of Europe'...
Vlastimil Hort Tournament 2026: The Chess-Course Economy Hidden Behind the HeadlineTwenty seconds. That is all it took to realise the headline had misled me. On...