Chess
FIDE Presidency Election: An Evidence-Empty Headline and the Commercial Trap of the Najdorf Update2026-09-26The most important chess news of the day was compressed into a single headlin...
Sword of Damocles: A Sixty-Minute Course, an Unverified Name, and the Ledger of Bangladeshi Chess2026-09-26On the second floor of the Purana Paltan hall, board twelve, forty-five minut...
The Samarkand Ledger: 45.Rd1, 8.5/9 and India's Match-Point Arithmetic2026-09-27Two numbers sat side by side on the round-ten scoresheet in Samarkand, and I...
Move Nine: 9...a5 Against the Bayonet Attack, and a DVD That Wore Someone Else's Title2026-09-27On a September evening in a Saint Petersburg flat I opened a file and the...
ChessThe Samarkand Ledger: 45.Rd1, 8.5/9 and India's Match-Point ArithmeticTwo numbers sat side by side on the round-ten scoresheet in Samarkand, and I...
ChessMove Nine: 9...a5 Against the Bayonet Attack, and a DVD That Wore Someone Else's TitleOn a September evening in a Saint Petersburg flat I opened a file and the...
ChessA King Walk, a Missing Move List and the Ledger of an Empty Board: The Hidden Olympiad Opening Column and the Club Player's Asymmetric Memory BurdenThe clock in an Olympiad hall never stops. A piece moves, a score sheet gains...
ChessSamarkand Round Nine: Gukesh's Houdini Is Real, But India's Gold Still Rests on One Man's SweatOn board four of the Samarkand playing hall the clock has gone past five hour...
ChessFIDE Presidency Election: An Evidence-Empty Headline and the Commercial Trap of the Najdorf UpdateThe most important chess news of the day was compressed into a single headlin...
ChessSamarkand in the Headline, Prague on the Page: ChessBase Magazine #225 and the Quiet Ledger of Chess TrainingAbout a quarter to two in the morning last week I opened the file. The headli...
ChessA Hanging Sword and an Empty Cell: The Scandinavian Course, Carlsen's Name, and an Uncounted GameI keep a ledger. It is a print-era habit I never dropped when I moved to a...
ChessSword of Damocles: A Sixty-Minute Course, an Unverified Name, and the Ledger of Bangladeshi ChessOn the second floor of the Purana Paltan hall, board twelve, forty-five minut...